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Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Construction headaches in Beachwalk, Deerwood Village
Welcome to the Monday edition of Jacksonville's Morning News for June 9, 2025. A construction traffic shift on County Road 210 has been delayed, while small business owners in the Deerwood Plaza area can't wait for construction of a new Publix to end. TRAFFIC: A construction traffic shift on County Road 210 has been delayed by a week. WOKV reported last week that a traffic shift in the Beachwalk area was planned to start today. But the county says it will now happen on June 16th. That's when westbound traffic will be diverted to a newly constructed roadway. Eastbound lanes will shift to the new roadway on the night of June 19th. It's part of a $15 million widening project that will include six traffic lanes, bike lanes, sidewalks, and a new intersection. A construction maze in Deerwood has businesses appealing for help to speed things up. Construction of a new Publix store at Baymeadows and Southside began last October, and isn't expected to be done until December. Businesses in the area say they've been having a hard time with limited parking spaces and construction vehicles all over. The owner of Scramblers says business has been down substantially since they lost their parking lot. Shop owners say if they could just get access to even a section of their parking spaces, it would dramatically help their business. WEATHER: First Alert Meteorologist Corey Simma says heat and humidity continue with a few storms. Highs today will reach the lower and middle 90s with peak feels like temperatures 100-105. Like yesterday, rain and storm coverage will be greatest in SE GA and will still be hit-or-miss. Many neighborhoods, especially across NE FL, look to stay mostly dry today. Storm coverage ramps up beginning Tuesday across the area with daily rounds of rain continuing through the rest of the week. Wednesday and Thursday look to feature the most storms across our area with an active sea breeze. TROPICS: All is quiet in the Atlantic. You can follow daily updates with Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh and his Talking the Tropics blog. Three Big Things to Know: Thousands of protesters took to the street in Los Angeles on Sunday in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard against Governor Gavin Newsom's wishes. The demonstrations centered on a cluster of federal buildings including a detention center where immigrants arrested on Friday were taken. As the protests swelled on Sunday, demonstrators blocked a freeway entrance, set self-driving cars on fire and threw objects including concrete and electric scooters at law enforcement officers and vehicles. It was a story that captivated Jacksonville nearly three decades ago - the search for 8-year-old Maddie Clifton ended with the discovery of her body under a neighbor's waterbed. This morning, the man who killed Maddie heads before a judge to learn if his sentence of life in prison will be reviewed. Josh Phillips is expected to be in court at 9:00 am to learn when the judge will review his sentence. A child drowned in the ocean in Fernandina Beach. Lifeguards just north of Seaside Park were flagged down by beachgoers just before noon Saturday about a child in distress. The 5-year-old was pulled from the water by bystanders before lifeguards arrived to perform CPR, and still had a pulse when the fire department arrived. Despite rescue and medical efforts, the child reportedly went into cardiac arrest again at the hospital and died. GALLERY: Photos from Weathering the Storm, June 4, 2025 in the Farah and Farah Performance Studio.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Jacksonville's Morning News Tuesday, April 22 - Jax Beach weighs smoking, parking restrictions
The WOKV Payroll Payout, Sponsored by Mark Spain Real Estate, continues with five chances to win $1,000. Listen for the keyword at 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm. Three Big Things to Know: Jacksonville Beach is trying to address complaints residents have about semi-trucks. The city council met yesterday to discuss a parking restriction on A1A. It would ban semi-trucks from parking for more than four hours between 25th Ave South and the county line. Neighbors say the trucks are taking up too many parking spots and making too much noise. The ordinance passed its first reading last night. Another ordinance would prohibit almost every way a person could smoke tobacco on beach property. However, state law doesn't allow a local ban on unfiltered cigars. Four people are hurt after an apparent gas explosion in Clay County. A house on Sycamore Way was damaged in last night's explosion. Clay County Fire Rescue says two adults and two children were taken to the hospital, but there's no word on their conditions. The State Fire Marshal is investigating. Walgreens will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in what's described as a landmark civil settlement. The pharmacy chain agreed to pay 300 million dollars to resolve allegations it illegally filled millions of invalid prescriptions for opioids. Walgreens is also accused of trying to get Medicare and other federal health care programs to pay for the invalid prescriptions. LISTEN: First Alert Meteorologist Corey Simma tracks warm, dry days into the weekend.
Yahoo
26-01-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
First Alert Weather: A warming trend is here, with some rain in view
The First Alert Weather Team is tracking a warming trend (finally!) throughout the next week, and a few days of rain. Sunday began with a cold start, but warmed up nicely with some sunshine. This morning was the first morning in 5 days that Jacksonville didn't freeze. This afternoon was the first day in a week that Jacksonville temperatures made it into the 60s. Tonight will be chilly, but not as cold and no threat for a freeze anywhere locally. Clouds will increase a bit during the day Monday, but temperatures will still be manageable in the 60s. A few light showers will push into SE GA with a weakening storm system mid-morning through the afternoon. Don't expect rain in Jacksonville. Temperatures will gradually warm into the 70s by Wednesday, before being knocked down briefly due to onshore winds Thursday. We warm right back up into the 70s by Friday & the weekend. First Alert Meteorologist Corey Simma is tracking a few showers Friday into Saturday, which is a change from the forecast yesterday. There's still a lot to work out with the rain the next few days. Right now, it doesn't look like much, but stay tuned. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] Here's a look at your First Alert 7-Day Forecast: TONIGHT: A Few Clouds, Cool. Low: 40 TOMORROW: Partly Cloudy, Light Rain in GA. High: 67 TUE: Partly to Mostly Sunny. 45/68 WED: Mostly Sunny and pleasant! 44/70 THU: Partly Cloudy & Breezy. 50/67 FRI: Partly Sunny, Mild. 50/75 SAT: Partly Sunny, A Few Showers. 55/77 SUN: Partly Sunny. 55/74 Read: Jacksonville motorcyclist killed in crash on Roosevelt Blvd. Read: 'He was a football superstar': Mother of murdered Jacksonville 7-year-old calls for justice [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
