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3 days ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Jackson Brown
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Three people are recovering from gunshot wounds after they were shot by at least two people during a confrontation at an apartment complex on Jacksonville's Westside late Sunday night, according to investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. JSO investigators said officers responded to the 1200 block of Labelle Street around 11 p.m. Sunday to reports of a person shot. They found a man in his late teens with a gunshot wound.
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1 week ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Jackson Brown
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville Beach man is dead after a crash on Interstate 295 Monday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said that, around 8:30 a.m., the man was driving a truck heading north on I-295 at State Road 202. A semi-trailer was stopped for traffic in the center lane, and the truck failed to stop, FHP said. Troopers said the truck crashed into the back of the semi-trailer, then spun and ended up on the right shoulder of the interstate.
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1 week ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Jackson Brown
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1 week ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Jackson Brown
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville City Councilmember said Thursday evening that Mayor Donna Deegan's office kept an illegal registry of gun owners carrying guns into city buildings, but the mayor said Friday the policy came from a previous administration.
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2 weeks ago | 
thebookseller.com | Jackson Brown
The countdown to publication day beats with fervent anxiety. It’s a time when everything and nothing happens at once, and the days are either filled with dull silence or frantic yelling. For most of it, everything is out of your control: you cannot choose your publication date, you cannot influence how readers respond to your book, you cannot set the publicity and marketing budget.
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3 weeks ago | 
wltx.com | Jackson Brown
BAY COUNTY, Fla. — A woman was arrested earlier in April after authorities in the Florida Panhandle said she kidnapped someone by pretending to be an ICE agent, stealing the victim's phone and forcing her into a car and driving to an apartment complex, the Bay County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) posted on social media Monday.
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3 weeks ago | 
wtsp.com | Jackson Brown
INDIAN SHORES, Fla. — A Pinellas County seabird sanctuary is one step closer to finishing a rebuild after Hurricanes Helene and Milton caused severe damage to the facility in September and October, 2024, that houses around 3,500 sick and injured birds annually. The Seaside Seabird Sanctuary in Indian Shores shared a video from Greater Good Charities, showcasing new netting around their facility as they're closer to completing a full rebuild from the hurricanes.
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3 weeks ago | 
13wmaz.com | Jackson Brown
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida State University community is coming together after a gunman opened fire on campus Thursday, killing two people and sending six others to the hospital. Tiru Chabba was named as one of the victims in the shooting Friday. Chabba, 45, a married father of two from Greenville, South Carolina, who was working for food service vendor Aramark, said Michael Wukela, a spokesperson for attorneys hired by the family.
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3 weeks ago | 
wtsp.com | Jackson Brown
TAMPA, Fla. — The University of South Florida men's basketball team will compete in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis tournament for the first time next season, the university announced Thursday, facing off against several NCAA Tournament teams in The Bahamas. The tournament, scheduled for November 26-28, 2025, at Atlantis Paradise Island, will provide national exposure for the Bulls program under first-year head coach Bryan Hodgson.
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3 weeks ago | 
wtsp.com | Jackson Brown
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A Polk County man is in jail facing an attempted murder charge after Winter Haven Police said he stabbed a woman Wednesday night at her home after months of harassing her. Investigators said police responded to a stabbing call at a home on Ave. Q NW in Winter Haven around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. There, they found a woman suffering from stab wounds. She was airlifted to Lakeland Regional Health where she remains in critical condition, police said.
