They were strangers until fate brought them together exactly one year ago. Now a friendship between a Jacksonville police sergeant and a patrol officer is forever made – topped off with a prestigious honor presented by the sheriff.

The man arrested and charged with aggravated battery in the brutal assault of a Jacksonville police officer that happened outside a Walmart Supercenter in February was ruled not competent for prosecution in October.

A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office sergeant was honored Thursday as “Supervisor of the Month” for the role he played in saving another officer’s life earlier this year. The officer he saved was surprised with a Purple Heart.

For the first time since Jennifer Johnson was attacked while responding to a shoplifting call, she is opening up to News4JAX Anchor Joy Purdy -- speaking out about those life-changing moments, revealing the person she considers her “angel” for saving her life, and sharing the source of her incredible strength.

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Björk and Broadway's "Into the Woods,” the reunion of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy in “Hocus Pocus 2” and a Showtime documentary about Sinéad O’Connor.

(CNN) - Some 300,000 Chicago schoolchildren are out of class for the second day in a row Friday as negotiations continue between the city and thousands of striking educators. "We understand that's hard for parents," Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, told reporters Friday morning. "Our students deserve smaller class sizes. "We have tried to provide the best deal that's fiscally responsible, that's fair to teachers and fair to taxpayers," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. "Without question, the deal that we put on the table is the best in the Chicago Teachers Union's history," Mayor Lightfoot said.