Archive for April, 2008

April 12, 2008 - EVP PROFESSIONAL VOLLEYBALL TOUR
7:30 AM – 7 PM
For information:  www.evptour.com
Location:  Jacksonville Beach in front of the Sea Walk Pavilion
Popularity: 46% [?]

Popularity: 46% [?]

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. We can remember the toppling of the statue of Sadam Hussein, and the children chasing along hitting it with their shoes as a sign of disrespect. Then came five years of fighting against insurgents. Where are we now?
General David Petreaus testified on Capitol […]

Popularity: 41% [?]

It was one year ago that the Jacksonville Humane Society suffered a terrible fire that destroyed most of it’s facility on Beach Boulevard. Now, the Society has announced a $12-million fundraising project to build a state-of-the-art facility.
Our friends at CBS47 have much more on the story.

Popularity: 40% [?]

Popularity: 40% [?]

From AAA

Jacksonville
Regular
Mid
Premium
Diesel
 

Current
$3.350
$3.629
$3.696
$4.014

Yesterday
$3.341
$3.620
$3.686
$4.025

Month Ago
$3.226
$3.495
$3.559
$3.752

Year Ago
$2.725
$2.952
$3.007
$2.879

Highest Recorded Price:

Regular Unl.
$3.350
4/7/2008

Dsl.
$4.053
3/20/2008

Popularity: […]

Popularity: 40% [?]

Crews are cleaning up after a CSX train derailed yesterday in western New York state. 20-cars carrying coal left the tracks in Palmyra. No one was hurt.
CSX officials say a faulty axle may have caused the accident.

Popularity: 39% [?]

Popularity: 39% [?]

April 4 - 6, 2008 - 18th Annual Springing the Blues
Friday       5 PM - 10 PM
Saturday    Noon - 10 PM
Sunday      Noon - 8 PM
Nationally recognized blues music festival featuring blues performers, great BBQ and seafood, kids activities, arts & crafts.
Location: Sea Walk Pavilion    
For more info:  (904) 249-3972   www.springingtheblues.com
Popularity: 35% [?]

Popularity: 35% [?]

Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, spoke in Jacksonville today. He had fond memories of the city, as well as the City of Orange Park where his family lived during his captivity in Vietnam. McCain spoke at what is now Cecil Commerce Center, but during his time here, was the […]

Popularity: 38% [?]

TALLAHASSEE — While state officials are working to cut over $2 billion from the upcoming 2009 budget – including via cuts in state education spending – a Florida TaxWatch Center for Educational Performance and Accountability report released today finds that there are tremendous cost-savings opportunities from within the state education system through the elimination […]

Popularity: 60% [?]

A website created by the Florida Department of Transportation gives you traffic information for I-95 fromt he Georgia line south through Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Palm Coast to Flagler Beach. The site tells of construction projects and travel alerts throughout the area. It also allows you to look at key areas through traffics cameras.
The site […]

Popularity: 42% [?]