Jacksonville Times-Union

There were moments after Cynthia Abercrombie’s dog, Apollo, went missing last month that she feared he might not come home.
She put those fears to rest about 9 p.m. Friday when her Pyrenees mix, who was found 1,100 miles away from Jacksonville, came clambering out of a stranger’s car to greet her.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

There were moments after Cynthia Abercrombie’s dog, Apollo, went missing last month that she feared he might not come home.
She put those fears to rest about 9 p.m. Friday when her Pyrenees mix, who was found 1,100 miles away from Jacksonville, came clambering out of a stranger’s car to greet her.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The Duval County Public Schools Board meets again today to discuss future goals for the district and possible mediation for the Board and Superintendent Nikolai Vitti.
The meeting begins at 9 a.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS | Austin Stephens can’t see out of his left eye and can barely see out of his right. Yet he’s watched the movie “Twister” dozens of times, flying cows and all, by pressing his right eye up against a tiny screen.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Duval School Board members made progress Monday by deciding to hire a mediator to help the Board and Superintendent Nikolai Vitti improve their working relationship.
But it’s unlikely a mediator will help the Board on its other point of impasse: whether district leaders should set academic targets linked to other Florida districts’ performance or whether they should set “aspirational” goals with much higher performance objectives for students.

John Olsen is sure his invention of a briquette that is dropped into a pond and turns into a fungus that kills mosquito larvae is a good bet on developing his newly formed Jacksonville business Cree Industries.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Duval’s School Board made progress Monday by deciding to hire a mediator to help the Board and Superintendent Nikolai Vitti improve on their working relationship.
But it’s unlikely a mediator will help the Board on its other point of impasse: whether district leaders should set academic targets linked to other Florida districts’ performance or whether they should set “aspirational” goals with much higher performance projections for students.

Fliers proclaiming “Take America back from the Jews” were thrown in the driveway of the Jewish Community Alliance at 8505 San Jose Blvd. and two other nearby Jacksonville synagogues Sunday morning, only a week before the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS | Austin Stephens can’t see out of his left eye and can barely see out of his right. Yet he’s watched the movie “Twister” dozens of times, flying cows and all, by pressing his right eye up against a tiny screen.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Vivian Pursell, a lifelong member of Norwood Baptist Church, said she can still hear the faint clink of hammers meeting nails during the church's construction and expansion.
As a former clerk, pianist, choir member and secretary for the church, she can still see her desk and everything around it.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share