Monday, March 14, 2016

Marco Rubio returns to Jacksonville to rally support this morning; Bill ... and other top stories.

  • Marco Rubio returns to Jacksonville to rally support this morning; Bill ...

    U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio brought his breakneck campaign for president to the heart of Jacksonville on Monday, hoping this more suburban part of conservative North Florida will help propel him to an upset victory Tuesday over the Republican Party’s shrewd frontrunner, businessman Donald J. Trump. Several hundred supporters packed Maple Street Biscuit Company in San Marco to meet Rubio, whose event felt more like the kind of retail politicking done in caucuses rather than a high-turnout primary. Sta..
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  • Governor Rick Scott highlights Million, Billion Jobs Victory Tour

    Governor Rick Scott highlights Million, Billion Jobs Victory Tour
    Governor Rick Scott highlights Million, Billion Jobs Victory Tour Gov. Scott starting 'Million, Billion" tour Lindsey Boetsch, WTLV 12:18 PM. EST March 14, 2016 Governor Scott in Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Governor Rick Scott is making his way around the state of Florida Monday as part of his Million, Billion Jobs Victory Tour. He's touting one million jobs created in the state of Florida in five years and one billion dollars cut in taxes in two year..
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  • Jacksonville Beach in talks with Jacksonville to possibly hand over ...

    Jacksonville Beach in talks with Jacksonville to possibly hand over ...
    Jacksonville Beach is currently negotiating a potential merger between the city’s emergency fire services and Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department, but it could be another two to three months before a plan is solidified. The proposal would then need to pass both the Jacksonville Beach City Council and the Jacksonville City Council. In the meantime, Jacksonville Beach Fire Department employees continue to wait for concrete details on how the union could impact their livelihoods, specifically in t..
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  • Career Track: News about Jacksonville area business professionals

    Career Track: News about Jacksonville area business professionals
    Compiled by Julie Kanner. ■■■ Scott Ables joined the professional staff of Financial Design Associates, a general agency of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. ■■■ Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex has partnered with 1992 Winter Olympics silver medalist Paul Wylie. Wylie will work with the Figure Skating Program as a special guest coach and consultant. ■■■ Davidson Realty hired Eric Akers as a real estate agent. ■■■ The Board of Directors of Aging True Community Senior Services we..
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  • JU women pull upset in A-Sun tournament

    JU women pull upset in A-Sun tournament
    FORT MYERS | Brandi Buie sent Jacksonville to the NCAA Tournament, and handed Florida Gulf Coast a stunning loss. Buie’s baseline jumper with 3.1 seconds left gave Jacksonville its only lead of the second half, and the Dolphins upset FGCU 56-54 on Sunday afternoon to win the Atlantic Sun Conference title and league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Buie scored 16 points for the Dolphins (22-10), who trailed by 13 midway through the third quarter. Sherranda Reddick had 11 points and Ja..
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  • Building a solid system to help children with mental health needs

    Even if Jacksonville had the money to provide mental health services for children, there was no system in place. Jacksonville’s children have the worst health outcomes of any children in “any large city in Florida,” reports a consulting firm. That was the situation about five years before a new system was constructed. The Jessie Ball duPont Fund started the effort to create an architecture for mental health services for children. A federal grant was discovered. With the help of the $9 million..
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  • Former President Bill Clinton to Campaign in Jacksonville on Monday

    Former President Bill Clinton to Campaign in Jacksonville on Monday
    Former President Bill Clinton to Campaign in Jacksonville on Monday by: Brittney Donovan Updated: Mar 14, 2016 - 6:56 AM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. รข€” President Bill Clinton will be in Jacksonville on Monday to campaign for Hillary Clinton ahead of the Florida primary. Clinton will visit Zion Hope Baptist Church at 3:30 p.m. Monday to urge voters to support his wife during a Breaking Down Barriers’ GOTV event. Zion Hope Baptist Church is on Edgewood Avenue West. Members of the public int..
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  • 2 accidents kill 3 in Ware County, state patrol says

    Two highway accidents in Ware County Saturday took the lives of three people, the Georgia State Patrol said. The driver of a Nissan Altima traveling the wrong way on U.S. 1 about three miles north of Race Pond was killed when it collided head-on with an SUV headed south, the state patrol said. Mary Maxwell, 58, of Folkston was driving the Altima about 7:30 p.m. Saturday when it struck a GMC Yukon in the southbound lane closest to the median of the divided four-lane highway, the state patrol sai..
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Jacksonville knocks off FGCU for A-Sun title, 56-54 .Ohio judge allows 17-year-olds to vote in primaries .
Weavers pledge money to Hope Lodge, New Town projects .Deputies: Jacksonville woman shot by 4-year-old son 'stable' .

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