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  • Police: Vehicle crashes in Northwest Jacksonville yard after driver ...

    Police: Vehicle crashes in Northwest Jacksonville yard after driver ...
    Several blocks were roped off with police tape Tuesday morning.(Photo: Lisa Robbins, First Coast News)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A vehicle crashed in a Northwest Jacksonville yard after the driver was shot to death Tuesday morning, authorities said.About 6 a.m., officers responded to the intersection of West 31st Street and Stuart Street after receiving reports of gunshots in the area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.Investigators discovered a man in his late 20s to early 30s was shot ..
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  • First Coast Happenings

    First Coast Happenings
    TUESDAY “I Am” Workshop Series, presented by the Amrit Yoga Institute, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays through April 5, Unity Plaza, 220 Riverside Ave. Features a self-mastery course designed to teach practical life skills for reducing stress. Enroll in full series or individual classes. unity.org. ■ Tuesday — Aligning Your Life. ■ Feb. 2 — Breathing Into Peace. Dr. Gerson Yessin Music Series, 6:30-7:30 p.m, Ponte Vedra Beach branch, 101 Library Blvd., Ponte Vedra Beach. Features The Chamber Singers from th..
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  • Jacksonville Journal: Clay school rezoning meeting Tuesday night

    Clay school rezoning meeting Tuesday night Clay County school district leaders will have a meeting for parents about proposed student attendance zone changes affecting Oakleaf area schools at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Argyle Elementary School, 2625 Spencer Plantation Blvd., Orange Park. District staff will be there beginning at 6 p.m., said Karen Bush, executive secretary for Superintendent Charlie Van Zant Jr. As now proposed but likely to change, about 500 students from elementary to high school ..
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  • New model increases student access to mental-health services

    New model increases student access to mental-health services
    It wouldn’t be unusual to walk past Room 105 at Saint Clair Evans Academy before school starts and hear “The Electric Slide,” or maybe “The Cha Cha Slide,” coming from the other side of the door. Inside, Tyrenia Cross has dragged her table and chairs off to the side and cranked up the music. “Whatever your frustration is, whatever your problem is, whatever happened before you left home this morning, let’s dance it off because we have to be engaged in school today,” Cross tells students. “We hav..
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  • FSU settles Winston lawsuit; university avoids prolonged legal battle

    FSU settles Winston lawsuit; university avoids prolonged legal battle
    Florida State announced on Monday it had settled with former student Erica Kinsman, who brought a Title IX lawsuit against the school for its handling of her rape accusation against former Seminoles’ quarterback Jameis Winston. However, the $950,000 settlement did not come with any admission that the school failed its duties under the federal statute regarding sexual harassment once Kinsman reported the incident of Dec. 7, 2012, first to the Tallahassee Police Department, then to FSU football c..
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  • JTA holds MobilityWorks community workshop on Philips Highway ...

    JTA holds MobilityWorks community workshop on Philips Highway ...
    A community workshop will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 2, to seek public input on bicycle and pedestrian safety, mobility improvements and concerns along the Philips Highway corridor. The Jacksonville Transportation Authority meeting will be held at the Southside Assembly of God at 2118 Kings Ave. The JTA is reviewing transit, pedestrian and bicycle movements within many main commuter roadways as part of its MobilityWorks program, designed to complete projects funded by the extension of t..
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  • People in Jacksonville watched Broncos-Patriots game

    People in Jacksonville watched Broncos-Patriots game
    The AFC title game between the Broncos and Patriots Sunday got the largest TV audience for any football game in Jacksonville this year. The game was viewed in 207,000 households, topping the 186,000 households that the Steeler-Bronco game attracted last week. The ratings dropped for the second game between the Cardinals and Panthers for the NFC title, which was viewed in 189,000 households in Jacksonville. The highest household audience this past season for a Jaguars game was 173,000 househol..
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  • 105-acre development planned near proposed IKEA site

    105-acre development planned near proposed IKEA site
    A new IKEA store hasn’t been built on Gate Parkway yet but a new neighbor is already in the works. Hines, the owner of Markets at Town Center and developer of Palencia and Markland, is planning a 105-acre, mixed-used project just north of the IKEA site. Lane Gardner, managing director of Hines, said the development, which doesn’t have a name yet, is still in the planning stages but that it would include single-family homes, townhomes, multifamily, office and specialty retail. It’s too early for..
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  • Coast Guard sets hearing for El Faro investigation

    Coast Guard sets hearing for El Faro investigation
    The U.S. Coast Guard set a hearing to investigate the sinking of the El Faro cargo ship in October during a hurricane with 33 crew members aboard. The Coast Guard announced Tuesday it will conduct a Marine Board of Investigation hearing beginning Feb. 16 and continuing through Feb. 26 at the Prime Osborn Convention Center in Jacksonville. The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board are conducting investigations into the El Faro sinking Oct. 1 during Hurricane Joaquin on a voyage fr..
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  • Law & Order: Clay Fire Rescue officer accused of selling heroin

    Law & Order: Clay Fire Rescue officer accused of selling heroin
    A veteran Clay County Fire Rescue officer was arrested Sunday afternoon on a warrant for sale and delivery of heroin after an amount of the drug valued at $40 was sold to an undercover investigator 10 days earlier in Green Cove Springs, according to the Sheriff’s Office. James Will Padgett of Orange Park was arrested at 7 p.m. and booked into the Clay County jail, according to the Sheriff’s Office The arrest report stated that Padgett, 40, was on Branscomb Road and Henley Road, one block of no..
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