State Rep. Wyman Duggan, R-Jacksonville, filed his intention to run for Jacksonville mayor on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, at the Duval County Supervisor of Elections office. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

City Councilman Jimmy Peluso and ACPS Chief Mike Bricker pose with a dog named Leo outside the ACPS building in December 2023. | Jimmy Peluso, Facebook

Janelle Cox, a Venetia Elementary parent, tells district officials she's looking forward to a rebuilt school at a community meeting on Sept. 29, 2026, as School Board member Reggie Blount and district COO Jim Culbert look on. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

The Floribunda show (seen here in 2024) returns this weekend to CoRK.

JEA's electric and water/sewer rate increases go into effect Oct. 1, 2026. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Currently, Duval Schools does not allow guns on school property. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Travelers approach the TSA security check at the Jacksonville airport on Sept. 30, 2026. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Inmates in the Duval County jail are among those awaiting transfer to a state hospital for mental health treatment, a lawsuit says. | Simone Endress, Jacksonville Today

Eartha and her mother Clara White circa 1910 (left). Eartha circa 1896 (right). | State Archives of Florida

The JTA headquarters and regional transportation center.

Jacksonville Housing Authority headquarters Downtown. | News4Jax

Brian Wilker Orr, a Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts teacher, is facing multiple felony charges allegedly slapping a student on the buttocks and sending a disturbing email to students and school employees. | News4Jax

St. Augustine City Manager David Birchim was appointed in 2023. | City of St. Augustine

Italian American Club of Jacksonville members preparing a spaghetti dinner. They refused to reveal any details of the house recipe for meatballs and sauce | Hanna Raskin

Jacksonville native Brian Dawkins looks on during a Philadelphia Eagles practice on July 31, 2016. Dawkins, a nine-time Pro Bowl safety and four-time All-Pro during 16 seasons with the Eagles and Broncos, is a Jacksonville native and William M. Raines graduate. | Associated Press, Chris Szagola

Jacksonville City Council member Kevin Carrico says he will not run for reelection to launch an advisory firm with his wife Daysi Jacobson Carrico. | Alignment G

A rendering from 2023 shows early plans for the Jacksonville Armada's proposed Downtown stadium, which the club has yet to build. | Jacksonville Daily Record

The Florida Historic Capitol Museum and State Capitol in Tallahassee.

The St. Johns County Commission reversed course and denied two proposed developments that the board previously approved in August | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

The JTA headquarters and regional transportation center.

A banner posted atop the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department's former training tower off I-10 shows opposition to Amendment 3 by the local Fraternal Order of Police and Jacksonville Association of Fire Fighters unions. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Venetia Elementary, seen here on June 24, 2026, is set to be torn down and replaced with a larger building on the same site. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

The JEA board of directors appointed Jody Brooks as interim CEO on Sept. 25, 2026. | JEA