Jeff Meling shoots a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun at Shoot GTR in Gainesville on Sept. 20, 2023. | Augustus Hoff, Fresh Take Florida

Crews from the Florida Department of Transportation inspect the Main Street Bridge aftera tugboat hit the bridge Aug. 19, 2025. | FDOT

The Clay County Sheriff's Office investigated a shooting early on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, inside a home on Pine Oaks Lane. | News4Jax

Norah Jones plays during last year's Sing Out Loud headline showcase in St. Augustine. | Melissa Marcarelli, St. Johns County Cultural Events Inc.

The 19-story former JEA headquarters tower at 21 W. Church St. could soon be sold to a developer led by Live Oak Contracting. | Courtesy of JEA

Chuck Meide, maritime program director for the St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program, looks at a piece of 19th century shipwreck that washed ashore on Matanzas Beach. | St. Johns County

A group of people embrace at a vigil for Charlie Kirk on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at the Plaza of the Americas in Gainesville. | Madilyn Gemme, Fresh Take Florida

An aerial depiction of the redesigned Metropolitan Park shows a large central performance lawn, riverfront walkways, child play areas and more. | City of Jacksonville

Areas where tropical systems tend to develop in September.

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

The 47-year-old Peg Leg Pete statue stands at 102 Centre St. in Fernandina Beach. | Amelia Island Tourist Development Council

Gun owners display their guns in holsters. | File image

An illustration shows the Jacksonville Jaguars' proposed "Stadium of the Future." | Jacksonville Jaguars

Robin Rothove, left, and Paula Smith demonstrate outside the Missouri Capitol as lawmakers prepare for a committee hearing to consider redrawing the state's U.S. House districts, Sept. 4, 2025. | Jeff Roberson, AP

Thea Jeffers is owner of Breezy Jazz House.

People hold their weapons as others look on during a Second Amendment gun rally at Utah State Capitol on Feb. 8, 2020, in Salt Lake City. | Rick Bowmer, AP

A sign at St. Johns Town Center still shows the Pinstripes entertainment center. | Karen Brune Mathis, Jacksonville Daily Record

A police car is parked where St. Johns County deputies shot a man to death. | News4Jax

Cosplayers wearing replica Mandalorian Beskar bounty hunter costumes pose for photos on a copy of the original Star Trek TV series bridge at last year's Ancient City Con. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

A satellite image shows the Atlantic Basin on Sept. 10, 2025, the peak of hurricane season.

Jacksonville City Council member Rory Diamond is the child of South African immigrants. The Jacksonville Immigrant Rights Alliance has accused Diamond's amendments in the city's proposed 2025-26 budget as anti-immigrant. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan is interviewed as part of the Bloomberg Originals “Power Players” documentary series on Bloomberg.com and YouTube. | Bloomberg via Jacksonville Daily Record

State Attorney Melissa Nelson | News4Jax

An attendee at a gun-rights rally open carries his gun in a holster on Jan. 18, 2019, at the Capitol in Olympia, Washington. | Ted S. Warren, AP