Protestors demonstrate against removing challenged books from school libraries on Dec. 1, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A new fee on developers would conserve undeveloped land like this in St. Johns County. | Flickr, Justin Ellenberger

The city is reviewing a permit application for Ben & Jerry's in Five Points. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Smoking cigarettes and vape pens is now against the rules in St. Johns County. | Brian Yurasits, Unsplash

The current St. Johns County commissioners are, from left, Christian Whitehurst, Sarah Arnold, Krista Joseph, Clay Murphy and Ann Taylor. | St. Johns County

A Space Invaders game by Raw Thrills is up for auction at Adventure Landing in Jacksonville Beach. | Bill Ramsey & Associates

Long Branch Elementary has served students on Jacksonville's Eastside for 108 years. The Duval County School Board voted to close the school and merge it with R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Main Street Bridge is featured on a vintage postcard | Jessica Palombo, Jacksonville Today

The Harris Teeter in Summerville, South Carolina. | Jacksonville Daily Record

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. | News Service of Florida

A classroom sits empty at Littlewood Elementary School in Gainesville on Nov. 11, 2025. | Kade Sowers, WUFT News

Duval Schools Superintendent Christopher Bernier has changed the way he talks about the district's finances amid the latest round of proposed school closures. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Riverfront Plaza is set to reopen after an 18-month renovation on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Library shelves at Long Branch Elementary | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Brett Price helps erect the holiday tree inside Riverfront Plaza on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Price previously built Jacksonville's holiday tree in James Weldon Johnson Park for the previous five years. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Developer Gateway Jax will ask the city for $48 million in incentives for a Publix-anchored project planned at 119 W. Beaver St., Downtown. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Protesters took to the streets in Ponte Vedra Beach earlier this year to oppose a private company's plans to trade nearby sensitive conservation land for scattered plots around the state. A new bill filed in the Florida House and Senate would require more transparency about land swaps. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Frozen turkeys, fresh milk and produce and other staples are on tables at the Mandarin Food Bank's annual Thanksgiving giveaway on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Project Underground is asking the city for a property tax break that would allow a 120-job expansion to Northwest Jacksonville. | Jacksonville Daily Record

St. George Street in downtown St. Augustine is one of the areas city law rules is off-limits for panhandling. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

R.L. Brown Gifted and Talented Academy has operated on the Eastside since 1953. The Duval County School Board will hear a proposal to close Long Branch Elementary and merge it with R.L. Brown during its meeting Dec. 1, 2025. | Will Brown

Lily Grabb has closed Lily’s Asian-American Food in Downtown Jacksonville. | Dan Macdonald, Jacksonville Daily Record

On a field across from Union Correctional Institution, markers show where opponents and supporters of the death penalty can protest on execution days. | Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, Fresh Take Florida