A double yellow stripe lines the center of East Forsyth Street in Downtown as part of change to 2-way traffic, as well as Adams Street one block over. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Paris Richardson is shown with WJCT Public Media Education Coordinator Andrew Williams during a celebration May 20, 2025, at WJCT. Richardson is the author of a children's book, "The Not-So-Perfect Garden Project." | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The St. Augustine Airport, which is overseen by the St. Johns County Airport Authority. | St. Augustine Airport

It's gelato time. | Peterbrooke Chocolatier via Facebook

Fireworks explode over Downtown Jacksonville. | Visit Jacksonville

Cathedral Arts Project students worked with local artist Scotie Cousin to create colorful critters. | Submitted

Percy Golden II was nominated to serve as Jacksonville Fire Rescue Chief by Mayor Donna Deegan on Monday, June 30, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Magic Beach Motel, located just minutes from the water in Vilano Beach, has been featured in several TV shows since it opened the better part of a century ago. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Recent Flagler graduates Gem Hansen and Emily Lacour painted this very St. Augustine mural at the St. Augustine Premium Outlets. | Submitted

One of the Jacksonville Transit Authority's autonomous vans makes a test run recently on Gator Bowl Boulevard. A JTA staffer sits inside to take over if necessary. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Protesters join Metro Gardens Association President Lydia Bell, right, on Friday, June 27, 2025, at the federal courthouse in Jacksonville. The group is seeking an injunction to stop a medical examiner's office from opening in their Brentwood community. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

Florida's State Play, Cross and Sword, debuted 60 years ago in 1965. This performance took place in 1967. | Jacksonville Public Library

Jacksonville City Hall. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Recently opened businesses, like Blue Hen Cafe, dot West King Street, the main commercial thoroughfare of the West City neighborhood in St. Augustine. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Send a letter to a veteran in hospice care through the new Mail Call program. | Submitted

Johna Daniels, grants and project officer for the Early Learning Coalition of Duval, says federal funding cuts will have an effect on the organization. The coalition serves nearly 17,000 children from low-income families in Jacksonville. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The new University of Florida campus in Jacksonville will include the Florida Semiconductor Institute.

Mayor Donna Deegan, left, listens as Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Chief Keith Powers speaks during a news conference Nov. 30, 2023. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Jax-based trio Meat Wizard performs at The Walrus in September 2024. Watching a local band is one of the many ways to have fun in Jacksonville. | Heather Henderson, Jacksonville Today

Mayor Donna Deegan speaks to reporters about her veto of a local immigration bill Tuesday at City Hall. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today.

Willy Cooper Sr. and Lisa Lewis at the Pinehurst and San Sebastián cemeteries | Kaia Wright, Jacksonville Today