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SportsMIAMI, Fla. — Jacksonville University's women's basketball team opened its season with a 75-64 win at FIU on Tuesday night in Miami, a result that also gave head coach Special Jennings the 50th victory of her JU tenure. Freshman Samirah Mamoudou carried the Dolphins (1-0)…
SportsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville University started its men's basketball season in a hurry Monday night, piling up 105 points in a 105-61 home win over Trinity at Swisher Gymnasium. The Dolphins led 52-27 at halftime and scored 53 more after the break. A crowd of…
Events
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Waste Not Want Not, the Northeast Florida food rescue group, will set up at a Jacksonville park on Saturday, Nov. 7, to give people in need food, clothing and connections to community services at its Feeding Friends and Neighbors event. The gathering runs from noon at Lift…
Business
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Chuck Farah, the Jacksonville attorney whose family name is on one of the region's best-known personal injury firms, is barred from practicing law for 90 days after the Florida Supreme Court suspended him over his part in a long-running batch of tobacco lawsuits. The court issued the…
Health
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A University of North Florida program that turns leftover hospital food into free dinners for older residents of Jacksonville, Fla., has passed 250,000 meals delivered in Duval County, a milestone that comes as food and gas costs keep climbing for people on fixed incomes. Meals on Wings…
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