Authorities searching for driver after pedestrian struck Saturday on...
Authorities are searching for the driver of a small, dark car with front end and windshield damage after a pedestrian was hit on Jacksonville’s Westside Saturday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.The pedestrian, described as a male in his teens, was walking across 103rd Street just before 6 p.m. when he was hit by the car in the eastbound lanes, according to the Highway Patrol.The driver continued east and the pedestrian was transported to a hospital in critical condition, accor..>> view originalJacksonville music, tattoo communities coming together to raise money for mother of fallen friend | jacksonville
Lori Boschen is starting to find out just how many friends her son had.Whether they come to her door with tears in their eyes or post messages on social media in memory of him, she’s learning there are a lot of people she never met who were touched by the 25-year-old music lover.Now, some of Shawn Boschen’s friends are working together to come up with ways to raise money to help Lori Boschen with funeral expenses, as well as bills that are sure to start piling up now that her biggest support sys..>> view originalNewborn penguin chick gender announced at the Jacksonville Zoo
Jacob Rodriguez, First Coast News4:18 p.m. EST November 21, 2015C.J. the male Magellanic pengiun!(Photo: Jacksonville Zoo)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. รข€” The Jacksonville Zoo announced the gender Saturday of the newborn Magellan chick: it's a boy!Adorable C.J. was announced with a festive atmosphere, according to the Jacksonville Zoo.A press release says that guests were dressed in blue and pink, a reference to whatever gender they thought the young penguin might be.Zoo staff even wore shirts asking 'Wad..>> view originalJax Beach police say they are confident missing Jax Beach teen is...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —Police told Action News Jax that they are confident the teen who was reported missing from Jacksonville Beach Saturday afternoon is safe with her father in Georgia after they spoke with multiple family members.Police determined she was not in danger after they spoke with the father, stepmother and grandmother of 15-year-old Ciara Mullins, who reportedly climbed out of her bedroom window and got a ride to her father's house in Georgia Saturday.Jacksonville Beach Police Officer..>> view originalSunday Business Notebook: Hobby Lobby planning store in The...
Hobby Lobbyplans to open a store in the new development that’s going in across the street from the St. Johns Town Center. A company spokesman said it wouldn’t open until 2017 and that’s all he could tell me about the store.The 61-acre development is called The Strand and it’s being done by Preferred Growth Properties, which isn’t scheduled to close on the property until January. But it’s already starting to fill up.Last week, we had the news that Stanmore Partners also plans to put an apartment ..>> view originalRace continues to permeate Stand Your Ground debate
From the start, the controversy over Stand Your Ground laws has included discussions of race.Critics have said they favor white defendants who claim self-defense against black people. Former attorney general Eric Holder has repeatedly said that Stand Your Ground laws undermine public safety.After George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights launched an investigation of Florida’s law and laws like it in other states. Michael Yaki, the commissioner leading the ..>> view originalJacksonville routs Valparaiso in season finale | jacksonville
Orlando Thomas talked of setting a foundation for future players, while his coach, Jacksonville’s Kerwin Bell, spoke of unfinished business.The season finale Saturday afternoon didn’t necessarily produce finality, as the Dolphins delivered a 58-13 rout of Pioneer Football League foe Valparaiso to send 17 seniors out in style at D.B. Milne Field. But with Bell’s contract expiring, it’s unclear if it’s only the seniors who will not return.Bell, 66-35 in nine seasons with JU (9-2, 6-2), said he fel..>> view originalFlorida report card: 'Dead fish'
ByGarry Smits(Gator Tales)November 22, 2015 - 9:25amFlorida 20, Florida Atlantic 14Offense: FThe Gators had 252 yards in total offense and 2.9 yards per rush against a defense that was outside the top-100 in the nation entering the game. UF converted only 2-of-13 third-down situations and scored once in three trips to the red zone. Quarterback Treon Harris seems to be regressing and the offensive line problems continue.Defense: BForcing three turnover and getting five sacks certainly should have..>> view originalLeonard Dillard: Charges dismissed after second Stand Your...
Leonard Dillard went to Jax Sports Bar & Grill on Main Street looking for Albert Camp.Dillard sold a vehicle to Camp’s girlfriend and hadn’t received all the money he’d been promised. After Camp pushed him from behind and threw him into a table on the patio, Dillard said, he stabbed Camp with a pocket knife.Prosecutors said Dillard arrived at the bar angry after sending multiple profane text messages to Camp and was looking to fight him. They said Dillard advanced on Camp and stabbed him aft..>> view originalKevin Wilcoxen: Acquitted after his Stand Your Ground argument failed
Kevin Wilcoxen was working security in the parking lot of a Westside strip club when he fired a less-than-lethal shot of pepper spray into the car of Denisha Moxon, hitting her in the face. Moxon was disfigured and blinded in one eye. Wilcoxen was arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder.Wilcoxen said Moxon told him she had a gun in her car and threatened to shoot him. Moxon didn’t have a gun, but Wilcoxen didn’t know that. He claimed he fired to defend himself out of fear that M..>> view original
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