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Equality Means Business roundtable at UNF touts enhanced diversity While business leaders say local companies are making strides by increasing diversity in the workplace, they remain anxious about lingering perceptions of intolerance in Jacksonville which they say hurts commerce.Those concerns were the thrust of a roundt
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St. Johns County ready for 2 new schools ST. AUGUSTINE | St. Johns County school officials broke ground Monday for two new schools that will help serve the growing student population north of Florida 16.They also got good news that Gov. Rick Scott had not axed a $6 million appropriation in the n
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One of Us: Pastor doesn't regret financial sacrifices In the spring of 1973, Charlie McClendon had a big decision to make.He had spent a decade working for the Jacksonville city government, a job that brought him a good salary and benefits.But he also had the chance to become pastor of his own church, the No
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Law & Disorder: Jacksonville man charged in crab boil shooting A 31-year-old Jacksonville man has been charged with murder following a shooting Saturday, police said Monday.Christopher Leon Anderson of the 800 block of West 28th Street was charged in the death of Armando Ricole Jackson, 42, who was shot about 11 p.m.
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Georgia county jail populations decline with relaxed sentencing ATLANTA - A year after relaxing sentencing for minor crimes, Georgia is seeing the first hints of an inmate-population decline.The most visible signs are at the county level where the total number of inmates in county jails has shrunk from 39,825 in April
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College of Coastal Georgia to take over Fins restaurant on Jekyll Island JEKYLL ISLAND - A beachfront restaurant could become a classroom by fall 2014.The Jekyll Island Authority board approved a concept Monday under which the College of Coastal Georgias hospitality education program would take over the operations of Fins, a r
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College of Coastal Georgia dedicates Bishop Arch and Founders Gate BRUNSWICK - Just under five years ago, James A. Bishop made a motion for his fellow University System of Georgia regents to make Coastal Georgia Community College a four-year institution.The motion passed, and now the school is conferring four-year degree
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Oklahoma City tornado A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph
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Retired Orange Park Police Chief Jim Boivin honored Retired Orange Park Police Chief Jim Boivin recently was honored with the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Criminal Justice Advisory Board at St. Johns River State College.The award recognizes Boivin for his outstanding service, dedication and leader
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