The city's permitting process that makes it legal for restaurants to allow dogs in outdoor dining patios is now live. | Hanna Raskin

Thousands of runners launch from the start line for last year's annual Donna Marathon through Jacksonville's Beaches. | Donna Marathon

You could perform the National Anthem at VyStar Ballpark before a Jumbo Shrimp game this season. | Heather Henderson

Mayor Donna Deegan speaks Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, during the Ramallah Club of Jacksonville's officer induction ceremony. | City of Jacksonville

Intuition Ale Works will close April 24 after an attempt to sell the business failed. | Intuition Ale Works

This is one of dozens of caged birds police found at a Northside rooster fighting ring. | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

Jacksonville University students show off the award they won for an anti-drug PSA video. | Submitted

The Museum of Science & History plans a new, larger museum on the Northbank. | MOSH

EveryPet employees do surgical procedures to include spay and neuter services for pets. | EveryPet

Centre Street, one of the areas affected by paid parking in Fernandina Beach. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

First Coast Habitat for Humanity dedicated a new house in Fernandina Beach on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, for a couple striving for homeownership through the nonprofit’s affordable housing program. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

Biology teacher Mari Richardson was named 2026 VyStar Duval County Teacher of the Year. The Jean Ribault High School teacher was selected from a pool of about 180 candidates. Superintendent Christopher Bernier says “she meets students where they are, helps them to exceed their own expectations, and creates a classroom where confidence and achievement grow together.” As a thanks for her dedication to her students, Richardson won grants for her classroom, a cash prize and a new car. She’ll also go on to represent Duval at the Florida Teacher of the Year awards. Way to go!

A cheesesteak at D&LP Subs in Jacksonville Beach | Hanna Raskin

A video from a police bodycam shows a confrontation Jan. 5, 2026, outside a Southside apartment. | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers are urging people to donate due to critically low supplies in Florida. | LifeSouth

LIFT Jax CEO Travis Williams was brought home to this house on Van Buren Street on the Eastside. His roots in the neighborhood have informed his work leading the nonprofit that advocates for the Eastside. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Daily Manna Community Garden at 426 Smith St. in Jacksonville. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

These 10 Jacksonville students will perform at Carnegie Hall next weekend in a prestigious music competition. | Submitted

State Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, touts her union bonafides during a December 2023 rally by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters at the Anheuser-Busch facility in Jacksonville. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Urban Book Fest in 2025 | Urban Book Fest via Facebook

A NAVI autonomous shuttle moves through traffic on East Bay Street in Downtown Jacksonville. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas speaks about the racial comments of a Clay County School Board member. | News4Jax