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Anchor Glass to close Jacksonville bottle-making plant after almost a century, impacting nearly 150 employees
Read full article: Anchor Glass to close Jacksonville bottle-making plant after almost a century, impacting nearly 150 employeesFlorida’s only glass bottle manufacturing plant announced it will close after operating for almost a century in Jacksonville.
Thousands ordered to evacuate as powerful wind-fed wildfire burns homes in Southern California
Read full article: Thousands ordered to evacuate as powerful wind-fed wildfire burns homes in Southern CaliforniaCalifornia is being lashed by powerful winds that fed a fast-moving wildfire that destroyed homes and forced hundreds of residents to flee in Ventura County.
Wildfire smoke chokes parts of Canada and western US, with some areas under air quality alerts
Read full article: Wildfire smoke chokes parts of Canada and western US, with some areas under air quality alertsDozens of wildfires are blazing across several western states, with some areas under air quality alerts or advisories.
‘It’s a great inconvenience’: Downed tree, power line due to storms causing issues for residents
Read full article: ‘It’s a great inconvenience’: Downed tree, power line due to storms causing issues for residentsA large tree and power line that was knocked down due to severe weather in Northwest Jacksonville is causing issues for residents.
Woman arrested in connection with shooting that left a man dead, another critically injured in Northwest Jacksonville
Read full article: Woman arrested in connection with shooting that left a man dead, another critically injured in Northwest JacksonvilleA 44-year-old woman was arrested Thursday after police said she shot two men in Northwest Jacksonville, leaving one man dead and another one critically injured.
Man in serious condition after double-shooting in northwest Jacksonville
Read full article: Man in serious condition after double-shooting in northwest JacksonvilleOne person is in serious condition after a shooting on Jacksonville’s Northwest side Sunday evening, according to the Jacksonville Sherriff’s Office.
Showers move through this evening, rounds of rain on Saturday also
Read full article: Showers move through this evening, rounds of rain on Saturday alsoJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Light showers have begun to move through our area and are expected to increase in volume and intensity this evening into the overnight hours. Expect southwesterly winds between 10-15 mph to fade and shift to northerly overnight. We expect rounds of rain overnight, especially in our southern counties through sunrise on Saturday. Expect 3-5 hours of rain amounting to 1-2″ of rainfall Saturday evening. Sunday’s forecast winds the “Most Improved” award, as rain chances have faded and we may even see some sunshine by Sunday afternoon.
Sunny and cool today, freezing temperatures expected overnight
Read full article: Sunny and cool today, freezing temperatures expected overnightThe Freeze Watch may need to be expanded just slightly further South and East as models show widespread near freezing to below freezing temperatures. Inland Freeze and Frost...Tonight clearing skies with lows in the low 30s inland southeast Georgia, upper 30s along the Isles. Inland northeast Florida will wake up to low to mid 30s inland, mid 30s to low 40s I-95 to the beaches. Freezing temperatures expected overnight. Wake up temperatures in the upper 20s to 30s inland, 30s to low 40s I-95 to the beaches.
School Board to vote tonight on proposed elementary school consolidations
Read full article: School Board to vote tonight on proposed elementary school consolidationsDUVAL COUNTY, Fla. The Duval County School Board is expected to vote tonight on recommendations to consolidate several elementary schools in the citys North and Northwest neighborhoods. The schools impacted include, but are not limited to Brentwood Elementary School, John Love Elementary School, and Carter G. Woodson Elementary School. The third has to do with Carter G. Woodson Elementary School. Willie said the original plan was to merge Woodson and St. Clair Evans Academy into a brand new school, named Northwestern Elementary School. The new elementary school would be in the original Northwestern Middle School building, which closed at the end of the 2019-2020 school year.