Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a push for pay raises for state law enforcement and firefighters during a Friday speech in Ponte Vedra Beach. | Governor's Office

New Toyotas are arranged on protective plastic on Thursday in preparation for this weekend's 2025 annual Jacksonville International Auto Show in the Prime Osborn Convention Center. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

The Florida Legislature. | Gary McCullough, AP

State Attorney Melissa Nelson warns about the potentially deadly consequences of a game called "Senior Assassin." | News4Jax

Members of the Lift Every Voice and Sing Children’s Choir as well as The Ritz Voices are captured moments before they sing Lift Every Voice and Sing as part of a 125th anniversary celebration for the song inside The Bethel Church on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The University of North Florida is a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. | UNF via Facebook

Members of the The National Women's Liberation group and Planned Parenthood paint a wall commemorating the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion on Jan. 10, 2019. in Gainesville. | Chris Day, Fresh Take Florida

City archaeologists work on the site of an 18th century British redoubt — or fort — in the Lincolnville part of the historic city. | St. Augustine Archaeology Program

This is the water gun that teens were using during a game of Senior Assassins. | Nassau County Sheriff's Office

Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to stop the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission from making "intrusive" checks on boaters. | WFSU

San Sebastian Winery in downtown St. Augustine wants to add an adjacent marketplace. | St. Johns County Property Appraiser

A Jacksonville Solid Waste Division worker collects recyclables in 2022. | Dennis Ho for Jacksonville Today

Anastasia State Park in St. Johns County was on of nine parks where the state proposed lodges, golf courses and other development last year.

The former Serenata Beach Club is now called the South Ponte Vedra Ocean Club. | News4Jax

Adams Street, along with Forsyth Street, will soon become a two-way street. | Google

Members of the Manasota chapter of the Florida Young Birders Club watch birds through binoculars at Red Bug Slough in Sarasota on Jan. 25, 2025.

Hundreds of people crowd downtown St. Augustine to see the annual NIghts of Lights. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Iguana Investments Florida LLC, a company owned by Jaguars owner Shad Khan, now owns the Jacksonville Fairgrounds site Downtown. The fair is moving to West Jacksonville. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Construction crews continue building Phase 1 of Riverfront Plaza. The foundations for a cafe with rooftop garden and other parts are underway. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Lynyrd Skynyrd performs at TIAA Bank Field. | Bill Bortzfield, Jacksonville Today