Clay High Baseball Team Departs for Final Four

Submitted by Chad Cushnir, First Coast News sports photojournalist

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 4:58pm

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- The Clay High School baseball program is having it's best season in nearly a decade. Recently, the Blue Devils won their first playoff game since 2003, and now they are on their way to the FHSAA Class 5A Final Four.

On Wednesday morning, the Blue Devils baseball team received a nice send-off from the Clay High students and faculty as they left for Port St. Lucie, the site of the Final Four. Clay will play Ponte Vedra at 10 AM on Thursday with the winner advancing to Friday's state championship game.

Back on March 19th, Clay defeated Ponte Vedra 8-3. The Sharks are no strangers to the Final Four as they advanced to this point two years ago.

There will be another Final Four matchup featuring two local teams on Monday when Hilliard meets Union County in the Class 1A Final Four. Then on Wednesday, May 23rd, Providence will face Tampa Prep in the Class 3A Final Four.

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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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Clay Sheriff Asking For Help In Identifying Wallet Thief

Submitted by FirstCoastNews Web Staff

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 12:39pm

FLEMING ISLAND, Fla. -- The Clay County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in identifying a woman who stole a wallet out of another woman's purse while her back was turned at Publix.

On April 28, Viki Pourciau went to Publix at 5000 Highway 17 around 11 a.m., according to a CCSO report. Before going into the market, Pourciau withdrew money from the ATM. She then went back to the car and divided the money between her, her husband and for the groceries she was going to purchase.

Pourciau then went into the store with $380 and proceeded with her weekly shopping, the report said. As she went to check out, she found her wallet was missing out of her purse.

The suspect, who was identified as a black female upon examination the surveillance footage, took the blue leather bifold out of Pourciau's purse while her back was turned at the meat section.

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"Bees" to Sing For Green Cove Food Pantry

Submitted by Jeannie Blaylock, Buddy Check Lady

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 12:07pm

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. -- You can enjoy some young students singing their hearts out and help the Green Cove Food Pantry at the same time.

The "Bees" choir from Charles E. Bennett Elementary will perform Thursday, May 17th. The concert is at the school at 7:30 pm.

Here's the information from their choir director, Victoria Syken:

We are planning to benefit the Green Cove Springs Food Pantry. The concert is Thursday, May 17th. In addition to six other great songs to be done by the Bee Ensemble, one of our 6th graders will be performing a beautifully done rendition of Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror and we will be plugging the Pantry using an accompanying video which was done by our chorus mom.

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Efforts To Rehab Northwest Jacksonville Cemetery Stalled

Submitted by Ken Amaro, Ken Amaro, Community Reporter

Saturday, May 12th, 2012, 7:57am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Fred Douglas, James Caldwell and Rev. Raymond King are a few of the dead buried and abandoned in Sunset Memorial Cemetery.

Amy Blount lives next door to the Northwest Jacksonville graveyard.

"I saw them cleaning two of them last week," said Blount.

Database: Registry of Historic Cemeteries in Florida

She said nobody seemed to care. From the front of the cemetery, facing Moncrief Road, it looks like there's an effort to maintain the property, but there are hundreds of graves that are covered with debris and thick brush.

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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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