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Like firefighters, Jacksonville police could soon be in line for a big raise, return to a pension plan for new hires
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than likely, Jacksonville’s first responders will be getting a raise next year, and it looks like pensions will also be back in play. It’s all part of negotiations the city has been having with the police and fire unions. Last week, firefighters announced...
Conie’s Ice Cream coming to College Park
As summer bears down, Arlington is adding an ice cream shop. The city issued a permit June 11 for Southern Grace Homes LLC to build-out Conie’s Ice Cream in College Park, the former Town & Country Shopping Center at northeast University Boulevard and Arlington Expressway. Jacksonville-based Southern Grace Homes...
Northeast Florida sees one company slip out of Fortune 500
One Jacksonville company dropped out of Fortune magazine’s annual list of 500 largest U.S. businesses, but Jacksonville continued to have five companies in the Fortune 1000. Fidelity National Information Services Inc., or FIS, Fidelity National Financial Inc. and CSX Corp. all remained in the 2024 Fortune 500, which will be published in the magazine’s June 18 issue.
Florida law enforcement agencies release updated cold case deck
Florida law enforcement agencies are dealing out a new deck of playing cards to generate new leads and solve some longstanding criminal investigations. Each card features the faces and stories of unsolved homicide and missing persons cases, including several from Northeast Florida. In 2016, Charles Durden and his friend, Staffon...
‘Whatever I took tonight was not cocaine’: Man accused of stealing truck, crashing it through fence at JIA
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man is in custody after he was accused of stealing a pickup truck and crashing it through a fence at Jacksonville International Airport (JIA) on Sunday morning, according to a police report. A Jacksonville Aviation Authority Police Department officer said they were called to the...
High school notebook: Bolles QB Ethan Drumm among Northeast Florida football commitments
Yes, high school sports season is finished. But high school recruiting season is just kicking off. A fresh flurry of rising seniors on the gridiron announced college football commitments in recent days in Northeast Florida, with more expected in the coming months for one of the Jacksonville area's most anticipated recruiting classes in years.
City council votes to allow widely opposed Chick-fil-A to become new neighbor in Oceanway
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A widely contested Chick-fil-A restaurant will be moving in after Jacksonville City Council voted Tuesday to pass the rezoning of the property in an Oceanway neighborhood. The vote came one week after the Land Use and Zoning Committee voted to pass the rezoning. Members voted 12...
Nearly triple-digit temperatures in Jacksonville pose danger to pets
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Scorching temperatures take a toll on everyone from people... to pets. Forever Vets Animal Hospital emergency room had a few canine patients come in for a visit because of heat-related illnesses. “You see a lot of dogs coming from other boarding facilities and dog parks that...
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