2 shot in front of Jacksonville Landing, 1 life-threatening
A 16-year-old boy was killed and a second boy, 13, was wounded in a brazen Martin Luther King Jr. Day shooting that played out in broad daylight right outside The Jacksonville Landing. The shooting that police said killed Khamoi Petersen 10 days shy of his 17th birthday comes less than two weeks after a shooting downtown Jan. 4 that sent to two teenagers to the hospital following First Wednesday Art Walk. Since then, city and business leaders have been trying to assuage concerns about the area’..>> view originalJacksonville police investigating shooting after man found dead
by: Action News Jax Updated: Jan 17, 2017 - 8:31 AM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Officers are searching for a shooter after a 32-year-old father of three was killed in Jacksonville early Monday morning. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Chauncy McNair was found around 2:30 a.m. lying in the middle of Lynton Street. Officers said he was shot several times, and was taken to a hospital where he died. McNair’s family told Action News Jax he was a father of three young children. Family said h..>> view originalVictory II casino cruise ship relocated from Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Victory II casino cruise ship is temporarily being reassigned due to severe winter sea conditions in Jacksonville.Those who plan to take the cruise, which will be heading out of Port Canaveral, will still receive all the standard benefits, and all of the same table games, food and live entertainment.Cruise ship officials said it will honor all offers and point balances. Copyright 2017 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.>> view originalJacksonville couple facing child neglect, drug charges...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Jacksonville couple is charged after an undercover drug sting at a Southside gas station.According to an arrest report, 22-year-old Reco Benefield was contacted by an undercover detective in mid-December about buying drugs. The report said Benefield directed the detective to meet him at a Sunoco gas station on Beach Boulevard. The detective went to the gas station, the report states, and met Benefield to buy crack cocaine. Benefield drove away after the buy.Officers said ..>> view originalQuestions arose when woman abducted as infant in Jacksonville ...
by: Brittney Donovan, Action News Jax Updated: Jan 16, 2017 - 3:50 PM A woman accused of abducting an infant from a Jacksonville hospital is awaiting extradition as the now-18-year-old adjusts to life without the woman she knew as her mother for 18 years. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said Monday that about 2,500 tips came in during the years before Kamiyah Mobley was found in Walterboro, South Carolina. 18-year-old abducted at birth shares song apparently about alleged ki..>> view originalParade honoring MLK takes over downtown Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Thousands lined downtown streets Monday for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade. The parade stepped off at 10 a.m. at EverBank Field, with units riding, rolling and marching west on Bay Street, turning south and passing the Jacksonville Landing.More than 100 entries included 10 marching bands, several JROTC units, dignitaries, dance teams, school groups, fraternities, sororities and community organizations.While King would not live to see his dream of equality come..>> view originalFeds, Jacksonville reach 'tentative settlement' for firefighter ...
Jacksonville and the federal government have reached a tentative settlement in a five-year-old lawsuit over whether the fire department’s promotion tests discriminate against minorities. The two sides will work this week to create a written settlement, Senior U.S. District Judge Harvey Schlesinger wrote Friday in a notice to the court, but there are still details to be finalized. U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan, who had scheduled the case for a February trial, removed it from court calenda..>> view originalKing Day volunteers perform community service across Jacksonville
Shaunice McFadden has been inspired by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. since she learned about the civil rights icon in the first grade. That’s why McFadden, now 22, volunteers every year for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, which occurs nationwide on the federal holiday in his honor. Monday she was among 200 or so volunteers on a community service project beautifying the Ribault High School campus on Jacksonville’s Northside. “Martin Luther King is my hero,” McFadden said. “He is som..>> view originalMLK Day of service at Ribault High School
City Year along with several other Jacksonville businesses and organizations provided a team of volunteers for a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Ribault High School Monday, January 16, 2017. Teams worked together to paint murals around the campus, clean up and organize the textbook storage room and do groundskeeping around the Northside school. This was one of many sites with scheduled service projects taking place on MLK Day around Jacksonville.|Buy Photos>> view originalAmazon.com a logistics game-changer for Jacksonville economy
Monday, January 16, 11:33 AM EST By Mark Basch, Contributing WriterAmazon.com Inc. will be a game-changer for the Jacksonville economy, as the online retailer builds two fulfillment centers bringing up to 2,700 jobs to the area. Amazon also is possibly the leading game-changer in the entire logistics industry, Stifel, Nicolaus analyst John Larkin said in a research report after the company announced its plan for the second Jacksonville facility. “This extraordinary company has retailers, carri..>> view original
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