Spectators sit for Theatre in the Park. | Atlantic Beach

Jacksonville City Council member Jimmy Peluso at a Duval County School Board meeting in December. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

This retention pond at the Bennett Creek apartment complex off Salisbury Road is where 2-year-old Melani Ava Mixson drowned Sept. 18, 2024. A memorial to her remained earlier this year. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today 

University of North Georgia President Michael Shannon | UNF

LaRosa Benn, left, chants as she packs apple sauce during the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation's Community Day on Aug. 20, 2026, on the Eastside. The Jaguars Foundation has partnered with Feeding Northeast Florida to provide food for the last seven years. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Paid parking spots are filled on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, four days after voters opted to kill that parking program during the primary election. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

The University of Florida's Jacksonville graduate campus is set to welcome its first students this fall, with founding programs from the College of Design, Construction and Planning and the Warrington College of Business. | Jacksonville Daily Record

FlashVote is a platform used in more than 30 states. | FlashVote

A rendering from the Jacksonville Downtown Investment Authority shows the revised interior of Bellwether restaurant. at 117 W. Forsyth St. Downtown. | City of Jacksonville

Florida state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo speaks in 2021 after being named to his post by Gov. Ron DeSantis. | Ryan Dailey, News Service of Florida

A Flock camera at the Mezza Premier Apartment complex is seen in this composite image | Elizabeth Caldwell, Jacksonville Today

Jake Thiel, left, and Timothy Homan embark on their 8-day trip to Maryland on restored 1995 Yamaha WaveRunners from Fernandina Beach's downtown marina early Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Kevin Allen, Krista Joseph and Martin Pyszczymuka all ran campaigns that called for slowing St. Johns County's growth | Photos courtesy of the candidates

Hundreds of dogs are available for adoption at the Jacksonville shelter | Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services

Construction on the Sebastian Harbor Marina is scheduled to be completed in October. | News4Jax

In deals confirmed Aug. 16, Indiana-based Becovic Management Group expanded its investment in Downtown Jacksonville with the purchase of the 11 East Apartments and The Carling Apartments. | Ric Anderson, Jacksonville Daily Record

A map of Jacksonville shows where the district is searching for a new headquarters building. | Duval County School District

Jacksonville City Council member-elect Moné Holder. | File photo, Jacksonville Today

This forested land, pictured across the intracoastal waterway near Palm Valley, could be developed into homes pending a decision by the St. Johns County Commission next month | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Duval County Democratic Party Chair Millie Leeds, (center) is flanked by Jacksonville City Council member-elect Moné Holder (left) and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon, following their victories on primary night, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Pay to park spots on South 7th Street in Fernandina Beach, marked with street signs and the QR code to access the system. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Northeast Florida artists who've recently shared new albums (clockwise from top left): Druzin, Patrick Hagerman, Ulysses Owens Jr., Bad Madonna, The Something Specials, Taylor Roberts | Courtesy of the artists

St. Johns County voters will be asked in November about potentially paying a little extra to fund land conservation. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today