Dream home turns into nightmare for Jacksonville woman
Fannie Mae kept my deposit(Photo: Ken Amaro)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Buying a home can be stressful for any first time home buyer. For Stephanie Poulos, it was a nightmare."It was a nightmare," she said. "None of it was good from the very beginning."Poulos secured a contract to purchase a foreclosed property belonging to Fannie Mae; it's located on Jacksonville's Southside.She secured the financing, but said there were problems getting the property to meet the municipal safety code and there was al..>> view originalJacksonville police sergeant shoots carjacking suspect after crash ...
A 26-year-old Westside Jacksonville man has been arrested on charges of carjacking with a firearm and fleeing a police officer after he was shot by a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office sergeant following an early Friday chase after a reported carjacking, according to Sheriff’s Office Chief Tom Hackney.Dwight Lewis Hastings Jr. of LaBelle Street was treated and released from UF Health Jacksonville after he was shot in both arms at the end of the chase involving Sgt. Mike Moon, a 16-year Sheriff’s Off..>> view originalProsecutors oppose delay in executing Jacksonville white supremacist
Prosecutors with the offices of State Attorney Angela Corey and Attorney General Pam Bondi are opposing any delay in the St. Patrick’s Day execution of Jacksonville white supremacist Mark Asay. Asay attorney Martin McClain has argued that he cannot properly defend Asay because the Florida Supreme Court hasn’t given him enough time to review the case. McClain was appointed Asay’s lawyer Jan. 13 and is supposed to have his argument on why the 51-year-old shouldn’t be executed filed by Jan. 27. In..>> view originalState says March execution in Jacksonville murder should move...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - An attorney for the state is asking the Florida Supreme Court to reject a convicted double murderer's request for a stay of execution, arguing that the Death Row inmate's attorney is using missing or destroyed records in the case to go on a "fishing expedition."Mark James Asay, scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on March 17, asked the court to postpone his execution because records in the case were missing or destroyed. Asay also went without a lawyer to repres..>> view originalJacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley gets 1-year extension
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have given coach Gus Bradley a one-year contract extension and promoted Todd Wash to defensive coordinator.The team made the announcements Friday and scheduled a news conference for later in the day. The Jaguars also promoted Tony Sorrentino to assistant receivers coach, promoted Aaron Whitecotton to assistant defensive line coach and hired Daniel Bullocks as assistant defensive backs coach.Bradley is 12-36 in three seasons, and general manager..>> view originalFormer Jacksonville police officer shot while on duty in Miami ...
A former member of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was ambushed and shot early Friday while sitting in his Miami Gardens Police Department patrol car, according to WPLG TV-10 in Miami. While Officer David Starling recuperates at Aventura Hospital after being shot in the buttocks, his former Jacksonville sergeant offered her department’s support for his recovery as she called this latest police officer shooting a “scary” situation for all law enforcement and their families. Michelle Cook, now ..>> view originalJacksonville pension bill scheduled for first legislative hearing
By Tia Mitchell (PolitiJax) January 22, 2016 - 9:20am The Senate Community Affairs Committee has scheduled a hearing Tuesday on Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry's pension reform proposal. This will be the first legislative panel to consider Senate Bill 1652, which would provide an opportunity to extend the Better Jacksonville Plan half-penny sales tax to pay down pension debt. The measure must be approved by a total of three Senate committee..>> view originalFlorida, First Coast December unemployment rates fall below ...
More people were getting jobs in December in Florida and along the First Coast. The latest unemployment figures released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity show yet another drop in the jobless rates in the Sunshine State. The unemployment rate for Florida fell from 4.9 percent in November to 4.7 percent in December without seasonal adjustments. The First Coast jobless figure was lower than the state’s. The unemployment rate for the Jacksonville area fell from 4.7 percent t..>> view originalArrest made in September shooting of Jacksonville man sitting on a ...
A 23-year-old Jacksonville man remains jailed on $1.2 million bail after his arrest last week in a September shooting of a man sitting on a bench outside a Quickway food store. Jamal Travis Davis of the 1600 block of West 31st Street is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and possession of a weapon by a felon, jail and court records show. Antonio Purdell Butler, 26, was sitting outside the store at Moncrief Road and 34th Street about 11:15 a.m. Sept. 16 when he was shot multipl..>> view originalBrouhaha erupts over Clay County lobbyist
The Clay County School Board found out Thursday it has a Tallahassee lobbyist – a recent hire allowed under district policy although some members say the hiring never should have happened without the board being consulted about it. Superintendent Charlie Van Zant Jr. acknowledged the hiring when being called out about it by board members Carol Studdard and Janice Kerekes. The issue arose when a teacher in the audience asked about it during the public comment portion of the marathon board meetin..>> view original
Friday, January 22, 2016
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