School library books, like these at R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy in Jacksonville, remain a controversial issue in Florida. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office confiscated $400,000 in cash, gambling machines and drug paraphernalia at a store in Hastings. | St. Johns County Sheriff's Office

Sean Mason performs Sunday at the Ritz Theatre | Sean Mason via Instagram

A sign points to an open house in Fleming Island. | Randy Roguski, Jacksonville Today

Pat McCullough served in the U.S. Marine Corps before working in politics and serving as the city of Jacksonville's special assistant to the mayor on civic engagement and youth participation. She is shown marching during the city's Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11, 2023. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

This fenced-in lot on 1st Street North will be reopned to parking in Jacksonville Beach. | Google

The Jacksonville Jaguars are proposing a $1.4 billion renovation of EveryBank Stadium. | Jacksonville Jaguars

Jacksonville firefighters have reached a tentative contract agreeement.

University of North Florida history student Shawn Steiner meticulously sorts through a 1,000-year-old Timucua midden mound, looking for pottery shards and other artifacts at a dig site within the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Rosalyn Mixon Phillips is the chapter president of the Gamma Rho Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. She is the leader of Jacksonville-based chapter that has more than 400 members. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The St. Johns Cultural Council recognized Purcell Conway and Shed Dawson for their participation in the St. Augustine Beach wade-ins in June 1964. Their efforts to integrate a whites-only beach was part of a series of demonstrations during Freedom Summer. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Jay Stowe resigned as CEO of JEA in April. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Florida Blue is suing federal health agencies over Medicare ratings. | Jacksonville Daily Record

The Beach Bowl on Beach Boulevard has been renovated and expanded. | News4Jax

Jacksonville Council President Ron Salem listens to a presentation about the Jaguars' stadium rebuild during a City Council workshop Wednesday, June 5, 2024. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today

A controversial Chick-fil-A would be built on this land on Bradley Cove Road and Lady Lake Road. The site is next to the North Creek subdivision and across the street from First Coast High School. | News4Jax

Boats cram Bayard Point during Clay County’s unofficial Boater Skip Day last year | 904 Happy Hour

This map shows, in yellow, where a proposed office space could be built near Interstate 95 and International Golf Parkway. | St. Johns County.

Site plans include this illustration of Electric Dough Pizza Co. | Jacksonville Daily Record

The JAX Chamber is supporting the renovation of EverBank Stadium into "the Stadium of the Future." City of Jacksonville