Friday, August 26, 2016

City of Jacksonville and Jaguars break ground on Daily's Place and other top stories.

  • City of Jacksonville and Jaguars break ground on Daily's Place

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Today the City of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Jaguars officially broke ground on a brand new amphitheater and covered flex field adjacent to EverBank Field.  Jaguars Owner Shad Khan and Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry joined Daily’s President and CEO Aubrey Edge in announcing the new complex titled Daily’s Place.    “It’s thrilling to see construction begin in earnest on Daily’s Place,” said Khan.  “These new facilities are part of our ambitious vision for the future o..
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  • Man dies after apparent animal attack on Jacksonville's Eastside; 4 ...

    Man dies after apparent animal attack on Jacksonville's Eastside; 4 ...
    Authorities believe a man was pulled under a fence and fatally mauled by four dogs Friday afternoon in the backyard of a home on Jacksonville’s Eastside. Officers and rescue workers responded to the 1100 block of Jessie Street about 4:25 p.m. after the man who lives at the home reported the death, said Sgt. Chuck Ford of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. He did not identify the victim, but said he appears to be a male over 60 years old. The victim was found on the ground in the backyard of th..
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  • Police searching for 4 missing Georgia kids who could be in ...

    Police searching for 4 missing Georgia kids who could be in ...
    by: Michael Yoshida, Action News Jax Updated: Aug 19, 2016 - 11:15 PM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A mother is desperate to find her four children, who she says were taken from her. The children's mother, Lakeisha Brown, said they spent the summer with their father and were supposed to be returned on August 6 in Columbus, Ga. Police have now issued an alert for the kids and an arrest warrant for their dad. Brown tells Action News Jax she’s called and texted the father but that hasn’t worked ..
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  • Trump campaign said Jacksonville office wasn't official, yet ...

    Trump campaign said Jacksonville office wasn't official, yet ...
    The Donald Trump campaign office in Riverside that shut down earlier this month wasn’t an official Trump office after all. Yet his people demanded it be closed, or at least strongly suggested it. There have been different reasons given about why the office closed. When the office shut its doors earlier this month, a sign went up saying it was moving to a different address. The Trump campaign does plan to open an official Jacksonville office, but no date has been announced. Patricia Butts, 80, o..
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  • Tia Mitchell: UF hiring Jacksonville booster to judge athlete rape ...

    Tia Mitchell: UF hiring Jacksonville booster to judge athlete rape ...
    Many details about the sexual assault investigation involving a University of Florida football player are confidential. There are no police reports or public records in the case because the woman reported the incident to school authorities but not law enforcement. But one thing we do know — that the accuser boycotted the Title IX hearing last week after learning UF had hired a booster and former Gator athlete to oversee the proceeding — and has heaped negative attention squarely on the Gainesvi..
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  • Jacksonville Suns to raise funds for Louisiana flood victims

    Jacksonville Suns to raise funds for Louisiana flood victims
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Suns will raise money for victims of flooding in Louisiana during their home-stand at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville Monday, Aug. 22, through Thursday. Aug. 25, while their fellow Miami Marlins affiliate, the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs, also raises money for relief efforts during their coinciding homestand.For each ticket sold on game days Monday through Thursday at the walk-up ticket windows at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville, the Suns will do..
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  • Jacksonville man jailed on $2 million bail in sexual abuse of child ...

    Jacksonville man jailed on $2 million bail in sexual abuse of child ...
    A 38-year-old Jacksonville man pleaded not guilty this week to several charges of sexually abusing a girl beginning when was she 6 years old. In July during discussions with the girl about internet safety, the now teen confided that the suspect had done something to her and she had "already lost her childhood," according to arrest documents. Further discussions led to more details about being locked in a room, forced to take her clothes off and do sexual things and have them done to her. She sa..
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  • Officials: Zika found in South Beach; spraying not practical

    Officials: Zika found in South Beach; spraying not practical
    MIAMI — South Beach has been identified as a second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, and containing it there will be difficult because high-rise buildings and strong winds make it impractical to spray the neighborhood from the air, officials said Friday. Five cases of Zika have been connected to mosquitoes in Miami Beach, bringing the state's caseload to 36 infections not related to travel outside the U.S., Florida's governor and health department announced Friday..
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  • Lookout in 2013 Jacksonville shooting gets 15 years in prison for 18 ...

    Lookout in 2013 Jacksonville shooting gets 15 years in prison for 18 ...
    A Jacksonville man will spend 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder this week in a killing that was the first homicide in Jacksonville in 2013. Marquis Antwan Bates, 22, will get credit for the three years, six months and 20 days he had already been locked up for his role in the killing of 18-year-old Dante Markeith Steele. As part of the plea deal a robbery charge against Bates was dropped. Steele was meeting two men to buy a gun when he was shot and robbed in the ..
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  • Victim seriously injured in Jacksonville quadruple shooting ...

    Victim seriously injured in Jacksonville quadruple shooting ...
    A Jacksonville woman who was originally listed in life-threatening condition is now recovering and has been released from a hospital after an Aug. 12 quadruple shooting that killed a 14-year-old relative, according to family. The woman was shot in the throat in the gunfire on West 38th Street just off Main Street, a family member said. An argument at a party outside an apartment unit led to the shooting, police said. Tamia Alexandria Sanders, who lived on the same block, died. The others were w..
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Woman found dead inside pickup truck in Northwest Jacksonville .Teen dies, 3 injured in Friday night shooting in Jacksonville's ... .
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