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> I-95 billboard trying to woo Florida teachers to Texas ... April 16/08
Fort Worth wants our teachers. That's the message on an Interstate 95 billboard on the city's Southside that promotes the Web site www.teachfortworth.org. So what's Cowtown offering as bait? The minimum starting annual salary for a first-year teacher is $44,500. There's a signing bonus of $3,000 and teachers with specialities, such as bilingual education, can earn yearly stipends of up to $3,500... cont...

> New auto mall along i-95 holds promise of new jobs ... April 13/08
Charles Spencer and his investment group have long envisioned that land between Clark Road and Dunn Avenue would someday bring jobs and services that residents had to go elsewhere to find. What they didn't expect was the depth of economic impact selling part of their holdings in that land could have. On April 3, that reality set in with a groundbreaking for the Jacksonville Auto Mall, a 36-acre, multi-dealership complex expected to bring between 540 and 750 jobs at its five-year completion... cont...

> Traffic Change at I-10 / I-95 Interchange on Sunday ... April 11/08
Drivers will encounter a new traffic pattern from Interstate 10 eastbound to I-95 northbound on Sunday, April 13th. Currently, there are separate lanes for the northbound through traffic and the northbound traffic using the downtown exits at Forsyth Street, Monroe Street and Kings Road. On Sunday morning all northbound traffic, regardless of it's destination, will use the ramp once designated for the downtown exits. This new traffic pattern will last for about a year... cont...

> Operation Hardhat Tags 36 Construction Zone Speeders ... April 10/08
Construction zones are danger zones not only for workers but motorists as well. That's where Operation Hardhat enters the picture with radar. On Thursday, the Florida Highway Patrol using a trooper dressed in construction clothes with radar in hand looked for speeders in a construction zone on Interstate 95 near the airport. "Slow down a little bit I guess," said William Solomon who got tagged with a warning ticket for going faster than the posted speed limit of 60. Operation Hardhat was designed to get the message across to slow down and be careful... cont...

> 3-Year-Old Critically Hurt In Wreck On I-95 ... April 10/08
A 3-year-old child and her mother were hospitalized Thursday after a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 downtown. The Florida Highway Patrol said the woman was driving southbound erratically before her car rear-ended a van. The child, who was not property restrained in a car seat, was ejected, according to the FHP. The child was in critical condition at Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center... cont...

> One-vehicle accident leaves man critically injured ... April 7/08
A Jacksonville man was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday afternoon after his truck spun out of control and struck a tree along Interstate 95 Sunday, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Wayne L. Brown II, 29, was driving north on Interstate 95 near Old St. Augustine Road when he lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle spun, drove onto the shoulder and then hit a tree with its passenger side. Brown was flown by helicopter to Shands Jacksonville hospital... cont...

> Jax Woman Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash ... April 4/08
A Jacksonville woman died late Thursday evening after a single-car crash on Interstate 95 just north of state Road 9A. The fatal wreck took place at about 11:10 p.m., when the vehicle in which 50-year-old Pamela Joy Corl was traveling began to fishtail. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the vehicle was towing a travel trailer. Investigators said the driver, 47-year-old Danner Brown, overcorrected when his vehicle began to fishtail, causing it skid and overturn... cont...

> Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Company Sued For i-95 Crash ... April 3/08
A local family is taking on one of NASCAR's biggest names following a rear end crash by a tractor trailer. In November 2006, Michael Harris and his son, 21 year old Chris, were driving in their pick up truck headed south on Interstate 95 in St. John's County. Harris was several cars in front of a Champion tractor trailer. Traffic started to back up and slow down on the interstate. Harris' lawyer, Charles Sorenson, says he slowed down to, going about 15 miles per hour and then pulling on to the shoulder... cont...