Rex Morgan remembered as family man, leader of fabled ...
Rex Morgan experienced some of the best days of his basketball career on the floor at Swisher Gymnasium. Sunday, the former Jacksonville University All-American, who led the Dolphins to the championship game of the 1970 NCAA Tournament, was remembered and eulogized on the same court by former teammates, coaches, family members and friends, who gathered to pay their respects to Morgan. Morgan lost his battle with cancer and died on Jan. 15 at Memorial Hospital surrounded by his immediate family...>> view originalHomicides take 113 lives in Jacksonville in 2015; trends similar to ...
Homicide numbers in Jacksonville dropped in 2015 after rising for five years, but still remained over the century mark for the fourth-straight year, according to preliminary figures. There were 113 homicides in the city in 2015, down slightly from 117 in 2014. See also: A look at Duval County's Death Row inmates Police classified 97 of the killings as murder, up from 95 in 2014. Homicides include justifiable and excusable deaths — such as self-defense or police shootings — so have higher totals..>> view originalTrial of Jacksonville man facing 120 years delayed after questions ...
The trial of a Jacksonville man facing 120 years in prison has been delayed due to concerns about how juries are picked in Jacksonville. Randal Ratledge, 58 ,has been charged with six aggravated assaults when he fired a weapon around six people. No one was hurt. But under Florida law Circuit Judge Jack Schemer has no choice but to sentence Ratledge to 120 years, 20 years for each count, if Ratledge is convicted. Ratledge was scheduled to go on trial this month, but the case was delayed on the d..>> view originalLaw & Order: Driver of van ejected, critically hurt
An Ocala woman was critically injured when she was ejected from her van as it crashed in Clay County late Saturday, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Roslyn Boushee Henderson, 29, was taken to UF Health Jacksonville following the crash about 11:45 p.m. on Branan Field Road at Oakleaf Plantation Parkway. She hadn’t been wearing a seat belt, according to the highway patrol. Her passenger, Leslie Michele Armenta, 25, of Jacksonville wasn’t injured. Armenta was wearing her seat belt, the highway pa..>> view originalDrilling, Uber on Florida House's agenda
The House is expected Tuesday to take up controversial bills about regulations dealing with oil and gas drilling and app-based transportation services such Uber and Lyft. The bills were included in what is known as a “special order calendar,” which lists issues that will be considered on the House floor. The House is scheduled to go into session at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. The drilling bill (HB 191), filed by Rep. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero, and Rep. Cary Pigman, R-Avon Park, would create a regulatory f..>> view originalFirst Coast Happenings
MONDAY Open House, as part of National School Choice Week, 9 a.m., Oakleaf Classical Conversations, Oakleaf Baptist Church, 800 Oakleaf Plantation Parkway, Orange Park. Features a Classical Conversations Foundations/Essentials program in action. (904) 252-7042 or classicalconversations.com. Flagler County Stamp and Coin Club auction and meeting, trade starts 5 p.m., meeting 6 p.m., VFW Post 8696, 47 Old Kings Road, Palm Coast. (386) 437-0368. Book Talk Cafe, 6:30 p.m., Ponte Vedra Beach branch,..>> view originalAfter a fire at the Jagcave, Jaguars superfan vows to rebuild
Like the team he supports in such style, Jaguars superfan Charlie Setting is in rebuilding mode. A big chunk of the Jagcave off the back of his Westside home burned down Tuesday night, with the fire taking his favorite grill, his smoker, his kegerator, his dart board, his Jag clock, an air-hockey table and a string of lights his wife, Kim, made out of those plastic Jaguar souvenir cups you get at the stadium. Much of the roof over the open-air Jagcave is gone or charred, too, and the fire ruine..>> view originalHemming Park's 150th a chilly celebration in Jacksonville
David Doyle drove out of Pittsburgh a day early to beat this year’s East Coast Snowmaggedon, but couldn’t completely escape its effects — not even in Jacksonville. “I saw snowflakes,” he said. “I didn’t think it did that in Florida.” Then he had to deal with the bitter winds wrapping around the giant storm, whipping into downtown’s Hemming Park, where Doyle and Xan Kaplan of Jacksonville spent a few hours Saturday doing aerial acrobatics on purple ribbons and iron rings. And yes, dangling up th..>> view original3D printing company could be coming to Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 3D printing company could soon be coming to the United States for the first time, and it has its sights set on Jacksonville.The company code-named Project Arnica, designs, manufactures and markets surgical products.The company is asking for $420,000 in city and state incentives, and would invest about $3 million into the business, which would create about 25 new jobs.Â>> view originalHyde Park business struck by gunfire
No injuries were reported but at least four bullets fired from a semi-automatic rifle struck a Hyde Park business Sunday afternoon when gunfire erupted at a neighboring apartment complex, Jacksonville police said. A gunman wearing a camouflage jacket and blue jeans opened fire on unknown victims at Admiral Arms Apartments, 6595 San Juan Ave., shortly after 1 p.m. Two bullets each hit the Family Dollar store and adjacent portion of the strip mall across the street at 6612 San Juan Ave. No one wa..>> view original
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