Jacksonville's Metro Diner chain hit with more than $150000 in ...
The Metro Diner restaurant in Jacksonville Beach, owned by franchisee Windy City Doc Holding LLC, was ordered to pay $154,179 in back wages for employees after the U.S. Department of Labor found multiple federal wages-and-hours law violations. In a prepared statement issued by the federal agency Thursday, the Wage and Hour Division’s Jacksonville District Office said The Metro Diner on Third Street in Jacksonville Beach “violated minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards ..>> view originalJacksonville police investigate shooting at strip mall on ...
by: Amber Krycka, Action News Jax Updated: Nov 17, 2016 - 8:34 PM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Police are looking for the person who shot a 19-year-old several times at a busy Westside shopping plaza Thursday morning. Police say the teen was shot outside O’Reilly Auto Parts off of Normandy Boulevard. Officers say that while the victim was shot multiple times, his injuries are non-life threatening. Officers say the suspects shot from a vehicle, but they don’t have a description of it ..>> view originalJacksonville company awarded $25 million contract to build training ...
A company headquartered in Jacksonville won a $25 million contract this week to build a training facility at Mayport Naval Station for half the Navy’s fleet of new littoral combat ships. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast awarded the contract Tuesday to Sauer Inc. of Jacksonville, and the project is expected to be complete by April 2018. The littoral ships are designed to operate close to shore with steerable jet propulsion and two different hull designs. The Freedom-variant ships w..>> view original'Thank you, Jacksonville' for saving the fort
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville community is being credited for rallying together to ensure a piece of River City history isn't demolished.The local nonprofit, North Florida Land Trust, was able to raise enough money to buy the 1898 Spanish American War Fort from a private owner -- who had purchased the land the fort sits on at auction. That private owner, David Radcliffe, had planned to tear down the fort to build a home.WATCH: Original story on fight to save the fort That's when North..>> view originalPuerto Rican-Hispanic Chamber of Commerce hosts all day carnival ...
A carnival celebrating Puerto Rican and Hispanic culture and business is set for The Jacksonville Landing Saturday. The Puerto Rican-Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Clay and Duval counties is organizing the event that will run from noon Saturday until 2 a.m. Sunday and will involve music, displays and other entertainment. Nancy Quinones, president of the local Hispanic chamber, said the event is designed to highlight a vibrant culture that is ultimately part of the First Coast culture as the p..>> view originalNational small business index shows Jacksonville slips slightly for ...
The Kauffman Index for small businesses shows Jacksonville ranks 39 out of 40. Jupiterimages Jacksonville ranks 39 out of 40 cities for the rate of small business activity, according to the 2016 Kauffman Index of Main Street Entrepreneurship. Jacksonville fell one spot from last year, with the population of small business owners down from 5.64 percent in 2015 to 4.33 percent in 2016. That number has been declining since 2008, when..>> view originalSt. Johns County Sheriff's Office looks for 15-year-old girl
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s is asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old girl who hasn’t been heard from in four days. Carly Grimes was last seen around 8 p.m. on Sunday at her Fruit Cove home. She was reported as a runaway by her family early Monday morning, the Sheriff’s Office said in a Thursday evening social media post. While investigating, authorities learned on Wednesday that Grimes had made “concerning remarks” to a friend through social media, the Sheriff’s Office said..>> view originalMillennial ranks grow in Jacksonville bucking recent study's trend
Millennials now make up the largest living generation in the United States with 75 million people, ranging in age from 18 to 34. And in Jacksonville, their ranks are increasing. Over the past decade, Jacksonville's millennial population grew 3.2 percent, bucking a trend that real estate analytics company Apartment List identified in November that pointed out that — unsurprisingly — millennials moved to cities that had affordable housing and growing incomes. Jacksonville's millennial po..>> view originalJacksonville car dealer employees hide in locked room after man's ...
by: Jenna Bourne, Action News Jax Updated: Nov 17, 2016 - 9:28 PM RELATED: Man walked into dealership, threatened to kill gay people, owner says JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A man police have described as mentally ill is accused of walking into Keith Pierson Toyota on Thursday and threatening to shoot employees there. A salesman said that man also told him he wanted to make sure all gay people were gone from the Earth. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said the man is getting a mental eval..>> view originalJacksonville police disciplines officer for handling of Jaguars ...
Jacksonville police disciplines officer for handling of Jaguars' Denard Robinson crash by: Action News Jax Updated: Nov 18, 2016 - 7:16 AM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville police disciplined one of their own for the handling of the crash investigation of Jaguars running back Denard Robinson. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said the responding officer filed an incomplete and misleading traffic crash report. Related Link: Today's Top Stories Officer Frank Camacho did not detail..>> view original
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