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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Malcolm Harvey |Hajah Bah
Survivors of the deadly Sapelo Island gangway collapse in Georgia announced a civil action lawsuit against the parties involved in its engineering and construction. On Oct. 19, 2024, more than 20 people fell into the Duplin River when the gangway collapsed on Sapelo Island during a Cultural Day celebration. Seven people were killed and more than a dozen were injured.
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3 weeks ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Malcolm Harvey
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3 weeks ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Malcolm Harvey
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The fight continues. That was the resounding message shouted from the steps of the Duval County federal courthouse Friday by civil rights activists, regarding the push to have all Confederate monuments in Jacksonville and throughout Florida be taken down.
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3 weeks ago | 
wtsp.com | Malcolm Harvey
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A Central Florida sheriff is behind bars after being accused of taking part in a "massive" illegal gambling operation for years, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday. Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez faces charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering.
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3 weeks ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Malcolm Harvey
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A Central Florida sheriff is behind bars after being accused of taking part in a "massive" illegal gambling operation for years, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday. Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez faces charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering.
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3 weeks ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Malcolm Harvey
‘Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information’ NoticeLike many content publishers, we provide online advertising services that use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your device and online activity on our sites, apps and other online services. These services use this information to try to tailor the ads you see online to your interests. These are called interest-based ads.
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1 month ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Malcolm Harvey
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Duval County judge on Wednesday dropped a charge for a man accused of bringing a knife to a Jacksonville City Council meeting Tuesday, where the man and two others were arrested. Conor Cauley, 29, Teagan Belloit, 25, and Leah Grady, 24, were arrested and escorted out of the council's meeting at city hall after council leadership requested they leave because they were "disrupting the proceedings," the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office told First Coast News.
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1 month ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Malcolm Harvey
APOPKA, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Tuesday that will allow people in the Sunshine State to make transactions using gold and silver. The U.S. dollar was originally backed by gold, known as the "gold standard." This practice ended nationwide in 1933, and the U.S. stopped the practice of exchanging gold for dollars in 1971.
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1 month ago | 
firstcoastnews.com | Malcolm Harvey
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A shooting at a Jacksonville apartment complex early Monday morning left a man in his mid-30s injured after he sustained multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. JSO Sgt. Ray Reeves said patrol officers were dispatched to Westwood Apartments, located at 1171 South Lane Ave., around 3:30 a.m. in reference to the shooting. When they arrived, Reeves told First Coast News the officers found the man suffering from several gunshot wounds.
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1 month ago | 
13wmaz.com | Malcolm Harvey
The bodies were found on Thursday, according to the Brunswick Police Department. BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Two bodies were found under the Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick Thursday, the Brunswick Police Department told First Coast News Friday. The police department did not provide any further information due to law enforcement actively investigating the incident. First Coast News will provide updates as soon as they become available.
