New Storms Are Forming

Submitted by Tim Deegan, Chief Meteorologist

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 4:39pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --Clouds from storms south of us dampaned the potential for t-storms earlier today. However new t-storms are now forming well to our west and they may impact some of us later tonight.

Increasing northeast winds will modify the afternoon heat by the weekend.

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Clean Out Those Cabinets: Stamp Out Hunger is Saturday

Submitted by Claire Simms, Reporter

Friday, May 11th, 2012, 9:20am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Check your mailbox! The Stamp Out Hunger food drive is Saturday and letter carriers have been dropping off donation bags at homes all over the First Coast this week.

This is the 20th year of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Food Drive.

The donation drive is designed to make giving easy. All people have to do is put some non-perishable food in a bag and leave it by their mailboxes Saturday. Postal workers will take the donations and transport them to Second Harvest of North Florida.

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Doctors Use Eco-friendly Technology to Ablate AFIB

Submitted by rdaigle on Thursday, May 10th, 11:26 am

JACKSONVILLE, FL – Richard McCoy, 66, has always enjoyed an active lifestyle between tending to his greenhouse, working full time and playing with his three grandchildren. When all of this was compromised by a heart condition, McCoy’s doctors turned to Soundstar®eco technology to help fix his ticker.

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Brooks Rehabilitation Breaks Ground on New Bartram Campus

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May is American Stroke Month- Let’s Get Back to the Basics

Submitted by Katie Seay, Communications Director, American Heart Association

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012, 9:59am

May is American Stroke Month- Let’s Get Back to the Basics

About 795,000 Americans will have a new or recurrent stroke this year, and more than 137,000 of them will die. Stroke is the No. 4 cause of death among Americans. Stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability. But, do you really know what a stroke is?

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FHP Announces Aggressive Driving Crackdown

Submitted by Claire Simms, Reporter

Thursday, April 26th, 2012, 11:15am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Florida Highway Patrol kicked off an awareness campaign Thursday designed to crack down on aggressive drivers.

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Patrolmen are focusing on people who are driving around big semi trucks, which can magnify a small driving mistake.

"They are big trucks and whenever they have a crash, they're big crashes," explained Captain Derek Barrs.

In order to be cited for aggressive driving, a person must be doing two of the following:

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Duval Schools' Pay-To-Play Sidelined

Submitted by Roger Weeder, Reporter

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012, 6:03pm

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A plan to have students who participate in sports pay-to-play this upcoming year has been sidelined, at least for now.

Duval County school superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals stressed this doesn't mean it won't surface again.

"We are going to put a one year pause on pay-to-participate for athletics. Doesn't mean it goes away forever," said Pratt-Dannals at a school board workshop focusing on the budget.

Last summer, a community fundraising push saved a half dozen sports that were on the chopping block.

Another cut to magnet transportation is also on hold. A year ago, the district required some students in magnet programs to make other arrangements. The plan was to phase in more cuts, but that won't happen.

The superintendent says what changed was more money from the state plus decisions to draw upon reserve accounts to help balance the books.

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