Director: Jacksonville Zoo prepared for animal emergency
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After zookeepers shot and killed a rare gorilla after a 4-year-old boy slipped into its enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo this weekend, News4Jax wondered what Jacksonville Zoo officials would do in a similar situation.Footage shot by a witness shows Harambe, the 17-year-old male gorilla, standing near the boy, who went under a rail, through wires and over a moat wall to get into the enclosure, according to the zoo. The footage later shows Harambe dragging the child through th..>> view original'Miracles' happened for developmentally delayed graduates at ...
When Andrew Etheredge was born about four years ago with multiple health problems, doctors told his parents he would likely never talk, walk, feed himself or even sit up. But Tracie and Michael Etheredge decided to let Andrew determine his capabilities, not his doctors. At his prekindergarten graduation Thursday, he not only talked, walked and sat up, but jumped, danced and ran. At a reception after the ceremony, he fed himself plenty of potato chips from his father’s plate. Next step, kinderga..>> view originalCar club rallies to honor Jacksonville soldier
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A local family was touched Monday by the response of a group asked to pay tribute to a soldier being buried in Jacksonville on Memorial Day.Army Spc. Zachary Debeau, 23, died of natural causes last week, his family said. The Mandarin High School alum served three years in the Army and spent time in Cuba at Guantanamo Bay.When he died, his wife asked the Mustang Club of Jacksonville if it would help honor Debeau, who loved Mustangs and owned several in his short life. The c..>> view originalCall Box: Farmhouse to mansion, to the front of postcard
Dear Call Box: I came across this postcard of Liberty Hall among some old family pictures. No one to my knowledge lived in Florida, although my husband and I now live in Ponte Vedra. The recipients of the card are my aunt and uncle, now deceased. It was passed down to me through my father, and I’ve had it in an old shoebox for more than 40 years. Do you know where Liberty Hall was and what happened to it? M.H., Ponte Vedra Dear M.H.: Liberty Hall was at 10147 San Jose Blvd. in Mandarin. We fo..>> view originalFDLE called in to investigate officer involved shooting in Clay County
A Clay County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant shot a Jacksonville man during a traffic stop late Sunday night.Timothy Van Griffin, 33, was shot by Lt. Shawn Gordon for what the Sheriff’s Office currently reports as “unknown reasons.”The number of shots fired also isn’t known yet.It happened just before midnight on the roadside near the intersection of Primrose Avenue and Alligator Boulevard, which is south of Middleburg.Griffin, who was conscious after the shooting, underwent surgery at Orange Park..>> view original
Monday, May 30, 2016
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