Thursday, February 25, 2016

Police: Victim identified in Northwest Jacksonville shooting and other top stories.

  • Police: Victim identified in Northwest Jacksonville shooting

    Police: Victim identified in Northwest Jacksonville shooting First Coast News at noon Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 First Coast News , WTLV 1:16 PM. EST February 25, 2016 Detectives investigate Thursday morning. (Photo: Shelby Danielsen, First Coast News) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Police have identified a man who died after being shot in front of a Northwest Jacksonville residence Wednesday night, authorities said.According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Damio..
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  • Jacksonville defies odds and gets pension bill approved in House

    Jacksonville defies odds and gets pension bill approved in House
    The weather forecast was rife with warnings about heavy rain and tornado threats when a bus carrying JAX Chamber and City Council members left Jacksonville early Wednesday for a trip to the state Capitol. By the time the chartered bus reached Tallahassee, the clouds had cleared and the sky had turned blue as the Jacksonville contingent marched into the Capitol and watched the House approve a pension-related tax bill for Jacksonville by a decisive 86-23 margin. Slideshow: Watching the pension vo..
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  • Beach Boulevard pedestrian killed is identified as 22-year-old ...

    Beach Boulevard pedestrian killed is identified as 22-year-old ...
    A 22-year-old man who was killed Wednesday afternoon when he was hit by a pest-control truck on Beach Boulevard just west of the Intracoastal Waterway has been identified as Jarrod Michael McMurtry of Arbor Vitae Drive, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. But the reason why the East Arlington man was in a travel lane of the 14700 block of Beach Boulevard when he was hit about 4:30 p.m. is still under investigation by homicide and traffic homicide investigators, according to the Sher..
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  • Red Robin plans first Jacksonville restaurant; joins Aldi at Town ...

    Red Robin plans first Jacksonville restaurant; joins Aldi at Town ...
    Aldi will be adding its second store in Jacksonville, and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers will be making its Northeast Florida debut. They’re among the tenants going into the new Town Center Promenade that’s being developed on Town Center Parkway, across the street from St. Johns Town Center. Aldi, one of the world’s largest grocers, opened on Southside Boulevard last year after opening its first two Northeast Florida stores in St. Augustine and Middleburg. It will be about one-third the size of a fu..
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  • Jacksonville office rents improve near pace of South Florida

    Jacksonville office rents improve near pace of South Florida
    Class A office rent continues to increase in Jacksonville as the fourth quarter saw the city have year-over-year growth on par with cities in South Florida, ...
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  • Saft manufacturing plant in Jacksonville draws attention from Gov ...

    Saft manufacturing plant in Jacksonville draws attention from Gov ...
    The first public mention of the Saft plant possibly coming to Jacksonville didn’t even include its name. It was one of those mystery projects the city was pursuing in early 2009. Then-Mayor John Peyton would only say that an unnamed company could soon announce a $200 million plant at Cecil Commerce Center. It was soon revealed that the company was Saft, a French firm that wanted to build a plant to make lithium-ion batteries. But it was reported that the deal hinged on Saft getting a grant of c..
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  • Silver Airways launching nonstop service from Jacksonville to ...

    Silver Airways launching nonstop service from Jacksonville to ...
    Silver Airways launching nonstop service from Jacksonville to Nassau, Bahamas Bill Bortzfield, The Florida Times-Union , WTLV 1:34 PM. EST February 25, 2016 (Photo: Silver Airways) Silver Airways announced Thursday it will begin offering nonstop flights Jacksonville International Airport and Nassau, Bahamas.The new service will begin May 28 with one way fares, including taxes and fees, priced at $99.“We are thrilled to be the first airline to introduce the much-req..
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  • Jacksonville Journal: MAD DADS to honor leader, address crime

    MAD DADS to honor leader, address crime The MAD DADS Jacksonville Chapter has two events scheduled this weekend, one in memory of a co-founder and another to ask for community tips in a recent murder. First, the 13-year-old anti-crime group will host a celebration of life for the Rev. Eddie Staton, the leader of its national grassroots organization, which once had its national headquarters in Jacksonville. He died of cancer in 2011 at age 64. The program will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday at Gate..
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  • Orange Park: meth lab proves Rodeway Inn must be shut down

    Orange Park: meth lab proves Rodeway Inn must be shut down
    ORANGE PARK | The discovery of a meth lab Thursday at the crime-plagued Rodeway Inn, town officials say, is further proof the rundown $40-a-night Park Avenue motel fosters pervasive criminal activity that make it a public nuisance that must be closed. “It’s very obvious that criminal activity continues there,” Police Chief Gary Goble said Thursday. He said illegal drug activity including the meth lab — which is at least the second found at the motel since 2014 — as well as other crimes are with..
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  • State basketball: Jesuit rallies, falters at the line late vs. Jacksonville ...

    State basketball: Jesuit rallies, falters at the line late vs. Jacksonville ...
    LAKELAND — There were just 2.6 seconds on the clock at the Lakeland Center, and it looked as if Jesuit, the team that refused to back down all season, had finally come to the end of its road. Jesuit point guard DJ Snyder had just made one of two free throws, the Tigers trailed Jacksonville Bishop Kenny by two, and all Crusader guard Chris Joyce had to do was pass it to a teammate down court to win the game and advance to the team's first state championship appearance since 1962. "I told Chris t..
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Jacksonville Farmers Market gets city grant, plans upgrades .Lawmakers predict favorable vote on Jacksonville pension bill .
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