Take a hike Saturday with the Ixia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society | Ixia Chapter via Facebook

Eartha M.M. White Park in Oakland on the city's Eastside | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Kids Hope Alliance CEO Saralyn Grass served as a local celebrity during the 2025 I'm A Star Foundation Celebrity Basketball Classic. The game raised money for unhoused students in Duval County on July 26, 2025, at Riverside High School. |Photo by Will Brown

The Rev. Adam Gray stands inside the sanctuary of his historic church in Riverside. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia delivered reimbursements checks from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to sheriffs from Northeast Florida Wednesday afternoon. From left are Putnam County Sheriff H.D. "Gator" DeLoach, Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook, St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, Ingoglia and Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville University President Tim Cost speaks at commencement in May 2025. He has announced that he will retire as president. | Jacksonville University

Southeastern Grocers is rebranding itself as The Winn-Dixie Co. | Jessica Palombo, Jacksonville Today

Bakery manager Linda Holfinger consults her Pie Chart in the kitchen of The Pie Heaven Bakery Cafe in Atlantic Beach. The bakery is offering free chicken pot pies to those working without pay during the government shutdown. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

The collapsed gangway at the Sapelo Island Visitors center is shown just after seven people died there. | Lewis M. Levine, AP

Jacksonville City Council members Ron Salem, Raul Arias and Jimmy Peluso are members of the city of Jacksonville’s Special Committee on the Community Benefits Agreement 2.0, which will determine the governance structure of the city's $40 million investment in the Eastside. A town hall meeting about Eastside Community Benefits Agreement funding featured bickering and disagreement among Eastside residents and members of the Jacksonville City Council on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville

One of JEA's chilled water compressors at its Downtown plant. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Palatka City Manager Marcia Carty is sworn in in September 2024. | City of Palatka

Brunswick Judge Robert Guy has resigned after he was charged with DUI in Jacksonville. | Judicial Council of Georgia

More than 1,000 parents have participated in the Brigher Beginnings program that Ascension St. Vincent's has held on the campus of Edward Waters University on the second Saturday of each month. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Florida Department of Transportation is warning about more Buckman Bridge backups, like this one in 2022. | FDOT via News4Jax

A view of the new roundabout in Murray Hill. | Florida Department of Transportation

An illustration shows the interior of the proposed Starbucks in Downtown Jacksonville. | City of Jacksonville

Orange Park Mall says teens under 18 will need an adult with them to enter the shopping center on Fridays and Saturdays. | Orange Park Mall, Facebook

JWB announced that it's distributing $20,000 to eight families to help with down payments for homes. | JWB

City Hall | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today

Books line the shelves of the Brentwood Branch of the Jacksonville Public Library. | Jacksonville Public library

Attorney Ben Crump speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, with Erika McGriff of Jacksonville, a week after her arrest in a confrontation with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. | News4Jax

Protesters gather before the Oct. 7 board meeting to show support for a teacher removed over a social media post | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today