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Felony Landlords: How Jacksonville’s Rental Market Is the Wild West

May 23, 2025

Inside Jacksonville’s broken rental market, where the worst landlords operate unchecked and tenants are left to fend for themselves. Words by Carmen Macri In Jacksonville, a handful of landlords are driving an outsized share of the city’s eviction crisis — and they’re doing it with near-total impunity. Just 100 buildings account for a third of all eviction filings in

Animals & Pets·Community·Environmental·Feature

Sea Turtle Nesting Season

Words by Kaili Cochran We’ve all heard the phrase “save the turtles.” It’s been an echoing phrase for over a decade now after a video of a marine biologist pulling a 12 cm long plastic straw from a turtle’s nostril went viral and brought awareness to plastic and pollution

Ways to Celebrate Moms in May

Words by Kaili Cochran Moms have a way of working their

Lions and Tigers and a Bear, Oh My!

The wonder and sacrifices behind Catty Shack Ranch Words and photos by

Disney’s Animal Kingdom & Epcot

October 4, 2008

Family

by Dick Kerekes I have visited many places in the world, and Africa and Asia were on my list to visit some day. Flying is not longer fun and the cost of trips to either area would really strain my pocketbook. Ah, but Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando to the

local halloween happenings

October 4, 2008

Family

by KELLIE ABRAHAMSON If you’re planning on staying close to home this Halloween, here are the area’s haunted hotspots: Adventure Landing’s Hall of Terror and Haunted River Ride 1944 Beach Blvd (Jacksonville Beach), 246-4286 October 10-November 1 (select dates), beginning at 7 pm This Jax favorite has a

theme park thrills

October 4, 2008

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by KELLIE ABRAHAMSON halloween horror nights at universal, orlando September 26-November 1 (select nights) We’ll start our theme park terror tour with the reigning king of scares, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando. This year marks their 18th anniversary and promises to be the most frightening yet. The theme this

nickelodeon worldwide day of play

September 7, 2008

Family

by katherine stevens It wasn’t that long ago when day-long bike rides, playing catch in the front yard and running through the sprinkler were all necessary ingredients for summertime fun. But fast forward to the year 2008: the bikes are put away and the video game consoles are out; the

reclaiming "luxuries"

September 7, 2008

Family

by kellie abrahamson As most are aware, recent budget cuts have crippled schools all over Florida, leaving kids without supplies for art, instruments for music or teachers for phys-ed. First Coast schools are no exception. Until the schools get more money for these “luxuries” it’s going to be up to