Jacksonville City Council member Rory Diamond speaks during the 2025-26 city budget hearings. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A child's shadow and an empty playground swing symbolize missing or endangered children. | freshidea, stock.adobe.com

A 19-mile long paved trail runs from Palatka to southwest of St. Augustine. | Florida State Parks

Lukumades, a Greek pastry shop, is planned at 1020 Park St. in the Five Points Theatre building.

Acon Construction Project Manager Frank Anderson, project manager for Acon Construction, shows deatils of the road project to City Councilwoman JuCoby Pittman on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

The 45-acre Jacksonville Surf Park will be anchored by a 5.5-acre Wavegarden Cove surfing lagoon. It is within the eTown master planned community in South Jacksonville, east of Interstate 295. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Renderings of Pearl Square, the Gateway Jax development in the NorthCore area of Downtown Jacksonville, show sidewalk seating. | Jacksonville Daily Record

A meeting about teacher pay will take place at Fleming Island High School. | Facebook

An illustration of a new marine fire station has been erected at the riverfront site where the station will be built. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

A student raises her hand at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton on April 16, 2024. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Hendricks Avenue Elementary is among the district's more than 140 schools and programs that will be represented at the School Enrollment Expo. | Jacksonville Today

Dr. Nancy Staats, right, speaks against the elimination of vaccine mandates. She appeared Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, before the Duval Legislative Delegation. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

Volunteers from Rebuilding Together Greater Florida, The Home Depot Foundation and others rebuild the Five Stars veterans center gardens on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

The Plaza de la Constitución is lit up during Nights of Lights in downtown St. Augustine. l St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra, and The Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau

Andrea Williams has been a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. since 2003. She serves as the president of the Beta Alpha Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

An aerial view of Apna Bazar at 11153 Beach Blvd. The grocer wanted to expand to open an animal slaughterhouse.

This is Feeding Northeast Florida's 110,000-square-foot facility. l Steven Ponson, Jacksonville Today

Mitchell Patch and his 1-year-old son, Everett, were killed while crossing Baymeadows Road on May 16, 2025. | GoFundMe via News4Jax

The ownership of Marineland Dolphin Adventure has been tied up in court proceedings for months. Now, a nonprofit organization run by local people will take over its operations. | News4Jax, LoopNet

Walmart announced in April 2023 that it plans to build its own EV fast-charging network. | PlugShare via Jacksonville Daily Record

The northern lights fill the sky Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, near Valley Falls, Kansas. The auroras could be seen as far south as Central Florida. | Charlie Riedel, AP