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Clouds Showers Coming From Gulf

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --Rain is moving in now and 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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Vote For Our Game of the Week

Which of the following spring football games should be featured as the HighSchoolSports.net Game of the Week?  The choices for you to vote on are listed below. 

The voting for this contest will end at 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22nd.  The winner will be announced later that night during the sportscast on First Coast News at 11.

The game that receives the most votes will receive lots of TV coverage before, during, and after the game.

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GMJ Saturday: Great Gifts for Mom

Still clueless over what to get Mom for Mother's Day? Try shopping local at the Town Center, Avenues, or Orange Park Mall. All three have the best gift ideas including great electronics, clothing, and jewelry for the woman in your life.

Clean Out Those Cabinets: Stamp Out Hunger is Saturday

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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School Board Members Want To Know Why Coach Misconduct Was Not Reported

PALATKA, Fla. -- A former Putnam County School District employee was arrested in 2010 on DUI charges. Now, that incident is raising questions in 2012.

Putnam County School Board members say they just learned that the district did not report the incident to the state's Office of Professional Practices.

Board member Nikki Cummings wants to know why the misconduct was never reported to the state until now.

"I feel it is important as a department and district we don't have to speculate," she said, "and we don't try to be a judge of the law and what needs to go to the state. That's the state's job."

The ex-employee is Kyle Rice, who was the Palatka high school football coach when the incident happened.

Cummings said state law requires the misconduct of a certified educator be reported with in 30 days to Department of Education's Office of Professional Practices.

Kitchen Remodel Company Leaves First Coast Home Undone

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Sandra Lott had to pay a second company to remodel her kitchen because the first company took her money and did nothing and she doesn't know where the company is located. 

"They go back from Miami to South Carolina to Jacksonville," said Lott.

In 2009, the Army Reserves nurse used money earned while serving in Iraq to pay a company called Extreme Kitchen Exclusive for a makeover.

"A family member recommended them," said Lott.

She paid them $8,609 up front, but it did nothing. She went to her credit card and recovered $5,000 for the cabinets. Lott said the company still owes her $3,609, which was paid by check, for granite countertops that were never delivered.

"We just want a refund," said Lott, "because nothing has ever been done."

Calls to the company's Miami and South Carolina locations were unnecessary. The president of Extreme Kitchen Exclusive is Scott Schneidermesser.