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Last Top Stories: Jacksonville man faces attempted-murder charge after woman dragged trying to get out of car | jacksonville

  • Jacksonville man faces attempted-murder charge after woman dragged trying to get out of car | jacksonville

    Jacksonville man faces attempted-murder charge after woman dragged trying to get out of car | jacksonville
    A 61-year-old man has a new charge of attempted second-degree murder after a woman was dragged from a car four months ago, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.On Wednesday, police re-arrested Ernest Ray Holoman of Barber Street with his bail increased to $125,000 bail, according to his arrest report. He was initially charged Oct. 26 with driving under the influence causing serious injury.The unidentified woman suffered serious injuries about 10 p.m. July 22 as she hung from a car duri..
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  • Deck the Chairs brightens Jacksonville Beach | jacksonville

    JACKSONVILLE BEACH | With the right perspective, a beach chair can look like a pirate ship. Or a seahorse. Even an imperial troop transport from Star Wars (it helps if you build the transport around the chair).Sunday night, the key to seeing the possibilities was Christmas lights.They were enough to bring crowds to the Sea Walk Pavilion for Deck the Chairs, a still-new holiday celebration where lifeguard chairs normally warehoused for the winter are covered with lights and whimsical decorations...
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  • Richard Christensen, psychiatrist who served Jacksonville's homeless, killed during African mission trip | jacksonville

    Richard Christensen, psychiatrist who served Jacksonville's homeless, killed during African mission trip | jacksonville
    Richard Christensen, a noted psychiatrist who served Jacksonville’s homeless, was killed by a hit-and-run driver during a mission trip in Africa, the Sulzbacher Center for the homeless reported.“Jacksonville has lost an icon,” Steven Cuffe, chair of the psychiatry department at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, said in a statement. “Dr. Christensen was the heart and soul of psychiatry in the city, caring for the homeless with compassion and kindness, and developing h..
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  • Army combat veteran turns to farming in Starke

    Army combat veteran turns to farming in Starke
    STARKE | It’s chicken-butchering day at Cognito Farm, and the morning sun barely peeped over the fields as Andrea Lewis, 24, an apprentice, pulled up in a pickup truck loaded with crates of clucking cargo: 119 Cornish Cross chickens bound for outdoor markets in Neptune Beach, St. Augustine and Gainesville.David Griffis was getting ready. Hosing down the chopping blocks. Heating water for the scalder. Setting up eight metal cones — “killing cones,” he calls them — into which he’ll place each chic..
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  • Jacksonville pedestrian struck Thanksgiving now a fatality | jacksonville

    A 21-year-old Jacksonville woman struck trying to cross Atlantic Boulevard on Thanksgiving night has died, the Sheriff's Office said Monday. Jocelyn M. Tindell ...
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  • Cocoa Police: Wanted Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested In...

    Cocoa Police: Wanted Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested In...
    A suspect wanted in connection with a series of armed robberies is now in custody in the Jacksonville area. Detectives are still attempting to verify the suspect's ...
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  • Jacksonville Transportation Authority spreading joy this

    Jacksonville Transportation Authority spreading joy this
    DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. —Passengers will get a little holiday cheer when riding on a Jacksonville Transportation Authority bus this holiday season.JTA has a specialty wrapped bus that will be driven by Santa until Dec. 24.Related Link: Today's Top StoriesPassengers will be able to ride on the bus for free, listen to holiday music, receive candy canes and enjoy decorations."We are excited to have the holiday bus on regular routes throughout the season,” said JTA VP of Transit Operations, Lisa Darnall...
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  • 1 of Jacksonville's first conjoined twins leaves Wolfson Children's Hospital | jacksonville

    1 of Jacksonville's first conjoined twins leaves Wolfson Children's Hospital | jacksonville
    One of the formerly conjoined twin boys born in Jacksonville almost a year ago was discharged from Wolfson Children’s Hospital Monday and transferred to Brooks Rehabilitation.Conner Mirabal, who will turn 1 Dec. 12, will receive “intense” inpatient physical therapy at Brooks, according to a joint news release from Wolfson and Nemours Children’s Specialty Care.His brother, Carter, has had a slower recovery and will remain at Wolfson for at least a few more months. Both boys have been hospitalized..
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  • Big week for Christmas events in Coastal Georgia

    Big week for Christmas events in Coastal Georgia
    Residents of Southeast Georgia have a lot of choices in coming days to get into the Christmas spirit.St. Marys will turn on its lights along Osborne Street Tuesday evening with a 5:30 Santa parade followed by the ‘‘white lighting’’ and tree-lighting ceremony.On Saturday night, Brunswick and Woodbine will have their nighttime Christmas parades and Brunswick will host an annual Christmas tour of homes.The Woodbine Woman’s Club offers its meal of soup, sandwich, dessert and a drink at 4:30 p.m. at ..
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  • Tenant at Jacksonville Townhouse Apartments says his unit is

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —A local man says his apartment is filled with roaches.“This is ridiculous.” That’s how Albert Ivey describes his home in the Jacksonville Townhouse Apartments.“Some of these apartments have mold, sewage backup you can smell up here on the seventh floor,” Ivey said.He said that’s not the worst of his problems; he said his apartment is filled with roaches. There are roaches crawling on his door, hiding under his TV and even inside his freezer.Ivey showed Action News Jax some mo..
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