A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2025
8min0
Is the Mayor responsible for a policy her administration followed for nearly 2 years?
Tag: First Coast ConnectAn adult female loggerhead sea turtle named Pennywise swims in a rehabilitation tank at Loggerhead Marinelife Center on Friday, May 23, 2025, in Juno Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)
A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2025A.G. GancarskiNovember 12, 2024
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The 'Democrat with the mind of an independent' is looking to build bridges after last week's election.
A.G. GancarskiJuly 31, 2024
6min0
Nixon says her challenger is 'lazy, inaccessible and condescending towards residents.'
A.G. GancarskiMarch 21, 2024
4min0
'It certainly does help to have a good relationship with the administration.'
A.G. GancarskiNovember 15, 2023
5min0
The Mayor also responded to Dean Black's bill giving the Governor the right to remove officials who take down statues.
A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2023
4min0
'National politics should not play a role in local politics.'
A.G. GancarskiMarch 28, 2018
3min368
On WJCT’s “First Coast Connect“, Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis sat for his first interview Wednesday since the Council made the decision to strip the JEA Special Committee of subpoena power and include everyone on council in the committee. As expected, Dennis (a member of what was a five-person committee and a staunch critic of selling JEA) […]
Jim RosicaDecember 1, 2015
3min506
Florida Politics’ Melissa Ross, a Jacksonville radio talk show host, will soon be a guest host for National Public Radio’s nationally syndicated “The Diane Rehm Show.” Ross, host and producer of public radio WJCT’s “First Coast Connect” call-in show, will helm the program on Dec. 9, 10, and 11. Rehm’s show is produced out of WAMU, a public […]
Melissa RossAugust 19, 2015
3min231
The Reverend John Guns lights up with enthusiasm as he talks about the new back-to-school initiative in Jacksonville designed to support and encourage male students from 6th through 12th grades — one with strong buy-in from the city’s mayor, sheriff, and school superintendent. “It’s an exciting week,” said Guns during an appearance on WJCT’s First Coast Connect. […]
Melissa RossAugust 12, 2015
7min263
Many Americans are familiar with the famed pioneers of racial integration in sports: Jackie Robinson with the Dodgers, or Althea Gibson at Wimbledon. But after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, many lesser-known African-American athletes also became firsts in their sport, and faced a lonely and sometimes terrifying road. One of them was […]