This morning at 8:30 a.m., Historic City News received word that a 41-year-old Jacksonville bicyclist traveling north on SR-A1A was struck and killed by a St Augustine driver in the area of Guana River Road.

A clerk working at Circle K gas and convenience store, on SR-16 along the I-95 corridor, called the sheriff’s office late Tuesday evening to report that a man entered the store and went directly into the bathroom, where he locked the door and remained for about an hour. The employee requested the man leave the restroom and property, but he refused to respond or leave.

Valsartan, the active ingredient in brand name Diovan, quickly became one of the most widely prescribed medications in the treatment of heart failure and hypertension (high blood pressure) after the active pharmaceutical ingredient became available off-patent. In the last week, three of the generic manufacturers; Major Pharmaceuticals, Solco Healthcare and Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., were asked by the US Food and Drug Administration to recall their valsartan products due to detection of a cancer-causing substance.