The Women of the Confederacy monument is lifted off its base at Springfield Park on Dec. 27, 2023. | Dan Scanlan, WJCT News 89.9

Rep. Bobby Payne of Palatka is encouraging rural counties to band together. | Alexandra Dresner, WFSU

An illustration shows the proposed headquarters for Vermeer Southeast Sales & Service. St. Johns County commissioners are considering more than $118,000 in incentives to bring the company to the county. l St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners

Whiskey Cake Kitchen & Bar will replace Ida Claire by "late summer 2024" at 10209 River Coast Drive in Town Center. | Jacksonville Daily Record

University of North Florida students rallied in the Student Union, calling for support of the university’s LGBTQ Center and other diversity programs on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Carter Mudgett, Jacksonville Today

The Chick-fil-A site is near homes in the North Creek subdivision. To access the restaurant, cars would enter here along Lady Lake Road. | Monty Zickuhr, Jacksonville Daily Record

Callahan Speedway's current oval go-cart track, at top, joins other facilities at the site. The drag strip will be built to the south. | Callahan Speedway

The late Mary Ella Sams, left, helps Akira Roberson put on her graduation gown on May 23, 2023. Roberson was among 7.052 Duval County Public Schools students who graduated in the 2022-23 academic year. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Tampa created specialty centers along its riverwalk, offering alcoholic beverages in special cups. | Friends of the Tampa Riverwalk

Tyrona Clark-Murray was one of the council members who spoke out against the Transparency for Taxpayers Act during a council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the crowd after being sworn in to begin his second term during an inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol on Jan. 3, 2023. | Lynne Sladky, AP

Jacksonville's former chief of emergency preparedness, Todd Smith, speaks at a news conference. | City of Jacksonville

The explosion of cellphones will mean a new area code for Northeast Florida. | Richard Drew, AP

Patients often have to wait 4-5 weeks for an appointment at Planned Parenthood's Tallahassee health center due to increased demand, officials said. | Colin Abbey, Planned Parenthood Of South, East And North Florida

The carousel at Davenport Park was dismantled nearly five years ago. | News4Jax

The Carnival Elation is currently the only ship operating from the JaxPort Cruise Terminal. | Jaxport

Jacksonville University College of Law is building out space at 121 W. Forsyth St. Downtown, the 121 Atlantic Place Building. | Monty Zickuhr, Jacksonville Daily Record

Jaxport’s Talleyrand Marine Terminal. | Jaxport

Gustavo Guzman received the Duval County Teacher of the Year Award on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. | Jacksonville Public Education Fund.

OneJax CEO Elizabeth Andersen. | OneJax

The St. Johns River Ferry. | JTA