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Steven T. Halverson, chairman, president and CEO of The Haskell Co., was elected to serve a three-year term on the GuideWell Mutual Holding Corp. board of directors.
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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.
It had been six weeks since she saw him last, and she was grateful to everyone who played a role in making sure Apollo got home safe.
“It’s a big relief just having him back, knowing he’s OK,” an emotional Abercrombie said.

About 1,000 dogs and cats from area animal shelters and rescue groups will be available 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the latest Mega Adoption Event at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds.
Parking and admission are free. Adoptions are $20 for the general public; free for active and retired military. Each animal will be spayed or neutered, microchipped and current on shots and have a city license.
The event is hosted by First Coast No More Homeless Pets, sponsored by Petco Foundation. For more information, go to fcnmhp.org.

Many of the students Grant Hill spoke to Monday at Edward Waters College were not alive when he led Duke to two basketball national championships in the early 1990s.
But he told them the outcome of this presidential election means more for them.
The retired basketball great spoke at the college about the differences between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, whose campaign brought Hill to Jacksonville.

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.
He’s just not certain how to get the funding to take his startup business to the next step.
Olsen was among some 60 local entrepreneurs to attend the first JAX Chamber and SCORE crowdfunding workshop Monday to help startups learn how to gain more capital in hopes of making their businesses grow.

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.
It had been six weeks since she saw him last, and she was grateful to everyone who played a role in making sure Apollo got home safe.
“It’s a big relief just having him back, knowing he’s OK,” an emotional Abercrombie said.

The Lincolnville Festival had something of a lazy start Sunday afternoon as folks ambled from church pews and front yards to the sunny field of Eddie Vickers Park.
The scent of barbecue permeated the air, the sound of gospel music induced relaxation and the sight of a very serious game of childhood football sparked nostalgia. The day was hot and leisurely and brimming with a sincerity unique to the 150-year-old neighborhood.

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. at district headquarters, 1701 Prudential Drive.
Look for full coverage later Monday on Jacksonville.com and in Tuesday’s Times-Union.
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The railroad crossing on Prudential Drive at San Marco Boulevard will be closed for repairs from now through midnight Tuesday for repairs, according to Florida East Coast Railway.
Road closures will include the left lane of eastbound Prudential Drive, where the lane begins, and the left turn lane on northbound San Marco Boulevard, where the turn lane returns, according to the railroad.
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Fliers proclaiming “Take America back from the Jews” were thrown in the driveway of the Jewish Community Alliance on San Jose Boulevard, area homes and two nearby Jacksonville synagogues Sunday morning, only a week before the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
The discovery of the fliers, claimed to come from the Detroit-based neo-Nazi group National Socialist Movement, has a local rabbi whose synagogue members received them calling it “very disturbing.”