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Two people are dead after a house fire in the 2200 block of Cato Road on the Southside.

The two last planes at Maine's Brunswick Naval Air Station lifted off Saturday in blustery winds, ending nearly 60 years of maritime patrol operations at New England's last active-duty military air base.

JIM SCHOETTLERThe Times-Union A space heater sitting too close to a love seat most likely started the fire that killed Alvie Harris, a preliminary investigation by fire officials shows.

A 6-month-old baby is still in critical condition in the burn unit at Shands Hospital in Gainesville after a fire erupted in a home on 17th Street in the Springfield neighborhood of Jacksonville on Wednesday night.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans' in Jacksonville plan a headstone for the unmarked grave of a former general who was mayor of their north Florida town from 1907 to 1909.

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a car early Friday on Lem Turner Road on the Northside, according to Jacksonville Fire and Rescue.

A father's fast reaction to an erupting fire likely saved his family, but the burned and bandaged Jacksonville man grieved Thursday for his 5-month-old son critically injured by the flames.

Two young Jacksonville ex-convicts face murder charges in the death of another ex-convict whose mouth, hands and feet were duct-taped, police said, before he was shot in the head three times.

KELLY JORDAN/The Times-UnionThe Talleyrand terminal is a key part of the operations of the Port of Jacksonville.

A woman was killed and two men wounded in a shooting inside a Westside mobile home Tuesday night, Jacksonville police said.

Police announced Tuesday the arrest of a 24-year-old man on charges he raped five women in two weeks, and investigators believe there may be more victims who have not come forward.

Jacksonville police said Monday a 20-year-old man was fatally shot downtown Saturday .

Jacksonville police have made arrests in three homicides, including two in which the same man is charged, officials said this morning.

Mayor John Peyton believes it's time to consider moving away from the ballot box and giving future mayors the power to appoint the sheriff and school board members.

Peyton voiced his call for change to the City's Charter Review Commission which is meeting to explore possible changes on the way city government operates.

"If there is a better way to organize ourselves where we can deliver services more efficiently and protect the taxpayers' interest, we should do it," said Peyton in an interview after the commission meeting.

"I think one of the challenges with anyone running for mayor, the top two issues facing this community is clearly education and public safety. These are the top two issues in our county. Yet these are the two areas that in a strong mayor form of government that the mayor has probably the least amount of influence," said Peyton.

Sheriff John Rutherford doesn't buy into the mayor's arguments.

"I believe the best government is that closest to the people and they should be able to elect the highest law enforcement officer in the county," said Rutherford, who says he thinks Peyton is attempting to muzzle the sheriff's office.

The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Terry Dickson column: Former Miss Americas visit troops in a dark war reality Source: The Florida Times-Union Publication date: 2009-11-15 By Terry Dickson, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Nov.

A pedestrian was killed by a car about 5:35 a.m. Friday near the intersection of Lem Turner and Lannie roads in north Jacksonville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

For more than a month, some Jacksonville social service agencies have turned away people facing evictions and utility turnoffs while waiting for $2.77 million in federal emergency aid to make it through a City Hall approval process.

Jacksonville Fire Rescue said a man was taken to Shands after he was stabbed Monday evening.

A retired Jacksonville Cop is receiving treatment for critical injuries after being involved in a serious crash on Atlantic Boulevard.

Sunday nighta TMs homicide victim on Red Robin Drive near Firestone Road on the Westside has been identified as 21-year-old Jervey A. Crocker.