A largemouth bass is shown near eel grass in the St. Johns River. | St. Johns Riverkeeper

Record heat has made conditions tougher inside Florida's prisons.

R.L. Gundy is the pastor of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield. He also taught at Ribault Middle School before resigning his position following the Florida Department of Education's social studies standards that were released on July 19, 2023. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Florida State College at Jacksonville has a new aircraft maintenance apprenticeship program at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. | Toiete Jackson, U.S. Navy

An illustration shows the EverBank name atop the 30-story tower on Bay Street. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville was among the local hospitals receiving an "A" grade.

Jacksonville's chief health officer, Sunil Joshi, describes how the number of Southeast U.S. heat related emergency room visits for two weeks of July has more than doubled since two years ago. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today

Artist Walk rendering

The Plant Vogtle nuclear facility is in Waynesboro, Georgia. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Parker's Kitchen is a gas station and convenience store chain that offers Southern comfort food.

The Greenleaf & Crosby Building at 208 N. Laura St. is the former home of Jacobs Jewelers, which closed in March 2023.

Twin Peaks is completing construction at 11892 Atlantic Blvd. | Karen Brune Mathis, Jacksonville Daily Record.

Shaun Newman, left, and Ed Stansel judge the Best in Show competition of the First Coast Cup event Saturday, July 29, 2023, at Ruby Beach Brewing in Downtown Jacksonville. | Randall Merideth

State Rep. Kimberly Daniels (D-Jacksonville) accused fellow Democrat Angie Nixon (D-Jacksonville) of defamation on July 27 after the two disagreed, to different degrees, with the Florida Department of Education's social studies standards for the 2023-24 academic year. | Will Brown