Only one copy of a single issue still exists. In fact, one of the only things known about the Messenger is that in 1921, the white-dominated Charlottesville Daily Progress reprinted a Messenger article that called for Black civil rights. The Black newspaper later retracted the story after receiving threats from white supremacists.

Meghan Moriarty joined the WESH 2 team in January of 2025 as the Brevard County, Space Coast reporter. She previously worked for the CBS/FOX affiliate in Jacksonville for five and a half years as an award-winning weekend morning anchor and reporter.

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

For the Virginia Cavaliers we found out the date of their ACC opener and another ACC game. UVA opens up ACC play at Scott Stadium against the Stanford Cardinal Saturday, September 20th. It is Stanford’s first trip to Charlottesville.

A former head of the Orlando Museum of Art who left the museum in 2022 after it was raided by the FBI as part of a probe into several forged

Virginia has the chance to get comfortable at home during the first month of its 2025 schedule. On Friday, the ACC announced that the Cavaliers will welcome Stanford to Scott Stadium for its ...

Any snow or ice accumulations would be the first in Jacksonville in 35 years, when a pre-Christmas storm dropped nearly 2 inches of snow across much of Northeast Florida on Dec. 23, 1989 ...

Jacksonville State tight end transfer Jacob Barrick is one of a handful of transfers making their way back to the Mountain State. Thursday morning, West Virginia officially announced that he has ...

The West Virginia Mountaineers have announced that Jacksonville State wide receiver transfer Jarod Bowie has signed with the program. Bowie is a Martinsburg, West Virginia native, just like fellow ...

Winter storm day is here for Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. Winter weather made its sweep through the Jacksonville area Wednesday, dumping rain, ice and yes, snow. While the Jacksonville ...

Rare winter storm in Florida:See snow photos from Pensacola, Tallahassee, Yulee Jacksonville's last measurable snow before Wednesday occurred on Dec. 23, 1989, when 0.8 inches fell. The city's all ...

According to the Weather app on the iPhone, Orlando is currently 48 degrees, Jacksonville is 37 degrees, and Miami in South Florida is 60 degrees. According to the Tallahassee National Weather ...