JHA board fires CEO Cheron Corbett Waller following development fee controversy
The Jacksonville Housing Authority board voted Tuesday to fire CEO Cheron Corbett Waller, effective immediately, and named former JHA CEO Roslyn Phillips as acting CEO.
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The Jacksonville Housing Authority board voted Tuesday to fire CEO Cheron Corbett Waller, effective immediately, and named former JHA CEO Roslyn Phillips as acting CEO.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin visited Cecil Airport in Jacksonville on Monday to see a demonstration of the U.S. Coast Guard’s HITRON squadron at work.
A Jacksonville City Council committee has voted to redirect $2.8 million from the city’s affordable housing trust fund to an apartment project, and Council Member Matt Carlucci says he wasn’t told the money had been redirected until two days later.
City Council members met with Gateway Jax to discuss the developer’s request for a $49.65 million incentive package for its N7 block, which includes a proposed downtown Publix.
Nearly 41 years after losing their loved one, Leslie McCray’s family finally heard a “guilty” verdict. David Nelson Austin is now convicted of first-degree murder, armed sexual battery and other charges in the 1985 death of the 17-year-old girl.
The man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting Jacksonville teen Leslie McCray nearly 41 years ago was found guilty on all counts Thursday.
The roommate of a Jacksonville woman abducted and murdered on Christmas Eve in 1985 testified Wednesday in the trial of the man accused of killing her
Sen. Ashley Moody stopped at Sonny’s BBQ in St. Johns County on Tuesday as Election Day approaches and early voting begins in many parts of Northeast Florida.
St. Johns County commissioners voted 3-2 to remove automated license plate readers, including Flock cameras, from county rights-of-way after residents spoke both for and against their use.
The CEO of the Jacksonville Housing Authority was shut down during a board meeting Monday after she floated a proposal that would have given herself and other executive leaders a cut of incoming developer fees.