Clouds Showers Coming From Gulf

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --Patchy fog may form this morning but it will rain again this afternoon.  very isolated areas with small hail and
gusty winds 60% high 86.  More showers Thursday  with only
20% chances for the weekend..

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

 

 

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Pills Missing from Mayo Clinic

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville's Mayo Clinic and the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office are investigating how close to three hundred pills have disappeared from the hospital's medicine cabinet.

Deputies with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office were called to the hospital the afternoon of May 1, according to a JSO information report. The day before, a hospital employee had found the narcotics were missing from the medicine cabinet. The pills belonged to multiple patients at the hospital.

A various assortment of painkillers were stolen including  27 Lortab, 51 Oxycodone, 3 Morphine, 7.5 Percocet and 147 Ultram.

The hospital employee told police there was an ongoing investigation being handled by the hospital. They called the police to document the incident until more information becomes available, according to the police report.

Moonlight Movies Return to Jacksonville Beach

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. -- Summer is almost here and so are Moonlight Movies, the free annual movie series at the SeaWalk Pavilion hosted by the City of Jacksonville Beach and PRI Productions.

This year's movies are Men In Black (rated PG), which will be shown on Friday, May 25, and Babe (rated G), which will be shown on Friday, June 1, according to a release from the city.

The movies will start at 9 p.m. and attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on during the movie. Refreshments will be available at a food court near the Pavilion, or patrons may bring their own food to the screening.

Preferred seating is available, but limited. For more information, call (904) 398-8179 or visit PRI's website or the city of Jacksonville Beach's website.

Olympic Dreams: From Coma To Comeback

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Ishika "Isis" Lay has spent her whole life fighting opponents bigger and stronger than she is.

The boxer grew up around tough competition. 

"Because I had a lot of brothers, I always felt a little tougher than the normal girl," she said in an interview while training back in August.

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She worked out at HeadStrong Gym at Jacksonville Beach. Her trainer Sonny Cummings would have to put her in the ring with men.

"She was like Sugar Ray," Cummings said. "She was like a female Sugar Ray Leonard."

Her fight was to make team U.S.A., to go to London, to win Olympic gold. 

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FDA Delays New Rules for Sunscreen

Sunscreen confusion won't be over before summer after all. The government is bowing to industry requests for more time to make clear how much protection their brands really offer against skin cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration ordered changes last summer but gave sunscreen makers a year – until this June – to get revised bottles on the shelf. Among the changes: Sunscreens had to protect against both sunburn-causing ultraviolet B rays and the ultraviolet A linked to skin cancer – or carry a special warning label. They also couldn't claim to be waterproof or sweatproof.

Friday, the FDA said it would give sunscreen makers who aren't ready another six months to make the changes but encouraged them to get newly labeled bottles on store shelves as soon as possible.

Police: Car Hits Bicyclist in Jax Beach, Flees Scene

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. -- Jacksonville Beach Police are investigating a hit and run crash involving a bicyclist.

The crash happened around 10:15 p.m. in the 1400 block of 3rd Street North.

A male bicyclist was crossing 3rd Street from East to West, according to a news release from Jacksonville Beach Police Department Public Information Officer Sergeant Tom Bingham.

As the bicyclist was crossing the road, Bingham said, a red or maroon 1992 - 1998 BMW being driven by a white female was traveling northbound struck the bicyclist.  Bingham said the BMW was traveling at approximately 60 miles per hour.  The posted speed limit at that intersection is 35 miles per hour.

The driver did not stop and left the scene of the crash.

The bicyclist, who was flown to Shands Jacksonville, received severe head injuries.  Family members tell First Coast News he is 28-year-old Pascual Sales.  He is currently in critical condition at Shands.

Bicyclist Killed on Atlantic Blvd., School Bus Involved

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal crash involving a school bus and a bicyclist.

JSO issued an alert that Traffic Homicide was responding to the scene at Atlantic Blvd. and Sutton Lakes Blvd. around 6:45 a.m.

Witnesses at the scene said it appears a male bicyclist has been hit and killed, as a mangled bicycle is in the middle of roadway.

Police spokesperson Melissa Bujeda says two buses were turning left on Sutton Lakes Blvd. when the first bus hit the person. She says witnesses say the bus had a green arrow, but she is asking for other witnesses who saw what happened to contact police.