Protesters took to the streets in Ponte Vedra Beach earlier this year to oppose a private company's plans to trade nearby sensitive conservation land for scattered plots around the state. A new bill filed in the Florida House and Senate would require more transparency about land swaps. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Frozen turkeys, fresh milk and produce and other staples are on tables at the Mandarin Food Bank's annual Thanksgiving giveaway on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Project Underground is asking the city for a property tax break that would allow a 120-job expansion to Northwest Jacksonville. | Jacksonville Daily Record

St. George Street in downtown St. Augustine is one of the areas city law rules is off-limits for panhandling. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy has operated on the Eastside since 1953. The Duval County School Board will hear a proposal to close Long Branch Elementary and merge it with R.L. Brown during its meeting Dec. 1, 2025. | Will Brown

Lily Grabb has closed Lily’s Asian-American Food in Downtown Jacksonville. | Dan Macdonald, Jacksonville Daily Record

On a field across from Union Correctional Institution, markers show where opponents and supporters of the death penalty can protest on execution days. | Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, Fresh Take Florida

Construction continues on the Four Seasons hotel in Downtown Jacksonville. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Clay County teachers protest the lack of pay raises for hundreds of teachers. | News4Jax

Jacksonville International Airport is developing a food hall inside its Concourse B addition. | Illustration, Jacksonville Daily Record

The 2025 Rolls-Royce Phantom has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $517,750 to $597,750, according to Car & Driver. | Photo by Tom Bunning via Jacksonville Daily Record

Richard Barry Randolph, 63, is scheduled to die by lethal injection for a murder in Palatka. | Florida Department of Corrections

This 440-acre motorsports complex includes a racetrack, go-kart course, meeting space, garages and more. | Putnam County

Actors Jasmeet Baduwalia and Ashlyn Baas play the two college-aged leads in the film "Dial it Back," written by Erin Keefer of Ponte Vedra Beach. | Dial It Back, Mad Wife Productions

A new effort has emerged to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida.

Kroger launched home delivery service in Jacksonville in 2021. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Duval Schools headquarters | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville City Council's Duval DOGE committee meets Tuesday, Nov. 18. 2025, in its investigation of the city's telehealth programs. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins announces a new program aimed at stopping senior scams. He spoke Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, at the Cypress Village retirement community in Jacksonville. | News4Jax

Rep. Sam Greco of St. Augustine speaks in the Florida House of Representatives. | Florida House

From Left, Michael Ward, Jennifer Glock and Florida State College at Jacksonville President John Avendano. | Jacksonville Daily Record

The Casa Marina Hotel & Restaurant at 691 First St. N. in Jacksonville Beach. | Jacksonville Daily Record