Showing posts with label JACKSONVILLE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JACKSONVILLE. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Odd News-Board keeps Klan leader's name at high school


JACKSONVILLE, Florida - A Florida school board voted late Monday night to keep the name of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader at a majority black high school, despite opposition from a black board member who said the school's namesake was a "terrorist and racist." After hearing about three hours of public comments, Duval County School Board members voted 5-2 to the retain the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest High School. The board's two black members cast the only votes to change the name. More...

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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Man Clocked Doing 163 mph in a 45 mph zone



JACKSONVILLE, Florida - A man from Jacksonville who has a long list of traffic violations is facing a long list of new charges after getting clocked going 163 miles per hour in a 45 mph zone. Police turned to see a pickup truck flying down the highway, weaving from lane to lane. The driver got off at Duval Street (not far from the Duval County Jail where he is now), ran a red light, drove the wrong way down another street before stopping in the middle of the road. The driver got out of his truck, put his hands in the air, saying, "I was wrong," and "I'm drunk."
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