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A Jacksonville woman was able to safely get out of a disabled car Tuesday before it was hit by a train in the Ortega area, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Jim Stubblefield, of Norman, Okla., raises a tattered flag he found while helping his sister salvage items from her tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla.

He had spent a decade working for the Jacksonville city government, a job that brought him a good salary and benefits.

People associated with the event in its early days and those involved with it now say the competition, which kicks off the festival on Thursday, has lost little of its importance over the years, despite brief glitches in the festival's history.

A 38-year-old Jacksonville man claimed a $1 million Powerball prize from Saturday night's drawing and split his winnings with a friend.

A massive manhunt for a Westside Jacksonville man with serious medical issues will resume early Tuesday after a third day of searching turned up no sign of him in and around his neighborhood off Old Middleburg Road.

Head to The Mudville Grill to watch your favorite team on the big screens while filling up on some delicious food.

Three Jacksonville men walked up Pangola Drive about noon Monday. As a car passed, someone inside fired a gun at them.

Corys Thunder, a manufacturing company relocating from South Georgia, has chosen its Northeast Florida location: 1351 Tradeport Drive, in the Jacksonville International Tradeport on the Northside.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Emergency roadwork will shut down parts of two Westside streets Tuesday.

Police in Jacksonville are seeking information after a 25-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Northwest Jacksonville early Saturday morning.

Here's a look at some of the events and major Southwest Florida local government meetings that could generate news reports in the coming week: a- The Lee County Commission will review a $15.3 million budget cut scenario during its management and planning meeting.

County commissioners have approved funding a variety of projects for next fiscal year as well as the remainder of the current fiscal year.

The unidentified man was in the front passenger seat of a vehicle containing three others, all of whom were transported to Shands Jacksonville with non-life-threatening injuries, detective J.C. Hurst said.

Several Head Start facilities that closed Friday, will now re-open their doors. The Department of Children and Families says an agreement has been reached to re-open 16 Head Start facilities in Jacksonville this Wednesday, May 22.

Bruce.Lipsky@jacksonville.com Sharabia Mack shows a picture of her sister Tyresa Mack on her cellphone on May 10.

Join the Riverside Arts Market Ride which is a community bicycle through urban Jacksonville every Saturday morning starting at 9am from the Northeast corner of the Market .

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- One man was hospitalized after being shot multiple times at a gas station on the Westside.

Susan Roche for Shorelines The cast of A Streetcar Named Desire, Kenneth Dowling Jr.

A man who was shot twice in the stomach in the parking lot of a Westside convenience store Saturday afternoon was transported to a local hospital where he underwent surgery, Jacksonville police reported.