sexual violence

There will soon be a new tool available to parents and caregivers of sexually abused kids.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed four sex offender bills into law Tuesday during a public ceremony at the Capitol. The event brought together a number of...

Head Start, open enrollment, and the Florida State Legislature are in the headlines today.Welcome to WJCT First Read, your daily weekday morning round-up…

TALLAHASSEE (The News Service of Florida) — A Florida Senate panel on Monday unanimously passed three bills dealing with sexually violent predators and…

Welcome to WJCT First Read, your daily weekday morning round-up of stories from the First Coast, around Florida, and across the country. We'll also…

A legislative hearing is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at Jacksonville City Hall on state laws related to sex offenders. The hearing is open to the…

Welcome to WJCT First Read, your daily weekday morning round-up of stories from the First Coast, around Florida, and across the country. We'll also…

At a budget hearing Thursday, the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee restored funding for the city's Sexual Assault Response Center…

April is the "awareness month" for a lot of things. Autism, jazz appreciation, even Confederate history (only in the Southern states, of course.)But April…