Protestors demonstrate against removing challenged books from school libraries on Dec. 1, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A new fee on developers would conserve undeveloped land like this in St. Johns County. | Flickr, Justin Ellenberger

Smoking cigarettes and vape pens is now against the rules in St. Johns County. | Brian Yurasits, Unsplash

The current St. Johns County commissioners are, from left, Christian Whitehurst, Sarah Arnold, Krista Joseph, Clay Murphy and Ann Taylor. | St. Johns County

Long Branch Elementary has served students on Jacksonville's Eastside for 108 years. The Duval County School Board voted to close the school and merge it with R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Main Street Bridge is featured on a vintage postcard | Jessica Palombo, Jacksonville Today

Duval Schools Superintendent Christopher Bernier has changed the way he talks about the district's finances amid the latest round of proposed school closures. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Riverfront Plaza is set to reopen after an 18-month renovation on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Library shelves at Long Branch Elementary | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Brett Price helps erect the holiday tree inside Riverfront Plaza on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Price previously built Jacksonville's holiday tree in James Weldon Johnson Park for the previous five years. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Developer Gateway Jax will ask the city for $48 million in incentives for a Publix-anchored project planned at 119 W. Beaver St., Downtown. | Jacksonville Daily Record

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

A Duval voting machine is demonstrated during a town hall called How Voting Works hosted by Jacksonville Today. | Jacksonville Today

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

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

Jacksonville Skyline | High Reason/Rudy Balasko

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