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Jacksonville’s Artis Gilmore elected to Basketball Hall of Fame | jacksonville.com

By Jeff Elliott The long wait is over for Artis Gilmore. The 7-foot-2 gentle giant who led Jacksonville University’s basketball team to its greatest days including a berth in the 1970 NCAA Championship game and who went on to illustrious … Continue reading

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Google Maps camera car again shooting pictures in Jacksonville | jacksonville.com

By Kevin Turner That colorful small car festooned with gear looking like leftovers from the moon landings bolted to its roof has been back in town on recent days, snapping photographs for Google Maps. The pictures the car takes allows … Continue reading

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Golden Isles Speedway to close | jacksonville.com

By Mike Morrison The Golden Isles Speedway, touted as one of the best dirt tracks in the region, has shut its doors and is up for sale or lease. Owner Frankie Lloyd said the business got to be too demanding. … Continue reading

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A Look Back: The day Bullet Bob Hayes came home an Olympic champion | jacksonville.com

A Look Back: The day Bullet Bob Hayes came home an Olympic champion | jacksonville.com.

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Jacksonville’s Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum has the write stuff | jacksonville.com

By Charlie Patton Located in an architecturally striking former church on First Street at the south edge of Springfield, the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum represents something of a Jacksonville hidden treasure, despite the building’s imposing size. Even Richard Minor, a … Continue reading

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Local UPS Driver Gene McCool Honored for Safety | Business | Arlington News

UPS is proud to announce that Emmitt “Gene” McCool has been inducted into its Circle of Honor. UPS’s Circle of Honor is the highest safety honor a UPS driver can achieve; each driver must amass at least 25 years without … Continue reading

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Sold on the Black Market: Emotional Search for Mom – ActionNewsJax.com – Action News Jacksonville – Jacksonville News, Weather, Sports and Entertainment – Florida News, Georgia News, Jacksonville Jaguars – WTEV CBS47, WAWS FOX30, MyTVJax

Palatka, Fla.– A local woman, sold on the black market, is telling her story of searching for her birth mother. Lisa Floyd has pictures from when she just days old. But the pictures weren’t taken to put in her mother’s … Continue reading

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Jackson’s Grill on King St., in Riverside

I approve of the food. I enjoyed, but I do not like $0.50 cents each for extra sauce.

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Jacksonville home found to be prison for 37-year-old woman; boyfriend arrested | jacksonville.com

  Two video cameras were found pointing at a trailer’s front door Wednesday, while every other door and window was boarded up or screwed tight so no one could get in — or out — of the home in the … Continue reading

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Songwriter releases ‘city anthem’ for Jacksonville; we beg to differ | jacksonville.com

Songwriter releases ‘city anthem’ for Jacksonville; we beg to differ | jacksonville.com.

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Passionate about Pizza? San Marco delivers what you crave! GoLO Jacksonville

We know that Valentine’s Day was yesterday, but there’s plenty of reasons to be passionate about pizza in San Marco any day of the year. Options abound in San Marco when it comes to pizza…all cooked up hot and fresh … Continue reading

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