Sunday, March 5, 2017

SEC gymnastics championship coming to Jacksonville and other top stories.

  • SEC gymnastics championship coming to Jacksonville

    SEC gymnastics championship coming to Jacksonville
    SEC gymnastics championship coming to Jacksonville Janny Rodriguez reports. 2/2/2017 Janny Rodriguez, WTLV 11:40 PM. EST February 02, 2017 (Photo: Florida Times-Union) They have two hands that can swing them around the bars and two feet that can leap across a 4-inch-wide-balance-beam - they are gymnasts, and they’re coming to compete in Jacksonville March 18.The Jacksonville Sports Council will be hosting for the first time in seven years the SEC Gymnastics..
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  • 'America's orchestra' brings a British invasion to Jacksonville

    'America's orchestra' brings a British invasion to Jacksonville
    What do Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar, George Frideric Handel, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Pete Townsend all have in common? All are British composers whose work will be featured at 8 p.m. Saturday during “A British Invasion: The Boston Pops Plays the Beatles” at the Moran Theater in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts. Jacksonville will be the fourth stop on a five-city tour the iconic orchestra is making through Florida during the first week of February. Mixing some classical ..
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  • 3 young shooting victims in Jacksonville neighborhood, witnesses ...

    3 young shooting victims in Jacksonville neighborhood, witnesses ...
    A shootout at the Azalea Ridge apartment complex on Alderman Road that police said sent three teenagers to the hospital Thursday afternoon, one of them in critical condition, may have been payback for a fight that broke out nearby a day earlier. Whatever sparked Thursday’s gunfire, described by neighbors as a scene from the Wild West, isn’t over, according to a witness, who said she anticipates that there will be further retaliation. The shootings prompted Duval County Public Schools to place t..
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  • Congenital heart disease subject of Sunday symposium in ...

    Congenital heart disease subject of Sunday symposium in ...
    Mayo Clinic expert Naser M. Ammash will discuss developments in treating adults with congenital heart disease at a 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday symposium, sponsored by the American Heart Association. Diagnostic and surgical advancements over the past few decades “have made it possible to fix or repair most defects, even those once thought to be hopeless,” according to an association news release. The symposium should be of interest to parents of children ages 10 and older who have congenital heart disea..
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  • Jacksonville teacher worried about fiancee's fate once temporary ...

    Jacksonville teacher worried about fiancee's fate once temporary ...
    by: Lorena Inclan, Action News Jax Updated: Feb 2, 2017 - 8:09 PM A Jacksonville man is feeling the effects of President Trump’s temporary immigration ban as he waits for word on what will happen to his fiancee’s case. The executive order has sent ripple effects throughout our community as many worry that already granted visas won’t be honored. It took the language teacher Qayssar Alwaeli, 30, months to get all the paperwork that he needed to petition for his fiancee. She was days aw..
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  • 8 Things to do in Jacksonville this weekend

    8 Things to do in Jacksonville this weekend
    It's another busy weekend around Jacksonville and the region. Here are Tom Szaroleta's best bets for things to do.  
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  • Jacksonville receives mediocre ranking in new 'best football cities' list

    Jacksonville receives mediocre ranking in new 'best football cities' list
    A new nationwide study by WalletHub looked at the top cities around the country for college and NFL football fans and ranked Jacksonville as number 30. In a ranking among NFL cities, Jacksonville came in at number 29. In the college football ranking (NCAA - FBS & FCS) Jacksonville placed at number 200. WalletHub looked at 17 key metrics ranging from the number of NFL and college football teams in the area to the average ticket price for an NFL game. Fan friendliness was also guaged along with ..
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  • Army veteran given new home in Jacksonville after surviving ...

    Army veteran given new home in Jacksonville after surviving ...
    Juan Cabrera-Rosario retired from the U.S. Army after being injured when a bomb inside a truck exploded during his deployment to Iraq. The pain that forced him to leave the military eased a little Thursday when he accepted the keys to a home in a sprawling community near Jacksonville’s River City Marketplace. Wells Fargo and the Military Warriors for Support Foundation donated the mortgage-free home on West Crestwick Drive after the army veteran and his fiancee, Carrie Moffitt, arrived with the..
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  • Friday's Editorial: A surefire way to provide crime tips anonymously

    Friday's Editorial: A surefire way to provide crime tips anonymously
    There is a foolproof way to report a crime, receive an reward and never be accused of being a snitch. It’s called Crimestoppers, and it has been operating successfully in Jacksonville and nationwide for years. The biggest problem for Crimestoppers is not enough people know about it. Wyllie Hodges, executive director of First Coast Crimestoppers and a former undersheriff with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, has been visiting Sheriff’s Watch meetings to spread the word. Hodges worked in JSO fo..
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  • Mover Shaker: A Creative Pioneering the New South

    Mover Shaker: A Creative Pioneering the New South
    Creative Steve Williams is a doer. He is one of those rare people who act on what he believes in and embraces change. He is the successful CEO of Harbinger Sign, owner of the Florida Mining Gallery, a painter and he is now digging into the real estate scene in Riverside. He purchased the Peterson’s 5 & Dime building on Park Street and Richard’s Sandwich Shoppe on Oak Street, planning to bring new life and restaurants to the area. We wanted to know what inspires him to help transform our city. He..
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4-month-old needing heart surgery turned away due to travel ban .2 shot in front of Jacksonville Landing, 1 life-threatening .
Planets, moon put on a bright show in the New Year's sky .Police: 3 shot in NW Jax; 1 not expected to survive .

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