New filings in a 2022 class-action lawsuit contend that children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities.

At the Dollar General on Kings Road in Jacksonville’s Grand Park neighborhood, three makeshift memorials still stand adjacent to the road in front of the store paying tribute to the three victims of the racist attack.

Criminologists tell News4JAX, we are in a crisis when it comes to training police officers. They point to three cases -- the murder of George Floyd, the mass shooting in Uvalde and now the killing of Tyre Nichols.

Seven winners were selected among the 21 finalists honored at the third annual Jacksonville Image Awards.

Time is running out to vote early in Duval County. Sunday is the last day. That’s why a group of grassroots organizations hit the streets Saturday morning on the Northside with a clear message.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Students at the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts tell News4Jax the controversy over race and culture at their school is not a student problem, but an administration problem. Plans for “student cultural meetings” Thursday, that would have separated white students and students of color, sparked outrage, and over the school intercom Wednesday, the Principal Melanie Hammer apologized. “I do hope you forgive me, and we continue strengthening our family together,” Hammer told students and staff. RELATED: Principal apologizes after segregated meetings at Douglas Anderson canceled amid backlashAdHammer also sent an email to families acknowledging the “hurt and pain” around the school. Ad“The best way to address the culture is whatever the students have an appetite for.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville group aiming to advance racial equity in Duval County released 75 years of research Friday that shows more African Americans are getting help from local resources but many remain in poverty. “It’s time for us to take some action to make some systemic changes,” said Kimberly Allen, CEO of 904ward. That declined from 72,237 in 2010, but the 2018 total still remained the higher than the white population (61,622), Asian population (4,654) and the Hispanic/Latino population (15,824). Of the data, 97% of Black respondents either somewhat disagreed or strongly disagreed. A total of 52% of white respondents either somewhat disagreed or strongly disagreed.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A group of volunteers is uncovering a dark part of Jacksonville’s history: the horrific lynchings that took place in Duval County. The project is working to document and add detail to the seven known lynchings in Duval County, investigate additional cases and identify living descendants of the victims. “Eventually one of them even became a police officer.”A soil collection ceremony honors the victims who were brutally and publicly murdered. “It is a way to honor those victims with dignity that they were denied with their unjust killings,” Allen said. Jacksonville’s lynchings were part of an epidemic that took place across 20 states between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and 1950.

The mother of a senior at Edward Waters College is coming forward to talk about her son's initiation into Kappa Alpha Psi. Allen said the injuries were a result of a beating with a wooden paddle in the spring of 2018. Allen said it happened while her son was a senior at Edward Waters College -- while he was pledging the fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi. Instead, she said it was a synthetic drug commonly called a "jig," a mixture of synthetic heroin, cocaine and LSD. The college issued this statement in response to questions from the I-TEAM:"Edward Waters College (EWC) takes any allegation of hazing extremely seriously.