Sunday, July 31, 2016

Hundreds of Amazon's Jacksonvile jobs will average $50000 a year and other top stories.

  • Hundreds of Amazon's Jacksonvile jobs will average $50000 a year

    Hundreds of Amazon's Jacksonvile jobs will average $50000 a year
    by: Kevin Clark, Action News Jax Updated: Jul 27, 2016 - 8:21 PM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. รข€” Amazon announced Wednesday that it is bringing about 1,500 jobs to Jacksonville -- and the online retail giant said it has plans for a more than 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center. The move will create the jobs by the end of 2019, with 500 jobs guaranteed to be permanent, full-time equivalents with an average salary of $50,000. The other 1,000 jobs will be hourly, ranging from $12 to $15 per h..
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  • Jacksonville Journal: Jacksonville man wins $500000 scratch-off

    The Florida Lottery’s $500,000 Monopoly Florida Edition scratch-off game produced a top prize winner from Jacksonville this week. Edward Moore, 54, of Jacksonville, bought the $5 ticket from the 9615 Heckscher Drive Kangaroo Express, according to the Lottery. “I’m thinking about putting this money toward the purchase of a house, a motorhome would be nice, but most definitely I’ll be taking my family on a 21-day cruise vacation,” Moore told the Lottery about his plans for some of his big winning..
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  • Police: Armed and dangerous man arrested in Jacksonville

    Police: Armed and dangerous man arrested in Jacksonville
    Police: Armed and dangerous man arrested in Jacksonville Kidnapping suspect now behind bars First Coast News , WTLV 3:33 PM. EST July 27, 2016 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says 41-year-old Brian Fogerty has been arrested in Jacksonville. Police say Fogerty had ties to different sides of the town, which means all residents in Jacksonville were on alert for days. In a press conference on Tuesday, police said Fogerty abducted a woman, her husband and her..
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  • 13 arrested in Jacksonville prosititution sting

    13 arrested in Jacksonville prosititution sting
    Florida Times-Union , WTLV 2:49 PM. EST July 27, 2016 Thirteen woman ranging in age from 19 to 62 w (Photo: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --Thirteen woman ranging in age from 19 to 62 were arrested during a prostitution sting conducted Thursday and Saturday by undercover officers on the city’s Northside, Westside and Southside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.A dozen of them were charged with offering, committing or engaging in prostitu..
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  • Citibank to hire 800 more employees for Jacksonville office

    Citibank to hire 800 more employees for Jacksonville office
    Jacksonville’s job situation continues to get good news. In addition to the confirmation that Amazon is the company planning to hire 1,500 people for its new center on the Northside, Citibank said Wednesday that it plans to hire 800 more employees for its Jacksonville office. This comes after Citi announced plans last August to hire 500 people for its offices off Philips Highway and Florida 9B in southern Jacksonville. All those 500 positions have been filled, Elizabeth Fogarty, a company spoke..
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  • Child drowns in Jacksonville pool Wednesday

    Child drowns in Jacksonville pool Wednesday
    A 5-year-old child died after an apparent drowning Wednesday on Jacksonville’s Westside in a neighborhood near the Clay County border, police said. Rescue workers responded to a home in the 7600 block of Ortega Bluff Parkway about 5 p.m., but efforts to revive the child were unsuccessful, Sgt. Chuck Ford said. He said the homeowner received a call from neighbors alerting him a child was missing, so he checked his backyard surveillance on his phone. He was working nearby and when he realized the..
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  • Jacksonville native Leon Washington to be coaching intern for Jaguars

    Jacksonville native Leon Washington to be coaching intern for Jaguars
    Jacksonville native and former Florida State running back/return man Leon Washington was announced Wednesday as one of five coaching interns for Jaguars training camp. Washington and Shawn Bryson will work with the offense, Dexter Jackson and Bo Davis with the defense and Chad Lucas with the special teams. All five coaches will be on the field Thursday morning for the opening practice. Washington starred at Jackson High (he was the state’s top player in 2002) and Florida State before the New Yo..
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  • Jacksonville man wins top prize in Monopoly scratch-off game

    Jacksonville man wins top prize in Monopoly scratch-off game
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Jacksonville man won the top prize in the Monopoly Florida Edition scratch-off game.The Florida Lottery announced that Edward Moore, 54, of Jacksonville, claimed a top prize in the $500,000 Monopoly scratch-off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee Wednesday.Moore purchased his winning ticket from the Kangaroo Express at 9615 Heckscher Drive in Jacksonville.When asked what he plans on doing with his winnings, Moore said, “I’m thinking about putting this money..
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  • Indian restaurant to open in Jacksonville Beach

    Jacksonville Beach is getting its first Indian restaurant. JaxSpice is scheduled to open on Third Street in the space last occupied by World of Beer. Pradip Ghimire, who runs an Indian restaurant in Charlotte called Copper, said he hopes to open in mid- to late September. Indian food in Jacksonville has been concentrated along Baymeadows Road, home to seven Indian restaurants and three Indian groceries. “We’re going to be a little different than the others,” Ghimire. “We won’t have a buffet, bu..
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  • EverBank Field scores major venue award

    EverBank Field scores major venue award
    “SMG is proud to have the privilege of managing EverBank Field on behalf on the city of Jacksonville and to work in collaboration with the Jacksonville Jaguars ...
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