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12:19 pm UTC Feb. 17, 2021 Muddy Waters Illustration: Brian Gray, USA TODAY Network As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive series, Hallowed Sound. CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Two men — one Black, one white — arrived at Stovall Plantation on the last day of August 1941.  John Work III, a professor from Nashville’s Fisk University,�...

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05:10 AM EST Share CBRE records more than $1.4 billion in transactions in 2020, with more than half of its volume coming in the fourth quarter. When commercial real estate investors start to look at Florida, Jacksonville is increasingly appearing at the top of their lists for multifamily investment, said CBRE Vice President Joe Ayers. “We’re just seeing very favorable fundamentals in Jacksonville and alongside several other Florida markets,” Ayers said.  “We weren’t h...

Williamston - Martin County Commissioners have named an interim county manager, and it is a familiar face to many. Cindy Ange, Martin Countys Finance Director, will temporarily take on the role of Interim County Manager after the departure of David Bone. Bone, who has been in the position for nine years, will leave his post Dec. 18. The announcement came during a special called meeting of the Martin County Commissioners held Monday, Dec. 14. Following a brief closed session, Chairman Ronnie Smi...

Atlanta-based Hathaway Development paid $2.8 million on Dec. 11 for a 16.95-acre site in West Jacksonville where it intends to develop a 312-unit multifamily project. The 4851 Collins Road site is less than a mile from Interstate 295 and Roosevelt Boulevard. It is 3 miles from a recently completed I-295 interchange, which provides access to the beltway while avoiding the Argyle Forest and North Orange Park roadways.  According to Hathaway’s website, the company has developed, acquired or bui...

during a weak economy are likely to pass either the house or the senate. >> ifill: paul solman reports from cleveland on an effort to clear blighted communities by razing abandoned foreclosed homes. >> when you have an eye sore like this, it just takes away from neighborhood. people dont want to move into a neighborhood like this. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown talks to montanas governor brian schweitzer on the race to clean up the oil spill on the yellowstone river. >> ifill: and ray suar...

likely to pass either the house or the senate. >> ifill: paul solman reports from cleveland on an effort to clear blighted communities by razing abandoned foreclosed homes. >> when you have an eye sore like this, it just takes away from neighborhood. people dont want to move into a neighborhood like this. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown talks to montanas governor brian schweitzer on the race to clean up the oil spill on the yellowstone river. >> ifill: and ray suarez examines u.s.-venezuela...

>> ifill: paul solman reports from cleveland on an effort to clear blighted communities by razing abandoned foreclosed homes. >> when you have an eye sore like this, it just takes away from neighborhood. people dont want to move into a neighborhood like this. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown talks to montanas governor brian schweitzer on the race to clean up the oil spill on the yellowstone river. >> ifill: and ray suarez examines u.s.-venezuela relations as president hugo chavez fights canc...

house or the senate. >> ifill: paul solman reports from cleveland on an effort to clear blighted communities by razing abandoned foreclosed homes. >> when you have an eye sore like this, it just takes away from neighborhood. people dont want to move into a neighborhood like this. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown talks to montanas governor brian schweitzer on the race to clean up the oil spill on the yellowstone river. >> ifill: and ray suarez examines u.s.-venezuela relations as president hu...

during a weak economy are likely to pass either the house or the senate. >> ifill: paul solman reports from cleveland on an effort to clear blighted communities by razing abandoned foreclosed homes. >> when you have an eye sore like this, it just takes away from neighborhood. people dont want to move into a neighborhood like this. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown talks to montanas governor brian schweitzer on the race to clean up the oil spill on the yellowstone river. >> ifill: and ray suar...