Parking along Centre Street in Fernandina Beach is currently free. | Google

Karma Automotive Dealer Principal Vladimir Ranguelov joins Karma Automotive President Marques McCammon at the opening of the Jacksonville dealership in March 2024. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Student Emily Hoeflich, left, and Lucas Meers, director of JU’s Sea Turtle Program, gather near a newly found loggerhead turtle nest Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Mickler’s Landing public beach in Ponte Vedra. The nests are marked off with orange tape and “Do not disturb” signs. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

I'm A Star Foundation students include the four who created the Empower Me app. (Front row, from left): Kenya Robinson, Calleigh Buchanan, Jamie Edwards, Jhi'nema Philyaw, Mari Dawson and Zamari Brown. (Back row, from left): Kristion Thompkins, Jordan Sanders, Jackson Sanders, Myles McLaughlin, William Heard and Aiden Wright. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Danone manufacturing plant is at 2198 W. Beaver St. in Northwest Jacksonville and has been in operation since 1948.

Electric Dough Pizza Co. opens Wednesday at the site of the former San Marco Theatre. | Dan Macdonald, Jacksonville Daily Record

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a meeting between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet at the Florida Capitol on March 5, 2025. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP file

FCC Environmental Services took over trash pickup in St. Johns County on Aug. 1, 2024. | FCC Environmental Services

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

Thomas Smith, who just resigned as Green Cove Springs' mayor. | City of Green Cove Springs

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Hundreds of people crowd downtown St. Augustine in November 2024 to see the annual Nights of Lights. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Fireworks explode over Downtown Jacksonville. | Visit Jacksonville

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The Rodman Dam near Palatka, some 70 miles southwest of Downtown Jacksonville.

Michael Bernard Bell was sentenced to death for the 1993 shooting deaths of two people outside a Jacksonville bar. | Florida Department of Corrections

Some 52,000 students are enrolled in the St. Johns County School District. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

A suspect was handcuffed after a Jacksonvillle police K9 subdued him.

Seriously damaged vehicles sit on the third deck of the hourly parking garage at Jacksonville International Airport, where a fire broke out last month. | Jacksonville Aviation Authority

An aerial illustration shows what the University of Florida’s graduate campus in LaVilla could look like once it's all built. | Downtown Investment Authority, UF

LISC Jacksonville CEO Irvin "Pedro" Cohen returned to his alma mater, Raines High, to announce the creation of a $5 million fund that will spur homeownership in six historically underresourced neighborhoods in Jacksonville. He called it one of the highlights of his professional career. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Zachary Degross is acused of leaving a threatening comment on social media. | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office