Monday, April 18, 2016

Jacksonville fugitive sought in Kentucky double homicide fatally shot ... and other top stories.

  • Jacksonville fugitive sought in Kentucky double homicide fatally shot ...

    Jacksonville fugitive sought in Kentucky double homicide fatally shot by Illinois sheriff's deputies Jessica Clark anchors. 4/16/2016 Associated Press , WTLV 1:33 PM. EST April 17, 2016 Gerald Robert Boyes, 52 (Photo: Florida Department of Corrections/Florida Times-Union) ANTIOCH, Ill. — Authorities in northern Illinois say sheriff's deputies have shot and killed a Florida fugitive who was also a person of interest in a Kentucky double homicide.The Lake C..
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  • Lifeguards urge people to stay out of Jacksonville Beach water

    Lifeguards urge people to stay out of Jacksonville Beach water
    by: Brittney Donovan Updated: Apr 17, 2016 - 5:39 PM JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — A family is grieving the death of a loved one after officials said he lost his life trying to save his daughter. Police said William Moritz got caught in a rip current trying to save his 6-year-old daughter at Jacksonville Beach on Saturday. The girl was released from the hospital Saturday night. A gofundme for Moritz said a tide pulled his daughter into the water and he dived in to get her. Officials..
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  • HANDSON JACKSONVILLE: Celebrate GOOD Festival

    HANDSON JACKSONVILLE: Celebrate GOOD Festival
    About This Slideshow: Food, games, music and fun were on hand during the Celebrate GOOD Festival Sunday, April 17, 2016 at Friendship Fountain in Jacksonville, Florida. The event, sponsored by HandsOn Jacksonville, celebrates the thousands of volunteers in the city.
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  • Escaped inmate from Jacksonville Bridge Center on the Westside...

    Escaped inmate from Jacksonville Bridge Center on the Westside...
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Florida Department of Corrections says inmate Lonnie Barnett Jr. has been captured.DOC says Barnett escaped from the Jacksonville Bridge Community Release Center off of Beaver Street and Lane Avenue. DOC would not say where Barnett Jr. was captured only that he escaped Saturday and was captured later that day.According to information on Jacksonville Bridge's website, the center "Gives male inmates an opportunity to get their lives back on track. Men in this program are ..
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  • Police end large-scale search of Baldwin area for missing priest

    Police end large-scale search of Baldwin area for missing priest
    BALDWIN | The multi-agency investigation continues but Jacksonville police said Sunday night the large-scale search is over in Baldwin and surrounding rural area for missing 71-year-old St. Augustine priest, the Rev. Rene Wayne Robert, who disappeared a week ago. No reason was given by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office for discontinuing the search of the woods, ponds and back roads of the community that spanned the weekend and including law enforcement officers on foot, horseback, all-terrain v..
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  • Lifeguards urge people to stay out of water after man drowns at ...

    Lifeguards urge people to stay out of water after man drowns at ...
    by: Brittney Donovan Updated: Apr 17, 2016 - 5:39 PM Eric Pardee posted this photo of an ocean rescue at Jacksonville Beach on Saturday. JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — Lifeguards are urging beachgoers to stay out of the water after a Michigan man drowned while saving his young daughter from rough surf at Jacksonville Beach on Saturday. Police said 28-year-old William Moritz went into the water to rescue his 6-year-old daughter at 8th Street North before noon. A gofundme page for Morti..
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  • Jacksonville man faces fraud charges for taking mom's benefits

    Jacksonville man faces fraud charges for taking mom's benefits The Associated Press Published: Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 6:28 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 6:28 p.m. JACKSONVILLE — A northeast Florida man faces fraud charges after authorities said he secretly buried his mother in her yard so he could continue to collect her pension funds and Social Security benefits. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Jacksonville reported in a news release Friday that..
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  • Czech your globe: It's a new world

    Czech your globe: It's a new world
    ST. SIMONS ISLAND | At first I thought Mrs. Patterson, my third-grade teacher, was picking on me. “Terry,’’ she said. “Go to the map and point to Norway.” I dutifully marched to the front wall where a map the size of a bedspread hung. At least it seemed that big because it covered about half the blackboard. I had read in my geography book that Norway was shaped like a spoon so I looked for something you’d need to eat watery grits. I couldn’t find a thing at first until Mrs. Patterson gave me a ..
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  • PRIDE: JASMYN's Fifth annual 5k

    PRIDE: JASMYN's Fifth annual 5k
    About This Slideshow: Hundreds of runners and walkers followed a rainbow covered Mini Cooper pace car to participate in JASMYN's Fifth annual Strides for Pride 5k in Riverside, near Five Points, Saturday morning. The threat of rain never materialized and the majority of the event was held under the first blue skies in several days. This was the first race in Jacksonville where participants were able to register as non-binary in addition to male, trans-male, female and trans-female. Awards were..
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  • Jaguars offseason program begins Monday with several new faces

    Jaguars offseason program begins Monday with several new faces
    Although players have been inside EverBank Field for several weeks training for the upcoming season, Jaguars coach Gus Bradley’s fourth year doesn’t officially begin until Monday when he is allowed to address the full squad. The Jaguars’ two-month offseason program will include 10 organized team activity workouts in late May/early June and finish with a mandatory mini-camp June 14-16 (everything else is voluntary). Since the Jaguars were last together Jan. 4, Bradley has signed a one-year exten..
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Large-scale search for missing priest begins on Jacksonville's ... .SJC double homicide suspect arrested in Jacksonville .
Cops battle firefighters Saturday in Jacksonville's 18th Guns N' Hoses .Police activity related to missing priest case on Jacksonville's westside .

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