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Once strangers, six Jacksonville residents sit face-to-face around the largest table at Three Layers Cafe. Each with their own connection to the Aug. 11 Louisiana flood, they band together as 904 At Your Door to transport donations of supplies to flood victims.
It’s a chain reaction that started when Springfield resident Tiffany McDonald frantically reached out through social media to find her sister, who lives in one of the parishes hit by the flood.

As she has become one of the most high-profile state prosecutors in the nation trying some of its most-watched cases, Angela Corey has had a strained relationship with the news media, advocates for open government, and attorneys seeking access to records.
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JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL
The Times-Union
 
Battle of Hue
A ceremony to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the Battle of Hue, one of the longest battles of the Vietnam War, will be Sunday at Mayport Naval Station.
The ceremony will be hosted by the captain and crew of the USS Hue City, a guided-missile cruiser and the only ship named after a battle.
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In 2015 individuals in Northeast Florida donated about $962 million to charitable organizations, giving more money and a higher percentage of their incomes than other donors across the state, according to a national fundraising consultant.
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Once strangers, six Jacksonville residents sit face-to-face around the largest table at Three Layers Cafe. Each with their own connection to the Aug. 11 Louisiana flood, they band together as 904 At Your Door to transport donations of supplies to flood victims.
It’s a chain reaction that started when Springfield resident Tiffany McDonald frantically reached out through social media to find her sister, who lives in one of the parishes hit by the flood.

As she has become one of the most high-profile state prosecutors in the nation trying some of its most-watched cases, Angela Corey has had a strained relationship with the news media, advocates for open government, and attorneys seeking access to records.
read more

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL
The Times-Union
 
Battle of Hue
A ceremony to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the Battle of Hue, one of the longest battles of the Vietnam War, will be Sunday at Mayport Naval Station.
The ceremony will be hosted by the captain and crew of the USS Hue City, a guided-missile cruiser and the only ship named after a battle.
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Both drivers died in a wrong way, head-on collision early Saturday on Interstate 95 south of the Main Street Bridge Exit in Jacksonville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Killed in the crash were Levi Walter, 40, of Vancouver, Wash., and the other driver, Robert Upson, 41, of Jacksonville. The crash about 1:13 a.m. happened as Walter drove his pickup truck south in the northbound outside center lane of I-95, and Upson was driving a passenger van northbound in the same outside lane, the Highway Patrol said.

Jacksonville police found a man shot to death late Friday in the 1900 block of Erline Drive.
Macarthur Harvey Jr., 27, of Jacksonville was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds about 11 p.m. on the side of the road by police investigating a report of a shooting. Police had no motive or suspect information, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
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Jacksonville police were searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian early Saturday at Atlantic Boulevard and Acme Street.
Fransico Antunez, whose age was unknown, of Jacksonville, died at the scene after being struck about 5 a.m. by white vehicle traveling west on Atlantic Boulevard. Antunez was crossing Atlantic from south to north when he was hit, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
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