St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick with his wife, Kendall, at an event in 2024. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

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

Manisha Joshi shows off petite clothing from A'Propos boutique Feb. 10, 2025, at the Jessie Ball DuPont center in Jacksonville. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

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 | 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 in November 2024 to see the annual Nights of Lights. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today