Rep. Michelle Salzman, R-Cantonment, speaks about a bill that makes it illegal to produce sexual images of a person using artificial intelligence or similar technologies without their permission, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on April 2, 2025, in Tallahassee. |

Florida expected rainfall through the weekend

Clouds roll in over St. Augustine Beach.

Artist and sculptor Mere Mason works on what will be a rainbow fixture to repurpose an abandoned payphone in Riverside ahead of Jax River City Pride on Saturday and Sunday. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Gov. Ron DeSantis says a "Proto Box" at Jacksonville International Airport — a hologram-like image of Mayor Donna Deegan — is an example of wasteful government spending. DeSantis and Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia came to the airport on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, to criticize waste and call for property tax reform. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A pair of Miami Arts Studio students hug as others walk between classes on World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10, 2023, at the magnet school in Miami. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Green Cove Springs City Manager Steve Kennedy announced that he will retire in November.

The Wobbly Whale Public House will open Saturday in the former home of the Kings Head British Pub. | The Wobby Whale Public House

Jacksonville homebuilder Patrick Zalupski leads the group of investors purchasing the Tampa Bay Rays.

The St. Augustine Airport, which is overseen by the St. Johns County Airport Authority. | St. Augustine Airport

Hubbard House CEO Gail Patin speaks Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, about domestic violence. With her are Julia Edwards of Clay County's Quigley House, left, and Kellie Franklin of St. Johns County's Betty Griffin Center. | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

University of North Florida President Moez Limayem.

The Grouper Shack restaurant in St. Augustine. | Visit St. Augustine

Visitors to James Point Park in North Jacksonville can see the SS El Faro memorial along the St. Johns River. El Faro, Spanish for "the lighthouse," takes form in a 10-foot-tall bronze lighthouse beneath the Dames Point Bridge. A line of 33 memorial markers shaped like dock cleats, each with a nameplate and photo, memorialize each of the lives lost.

Idea River Bluff is a Schools of Hope charter school in Arlington. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

The Florida Historic Capitol Museum and State Capitol in Tallahassee.

Flagler College's main building originally opened as Henry Flagler's Hotel Ponce de Leon on Jan. 10, 1888.

Joe Hinrichs, former CEO of CSX. | CSX

The Jumbo Shrimp celebrate their Triple A championship Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Las Vegas. | MLB.com

Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico, left, listens to Vice President Nick Howland on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at City Hall. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Hope McMath speaks in 2023 about Confederate monuments. | News4Jax

Asado Life is planned for the Shipyards marina support building near the Four Seasons Hotel & Residences and EverBank Stadium. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Pensacola police officers surround Stanley Victor McDaniels and remove his loaded pistol from his waistband ahead of his arrest on July 4, 2022. The image is taken from a video McDaniels made documenting his encounter. A Florida appeals court on Sept. 10, 2025, overturned McDaniels' conviction and ruled that Florida's law against people openly carrying guns was unconstitutional. | Image courtesy of Stanley Victor McDaniels, via Fresh Take Florida)