Weavers pledge money to Hope Lodge, New Town projects
Philanthropists Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver have pledged a total of $1.4 million in gifts to two different Jacksonville projects — one a home-away-from-home for cancer patients and their caregivers planned for the Southside, the other a neighborhood-based employment and personal financial service center in the New Town community. On Wednesday, the American Cancer Society announced the Weavers had made a $500,000 challenge grant for the $19.2 million Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Hope L..>> view originalCity Year Jacksonville has grown rapidly since launch
The principals of the Leadership Schools at Eugene J. Butler admit they were skeptical when they first learned they would lead schools with City Year AmeriCorps volunteers in the classrooms. Both principals were new to working with City Year, and new in their roles launching Butler’s Leadership Schools, the single-gender middle schools that opened in the 2014-15 school year. “OK, here’s another group I have to manage,” Young Women’s Leadership Academy Principal Tamara Williams said. “I did not ..>> view originalJacksonville sheriff says gang member, 16, charged with murder in ...
A 16-year-old Jacksonville gang member is charged with murder in the shooting death of 22-month-old Aiden McClendon, the toddler killed sitting in a car with his mother and grandmother, according to police. Henry Lee Hayes IV, who goes by the nickname “Cracka Jack” was charged as an adult in the late January killing that disgusted the city and raised concerns over the violent start to the year. He is the second person to be arrested in the case. Sheriff Mike Williams said a third person is bein..>> view originalGreat white shark expedition returns to Jacksonville, hoping for more ...
Three years ago, a shark tracking expedition caught, tagged and released a 14 1/2 foot great white shark dubbed Lydia, which was pulled from the water a short swim from Hanna Park, one of Jacksonville’s prime surfing spots. The expedition returns to Jacksonville Tuesday for two weeks, hoping for similar luck.Ocearch, a nonprofit shark advocacy group, says its research vessel will search the waters off Jacksonville and Cumberland Island in Georgia, with the goal of catching a female and male sha..>> view originalJacksonville to get first glimpse of Rihanna's Anti Tour on Saturday
Move to the head of the line, Jacksonville. Pop megastar Rihanna was supposed to open her highly anticipated Anti Tour last month but, because of a bout with bronchitis and some reported production problems, the first eight shows on the tour were postponed. That leaves Saturday night’s show at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena as the tour’s new opening night. It’s the second big tour this year to open at the arena — Carrie Underwood’s Storyteller Tour made its debut here at the end of Januar..>> view originalEmployee at Jacksonville landscaping company felt disrespected by ...
The man charged in Wednesday’s shooting death of his boss at a Jacksonville business told police he felt disrespected. Lt. Steve Gallaher of the Sheriff's Office said 55-year-old victim Andrew William Little was 24-year-old Ezequiel Soriano Lopez’s foreman at B&L Landscape Co. on Spaner Road off Philips Highway and Southside Boulevard. Lopez, who had some previous run-ins with co-workers and particular issues with Little, is accused of shooting him once in the back. Related: Man dead, suspect i..>> view originalJacksonville detective wounded in traffic stop shooting has 'long ...
The day after he was hammered by gunfire in a confrontation with a 19-year-old shooter, an undercover Jacksonville narcotics detective shot in the head, body and hand remains hospitalized but continues to improve, Sheriff Mike Williams said Thursday. “He’s been up sitting in a chair, taking some visitors today,” Williams said. The sheriff said although he did not speak to the detective Thursday, he did talk with his wife. The veteran hired in 2008 was seeing a few visitors and talking with his ..>> view originalJacksonville man reaches plea agreement in Savannah transit ...
SAVANNAH | Former Chatham Area Transit Authority executive director Chadwick Reese has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors to dispose of charges that he took part in a kickback scheme with a service provider who benefited from a rigged contract. First Assistant U.S. Attorney James Durham filed notice of the agreement on Monday and asked that U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. schedule a hearing to allow Reese to change his plea. No hearing date has been scheduled. Details o..>> view originalChelsea Clinton comes to Jacksonville to campaign for her mother
Chelsea Clinton comes to Jacksonville to campaign for her mother by: Samantha Manning Updated: Mar 10, 2016 - 5:05 PM The heat is on in the sunshine state at the GOP candidates prepare to take center stage. Donald Trump leads the way into Thursday’s debate in Miami, but a new poll suggests Marco Rubio may be closing the gap with John Kasich and Ted Cruz holding on. The Democrats also taking Florida by storm. Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are trying to get some traction..>> view originalWounded Warrior Project must provide real answers
What should we think about the Wounded Warrior Project? That’s the large Jacksonville-based nonprofit that stirred serious national debate after investigations by The New York Times and CBS News excoriated the charity for spending too little on its clients. Wounded Warrior allegedly has spent too much on things like administrative salaries, big-budget travel and lavish spending at meetings. The resulting public storm has thrown Wounded Warrior into a circle-the-wagon stance with staffers defe..>> view original
Thursday, March 10, 2016
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