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City council, UF Health Jacksonville officials address financial concerns over hospital that treats inmates
Read full article: City council, UF Health Jacksonville officials address financial concerns over hospital that treats inmatesThere are funding concerns surrounding UF Health Jacksonville, the city’s only hospital that treats those who can’t afford to pay.
3-year-old girl drowns in Clay County pool
Read full article: 3-year-old girl drowns in Clay County poolA 3-year-old girl died two weeks ago after she was found unresponsive in her familys swimming pool, according to the Florida Department of Children and Families. Clay County deputies said the child was pulled from an above-ground pool at a home off State Road 16 west of Penny Farms. This was the third child drowning in Northeast Florida this year. A 2-year-old child drowned in an above-ground pool in Nassau County in June and a 5-year-old was found face down in a bathtub in Alachua County in January. Florida loses more children under the age of 5 to drowning than any other state in the nation.
Driver of SUV hit by train owns Satsuma bar
Read full article: Driver of SUV hit by train owns Satsuma barSATSUMA, Fla. – A 66-year-old driver whose SUV was hit by a train Sunday afternoon in Putnam County has owned a popular neighborhood bar for more than a decade, News4Jax has learned. Gary Burch was flown to Shands Hospital in Gainesville after the accident and was listed in critical but stable condition. People who know Burch said he was working at the bar and was running to the store to get change for a bartender when the accident happened. Burch was hit at a crossing along the only route to and from his home and the bar. The train was en route from Miami to New York at the time of the accident.