City crews and volunteers move the deteriorated Peg Leg Pete statue early Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, to the Amelia Island Museum of History. | City of Fernandina Beach

Barrels line a road project at Southside and Deerwood Park boulevards. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

St. Johns County Commissioner Ann Taylor wears handcuffs to illustrate what she says is an attack on home rule. | Screenshot from St. Johns County livestream.

Tuesday’s Duval DOGE Committee meeting was held at Jacksonville City Hall | File photo

Duval Schools will continued to be headquartered on the Southbank following the School Board's rejection of a sale and purchase of a Southside location. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Barnabas Center workers distribute food in Callahan. | Barnabas Center

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

Mayor Donna Deegan speaks at the opening of affordable homes in the Durkeeville community. She was joined by Jacksonville Housing Authority CEO Cheron Corbett, left, and City Council member Jimmy Peluso. | City of Jacksonville

The Lincolnville Community Garden got its start with funding from St. Augustine's Neighborhood Grant Program. | Lincolnville Community Garden

AY Luxury Designs owner Amany Youssef is the youngest female contractor in Northeast Florida. When licensed at age 23, she was the youngest female contractor in the state. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Chart by Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Florida Department of Transportation workers make repairs to the Main Street Bridge.| FDOT

Karen Bowling at the University of North Florida's Center for Entrepreneurship in 2020. | Jacksonville Daily Record

The Black Book Bash will bring more than 100 authors to Jacksonville. Deesha Philyaw, author of "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies," is a Jacksonville native who is slated to attend. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

McCoys Creek flows into the St. Johns River again as a steel barrier between them is lifted on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

A dog is dressed as "the world's smallest lion" for the inaugural Five Points Funky Friday, which had a circus theme. | Five Points Association

Artist and sculptor Mere Mason works on what will be a rainbow fixture to repurpose an abandoned payphone in Riverside ahead of Jax River City Pride on Saturday and Sunday. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

A pair of Miami Arts Studio students hug as others walk between classes on World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10, 2023, at the magnet school in Miami. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Green Cove Springs City Manager Steve Kennedy announced that he will retire in November.

The Wobbly Whale Public House will open Saturday in the former home of the Kings Head British Pub. | The Wobby Whale Public House

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

In April 1886, the Methodist Episcopal Church established the Boylan Industrial School and Home for Negro Girls in LaVilla.

Hubbard House CEO Gail Patin speaks Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, about domestic violence. With her are Julia Edwards of Clay County's Quigley House, left, and Kellie Franklin of St. Johns County's Betty Griffin Center. | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

Manifest Distilling's dirty martini | Manifest Distilling