Monday, October 9, 2017

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  • Arts Notes: Jacksonville Historical Society is conducting a photo ...

    Arts Notes: Jacksonville Historical Society is conducting a photo ...
    The Jacksonville Historical Society is seeking high-resolution photographs “celebrating Duval County life through a place, an event, the city’s people, the city’s history and architecture, the area’s social or cultural life, or a combination of these categories, including photos of every day life.” The contest, “Jacksonville Through the Lens,” is being underwritten by William H. Jeter and Deanne M. Clark. There will be a $1,000 grand prize, other cash prizes and an exhibit of the winning photog..
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  • Jacksonville man's case led to new sentences for juvenile lifers – but ...

    Jacksonville man's case led to new sentences for juvenile lifers – but ...
    Terrence Graham receives hand-written notes from men just like him, all across the country. They thank him for their freedom, and tell him he’s changing lives. “Hey man, I’m going back to court on your case,” people tell him. One letter writer says, “I too am one of the men that benefited from your victory in the Supreme Court.” Another mentions a family gathering. “We were sitting next to a young man & his mother who told us he is getting out in 3 months on the Terrance Graham Law. … He said..
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  • Budweiser Clydesdales return to Jacksonville brewery, tour Center

    Budweiser Clydesdales return to Jacksonville brewery, tour Center
    Budweiser Clydesdales return to Jacksonville brewery, tour Center Updated: Mar 4, 2017 - 5:07 PM The Budweiser Clydesdales paraded around the Anheuser-Busch Jacksonville Brewery Saturday and will be back for another tour around the brewery on Sunday. The iconic Clydesdales and the wagon they pull are in Jacksonville as part of their nationwide tour. Throughout the weekend, guests can take photos with the Budweiser Clydesdales hitch team. Local food for will be available for pu..
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  • Jacksonville Symphony review: 'Classical Cornerstones' lays solid ...

    Jacksonville Symphony review: 'Classical Cornerstones' lays solid ...
    Before a half-filled Jacoby Symphony Hall of moderately enthusiastic concertgoers, Music Director Courtney Lewis and the Jacksonville Symphony presented a concert entitled “Classical Cornerstones.” A cornerstone is a stone representing the nominal starting place in the construction of a monumental building. In this case it is a symphonic work holding up the “building” of music history. For music lovers the first work on the concert meets that criteria. The gem-like Overture to “Oberon” is..
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  • Driver killed in collision involving sport utility vehicle, truck

    Driver killed in collision involving sport utility vehicle, truck
    The driver of a sport utility vehicle died Friday night in a collision with a semi-tractor trailer truck at San Jose Boulevard and Loretto Road in Jacksonville. Police said the truck driver wasn’t injured in the crash about 10:45 p.m. The truck was southbound on San Jose Boulevard and turning left onto Loretto Road when it was struck by the SUV, which was northbound on San Jose, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The SUV driver, who was alone in the vehicle, died at the scene. Pol..
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  • 1 killed, 1 injured in St. Johns double shooting

    1 killed, 1 injured in St. Johns double shooting
    Two men died in a shootout Saturday morning during an argument outside a St. Augustine convenience store. Canyon Charles Molitor, 25, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene of the shooting about 10 a.m. in the parking lot of King Food Mart, 667 W. King St., said Cmdr. Chuck Mulligan, spokesman for the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. The other man, Elroi Ishmael Ashley, 30, of St. Augustine, was shot at least once. He fled the scene in a private vehicle immediately after th..
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  • 2017 NCAA Tournament auto bids: Jacksonville State first into bracket

    2017 NCAA Tournament auto bids: Jacksonville State first into bracket
    Download the CBS Sports App today and get instant tournament news and alerts, plus play Bracket Games! The first fact you need to know about Jacksonville State: It’s located in Alabama, not Florida.The second fact you need to know about Jacksonville State: It is the first team in the 2017 NCAA Tournament field.The Gamecocks clinched their first Big Dance bid in program history by winning the Ohio Valley Conference tournament on Saturday night, winning as the 4 seed over No. 2 Tennessee-Martin...
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  • 2 killed in St. Johns shootout

    2 killed in St. Johns shootout
    Two men died in a shootout Saturday morning during an argument outside a St. Augustine convenience store. Canyon Charles Molitor, 25, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene of the shooting about 10 a.m. in the parking lot of King Food Mart, 667 W. King St., said Cmdr. Chuck Mulligan, spokesman for the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. The other man, Elroi Ishmael Ashley, 30, of St. Augustine, was shot at least once. He fled the scene in a private vehicle immediately after th..
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  • Sunday Notebook: Home, apartment construction picking up

    Sunday Notebook: Home, apartment construction picking up
    Construction is underway on a couple new projects in the Southside and Intracoastal West area. Red Hawk is a new 144-lot single-family development by Lennar Homes, just south of Kernan Middle School. Prices range from $279,990 to $369,990 for homes 1,700 to 3,000 square feet. Construction is just starting and models should be open soon. Meanwhile, The Point at Town Center is a new 246-unit luxury apartment complex going in at 5116 Gate Parkway, at at the intersection with Burnt Mill Road. The..
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  • Jaguars/NFL Insider: Khan 'counting on' improvement from Bortles

    Jaguars/NFL Insider: Khan 'counting on' improvement from Bortles
    INDIANAPOLIS – Jaguars owner Shad Khan is scheduled to be available to the media during Wednesday’s “State of the Franchise” event. Before then, it’s time to clean out the notebook from his interview with the Times-Union last month at the Super Bowl. *Khan on quarterback Blake Bortles bouncing back in 2017: “That’s what we’re counting on. That’s our hope and it’s not just our dream. And then it’s, ‘How do we make it happen?’ [Offensive coordinator] Nate [Hackett] is somebody who was a quarterba..
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