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  • NCAA College Football Recap - Sam Houston State Bearkats at Jacksonville State Gamecocks - Dec 19, 2015 - CBSSports

    NCAA College Football Recap - Sam Houston State Bearkats at Jacksonville State Gamecocks - Dec 19, 2015 - CBSSports
    (STATS) - Jacksonville State left no doubt about its credentials for the FCS championship game.Troymaine Poperushed for 181 yards and two touchdowns and the top-seeded Gamecocks shut down Sam Houston State's potent offense in a 62-10 rout in Saturday's semifinal.Jacksonville State (13-1) earned a spot opposite four-time defending champion North Dakota State in the Jan. 9 title game in Frisco, Texas, by dominating the mistake-prone Bearkats in all facets. The Gamecocks piled up 639 total yards, i..
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  • Atlanta Falcons vs

    Atlanta Falcons vs
    Aug 28, 2014; Jacksonville, FL, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Denard Robinson (16) carries the ball against the Atlanta Falcons at EverBank Field. Mandatory Credit: Richard Dole-USA TODAY Sports(Photo: Richard Dole-USA TODAY Sports)With meaningful football still being played in December, the Jacksonville Jaguars will host the Atlanta Falcons in Week 15.The Jaguars are coming off a franchise-high scoring performance in a win over the Indianapolis Colts and are hoping to produce the team..
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  • Grieving Jacksonville man develops cold case homicide website | jacksonville

    Grieving Jacksonville man develops cold case homicide website | jacksonville
    Ryan Backmann knows what it’s like to not know and wants to make sure other families of homicide victims find the closure he longs to have.Backmann continues to wonder who killed his father, Cliff, in a robbery and shooting at a Jacksonville construction site in October 2009. The killing is one of about 850 unsolved murders in Jacksonville.Backmann spent several years after his father’s death working as a victim’s advocate for Compassionate Families, a Jacksonville-area victim’s rights group. He..
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  • Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund's interim executive director outlines her goals | jacksonville

    Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund's interim executive director outlines her goals | jacksonville
    Beth McCague made a quiet choice Friday that said a lot about the interim executive director of the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund.Instead of taking the chair at the far end of the conference table — John Keane’s old chair — before her first meeting with the pension fund’s board, McCague wedged herself into a corner spot between two trustees.The board chairman, not the executive director, ran the meeting. That change, too, had a purpose.“I think it’s an indication of the approach we a..
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  • Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Gulliford steps in on HRO while Mayor Curry mulls | jacksonville

    Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Gulliford steps in on HRO while Mayor Curry mulls | jacksonville
    Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Gulliford caught City Hall off guard last week when he abruptly changed the dynamic of the latest effort to expand discrimination protections for Jacksonville’s LGBT community by introducing a plan to let voters, not city leaders, make the decision.That’s just textbook Bill Gulliford.The surprise move that put him at the forefront of yet another high-profile issue — before even Mayor Lenny Curry had a chance to make his own — comes from the veteran politician’s ..
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  • Hope Fund: Happy-go-lucky man looking for more outside...

    Hope Fund: Happy-go-lucky man looking for more outside...
    A house once full of strangers now has walls that echo with laughter and warmth.Most of the giggles and chatter being generated in L’Arche Jacksonville come from Robert McCormick, a 63-year-old man who didn’t learn how to speak until he was 5.“Once he started, he hasn’t stopped talking,” said Randy McCormick, with a smile, regarding his younger brother.Robert McCormick was born with cognitive disabilities that made it difficult for him to speak early on, and continue to largely limit him to prov..
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  • Sunday Business Notebook: More growth in Jacksonville's medical community | jacksonville

    Baptist Healthis getting started on the first phase of its new campus at the northeast corner of theDunn Avenue/Interstate 295interchange. The building permit was issued last week for the first building, a $14 million, 27,500-square-foot stand-alone emergency center. Auld & White Constructors has the contract.The address is 11250 Baptist Health Drive, but that street designation is so new it doesn’t show up on maps yet. Later plans call for a three-story medical office building.Baptist paid ..
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  • Jacksonville Zoo debuts African elephant

    Jacksonville Zoo debuts African elephant
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Thandi, a 34-year-old African elephant, made her public debut at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Saturday.The elephant was brought to Jacksonville on November 13 from The National Elephant Center in Fellsmere, Florida. She joins the zoo's other two elephants after a standard 30-day quarantine period where animal caretakers gave Thandi a clean bill of health.Zoo officials say, she is exhibiting matriarchal traits and has developed into a leader when she is around the other el..
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  • Jaguars Game Plan: Preview of Sunday's game against Atlanta

    Jaguars Game Plan: Preview of Sunday's game against Atlanta
    FALCONS (6-7) AT JAGUARS (5-8)1 p.m., EverBank Field.TV/Radio: FOX/1010AM, 92.5FM, 99.9FMLine:Jaguars by 3.THREE THINGS TO WATCHGET AHEADTwo weeks ago, the Jaguars hosted a San Diego team that had scored three points the previous week and had a six-game losing streak. The Jaguars’ first two drives were 10 plays-76 yards and eight plays-53 yards, but they stalled at the Chargers’ 6- and 33-yard lines and resulted in field goals. Kept in the game, San Diego went on a 24-6 run and won 31-25. Atlant..
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  • Veteran coach perfect fit for Jaguars' young receivers

    Veteran coach perfect fit for Jaguars' young receivers
    Stationed high above the field, Jaguars assistant receivers coach Tony Sorrentino usually waits until between possessions to confer with Jerry Sullivan via radio communication.But when Allen Robinson caught a four-yard touchdown pass from Blake Bortles in the third quarter of last week’s win over Indianapolis, Sorrentino couldn’t wait.“Unbelievable route! … Did you see that Jerry? … Unbelievable!” Sorrentino said he bellowed into his headset.“I was going on and on,” he said four days later.Sorre..
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