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Local Stories for October 2011
Stories for Monday, October 31
Military mom surprises daughter at school
A military mother gave her daughter something on Halloween that could replace even the biggest bucket of candy... Millette Harris surprised her daughter Stephanie Miller on Monday at Pacetti Bay Middle School in St. Johns County by showing up to see her. Harris has spent the past year serving with the ...
Learn how to fight back against banks charging monthly debit card fees
It's no secret that many banks are planning to start charging debit card users monthly fees. Bank of America is the most prominent and most recent, rolling out plans to begin charging debit card users a $5.oo monthly fee for card use. So how can consumers fight back? "The best ...
Despite poor economy, Halloween spending up nationwide
Despite Americans' dismal economic outlook, qualms about the economy didn't stop anyone from going out and getting everything he or she needed to celebrate Halloween 2011. According to a survey done by the National Retail Federation, consumers spent nearly $7 billion on Halloween goodies like costumes, candy, pumpkins, decorations, and other ...
Man gets life in prison for 2006 murder of girlfriend
An Orange Park man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the 2006 murder of his then-girlfriend Alicia Castanedes. 26-year-old Joshua Maulsby was convicted earlier this month for beating Castanedes to death with a baseball bat and dragging her body to a swimming pool after an argument broke out ...
Baker County Sheriff: pot grower made threatening phone call to niece from prison
According to Baker County Sheriff Joey Dobson, Troy Howell allegedly made a phone call home to his family last week, but it was who he spoke with that is causing him legal trouble. Dobson says Howell was instructed and ordered by the court in his first appearance to not have ...
Jaxport seeking $25 million in federal funding
Jaxport is seeking $25 million in federal funding that could bring thousands of jobs to the River City. The money would come through in through what’s called a TIGER grant, also known as Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery. The grant money would go towards a $45 million dollar rail facility ...
Boeing bringing space jobs to space coast
Filling the vacancy left by the end of the shuttle program, Boeing is bringing a new venture to Kennedy Space Center. The company is going to manufacture and test its Crew Space Transportation spacecraft, creating 140 jobs by the summer of 2013. More than 500 additional jobs are expected to ...
Prisoner's Facebook page deactivated
It seems that everyone has a Facebook page. Even those serving life sentences in prison -- and Facebook is working to change that. Convicted murderer Jonathan Davis, 27, made about 20 "friends" on his Facebook page while locked up in Mississippi. One of them was a former junior high classmate who ...
JetBlue passengers survive 7+ hour ordeal
Passengers aboard a JetBlue flight from Fort Lauderdale to Newark, New Jersey, will be getting their airfares refunded. This after the flight was diverted to Connecticut, where they were forced to stay aboard the plane as it sat on the tarmac. With little food or water -- and no toilet services ...
Domino's managers charged with burning down Papa John's restaurant
The pizza war between Dominos and Papa John's may have gotten a little nastier. Two managers at a Lake City Domino's are charged with arson after allegedly burning down a Papa John's store. The Ocala Star-Banner reports both Sean Davidson, 23, and Bryan Sullivan, 22, admitted to setting the restaurant on fire. ...
Man hit, killed by Amtrak train
A man is hit and killed by an Amtrak train. 53-year-old Robert Walk was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Deptartment Sunday night. The incident happened on the tracks next to Edgewood Avenue near Plymouth Street. The train conductor saw the man on the tracks ...
Occupy Jax movement stages another demonstration
The Occupy Jacksonville movement stages a demonstration for the fourth straight weekend -- this time in Riverside Park. Protestors say they want to bring attention to big businesses taking too much money and power from working-class Americans. The movement is planning more demonstrations during the week, including picketing in front ...
Motorcyclist critically hurt in westside crash
A motorcyclist is fighting for his life after an apparent hit and run crash involving a truck on the westside. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says the crash happened on Youngerman Circle, just off Blanding Boulevard around midnight Monday. Police say the truck driver was traveling in the eastbound lane, attempting to ...
Woman killed in southside crash
A woman is killed and an man critically injured in a crash on the Southside. The Florida Highway Patrol reports 26-year-old Janet Middleton was turning onto Phillips Highway from Cypress Plaza on Sunday when she was broadsided by an SUV being driven by Jessamyn Sanders. Middleton was pronounced dead at the scene. ...
Jax Beach cops still searching for murder suspect
Police detectives in Jacksonville Beach are looking for the person who shot a 33 year-old Jacksonville man dead in a condominium parking lot. Police say Joshua Register was shot multiple times outside the Ocean's Edge condominiums at 25 Avenue South, north of JTB, around 7:30pm Friday. Register was taken by air ambulance ...
Stories for Friday, October 28
Death sentence for murder of Wendy's employee
A former Wendy's employee was sentenced to death Friday after he was convicted in the 2009 shooting of a coworker. A judge upheld a jury's recommendation to send Thomas Brown to death row for killing fellow employee Juanese Miller. Witnesses say Miller and Brown did not get along, and even ...
Plea deal in the works for 12-year-old Cristian Fernandez
“The life of this family is tragic. What happened to the two-year-old is tragic. It’s very very sad all the way around,” Public Defender Matt Shirk tells WOKV. 12-year-old Cristian Fernandez is the youngest ever in Jacksonville to be charged with first degree murder as an adult after the death of ...
Community pushes for annual light parade
The annual light parade has been a tradition to the city of Jacksonville for the last two decades. But this 26 year tradition with a $125 thousand dollar price tag has been cut from this year’s budget, eliminating the possibility of the light parade. But local organizations and businesses are ...
Man arrested in Orange Park drug shooting
A Jacksonville man was arrested Thursday in the shooting of an Orange Park man during a narcotics delivery. 20-year-old Alexander Walker of Renault Drive is in Clay county jail on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Clay county police responded to 2020 Wells Road in reference to a ...
Former mayoral appointees getting $400,000 plus for unused leave
The 31 mayoral appointees let go by Mayor Alvin Brown will be getting one last check. The former city workers will be getting in all more than $400,000. The appointees who were let go had saved a good amount of unused leave time. The Times-Union reporting the city of Jacksonville will be writing checks ...
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