Firefighters called to help Ringling Bros. circus train arriving in ...
The train arrived in Jacksonville Wednesday.(Photo: Roger Weeder, First Coast News)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This isn’t the way the folks with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus pictured their day going – a circus train stuck on the tracks and firefighters coming to their aid Wednesday.But that's exactly what Tom Francis with the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said happened when the train stopped near South McDuff Avenue, on the city's westside, at about noon.The train’s engineer ..>> view originalWayne Weaver, former Jaguars owner, richest resident in ...
Forbes Magazine has posted its latest list of the richest people in the 50 largest cities in the United States and former Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver made the rankings. Weaver, who owned the Jaguars for 18 years, came in as the richest person in Jacksonville, according to Forbes, which listed Weaver’s net worth at $870 million. Weaver was fourth richest in the largest Florida cities, according to the list, which noted much of his wealth comes from being the CEO of Nine West shoe com..>> view originalHome and Garden calendar
SATURDAY Jacksonville Farmers Market, dawn to dusk daily year round, 1810 W. Beaver St. Features local, organic, ethnic and specialty produce, along with other foods and agricultural products. (904) 354-2821 or jaxfarmersmarket.com. Vegetable Seed Workshop, 9 a.m.-noon, Duval County Extension Service, 1010 N. McDuff Ave. Features “How to Start Vegetables From Seed.” Includes make and take seed trays. $15. Registration and payment required in advance. (904) 255-7450 duval.ifas.ufl.edu. Amelia Fa..>> view originalHow a pastor was lost -- and found
In November of 2014, the previous pastor for First Baptist Church in Jacksonville Beach left to go to the international mission field. A pastor search team was appointed by the church to seek to fill the position of Lead Pastor. The team immediately began searching through nationwide sources. The team received more than 200 resumes. After months of reviewing resumes, the search was narrowed to five candidates. Upon contact and investigation of the top five, the team did not sense any confirmati..>> view originalScott's hospital commission quietly concludes work with list of ...
TALLAHASSEE | A commission created last year by the governor to “investigate and advise on the role of taxpayer funding for hospitals, insurers and healthcare providers,” concluded its work Tuesday by quietly approving six pages of “observations.” “We don’t have the expertise to make recommendations to implement, so our observations are actually more aligned with our capabilities,” Chairman Carlos Beruff, a Bradenton developer, said after the final meeting of the Commission on Healthcare and Ho..>> view originalOther teams have acted, but Jaguars still without a defensive ...
Fifteen days after firing Bob Babich, Jaguars coach Gus Bradley remains in the market for a defensive coordinator. As of now, the Jaguars will be one of at least eight teams with a new defensive coordinator this year. But the Jaguars are the only team that had a head coach in place but is still without a coordinator (read that five times fast). Here is a team by team run down: AFC EAST New England: Matt Patricia. Buffalo: Dennis Thurman. NY Jets: Kacy Rodgers. Miami: Vance Joseph (NEW). Previou..>> view originalJU dorm sells for $17.5 million
Several hundred Jacksonville University students now have a new landlord, sort of. The four-story, 274-bed North Hall dormitory, which opened last fall, has been sold to a New York investment group. But the dorm will still be leased and managed by the university. Rimrock Devlin Development built the dorm on five acres just north of campus with the agreement that JU would lease it. In a sale that closed this week, Rimrock Devlin sold it to W.P. Carey, real estate investment trust with assets of ..>> view originalAnalysis site ranks Jaguars OL lower than 2014
Pro Football Focus has its supporters and detractors, but it produces interesting content. The web site ranked all 32 offensive lines in the NFL this season. The Jaguars were ranked 19th. That makes sense. The unit was below average, but not awful. Here’s the puzzling aspect. PFF ranked the Jaguars 18th last season, a year in which the offense gave up a franchise-worst 71 sacks. Now, not all of those sacks were on the line, but come on. This season, the Jaguars gave up 51 sacks, yet dipped in t..>> view originalDuval school system's progress is clear
The negative perceptions of the Duval County school system are simply not justified. Duval County Public Schools is the 20th largest school district in the nation and the sixth largest in Florida. Including charters and alternative schools and the like, there are 197 public schools and 128,702 students, 11,876 staff and 8,284 teachers, Therefore, broad generalizations too easily turn into stereotypes. People too easily compare this county to the much smaller suburban school districts of St. Jo..>> view originalHendricks Ave. resurfacing project sparks debate over bike lanes
To add bike lanes or not to add bike lanes? That’s the question the Florida Department of Transportation will answer while forming the final plans for its resurfacing project on Florida 13 (Hendricks Avenue/San Jose Blouevard) from San Marco Boulevard to Cornell Road. Along with resurfacing the road, the project proposes to remove on-street parking and build a 7-foot-wide bike lane, along with 11- and 12-foot lanes for vehicles. A recent public information meeting on the project attracted cycli..>> view original
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