Gateway Jax Inc. Bryan Moll gives a tour of the nearly $1 billion Pearl Square development site on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Downtown Jacksonville. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas joined Gov. Ron DeSantis at a bill-signing event at Jean Ribault High School on Friday, May 22, 2026. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

A fishing boat heads out to sea as the sun breaks through the clouds in Surfside. | Wilfredo Lee, AP

Sandalwood High School. | News4Jax

Conservative activist Charlie Cook, founder of Turning Point USA, was gunned down during a public appearance in Utah. | Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia Commons

Munir Adamo helped the Ponte Vedra boys soccer team finish 25-0-0 in the 2015-16 season. The Sharks became one of the few boys soccer teams in Florida history to finish the season unbeaten and untied. | Will Brown

The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine. The 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will start there Sunday. | Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine.

Jacksonville Jazz Fest returns this weekend to The Ford on Bay. | Jazz Fest via Facebook

"Alligator Alcatraz" is shown during construction in the Florida Everglades on July 4, 2025. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

One of Nassau County's new marine patrol boats skims through the water. | Nassau County Sheriff's Office

House Budget Chair Lawrence McClure, left, and Senate Budget Chair Ed Hooper take questions from reporters during last year's budget-making process on June 13, 2025. | Douglas Soule, WUSF

An act on stage at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival in 2017. | Jacksonville Jazz Festival

A rendering shows the $160 million hotel, convention center and office project proposed by Corner Lot and investment partner Aspect Holdings LLC on the Northbank of Downtown Jacksonville. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Sporting Jax Women are 6-4-4 at Hodges Stadium during its inaugural season in the Gainbridge Super League. Sporting Jax was winless in its first four home matches, but has since earned 20 out of 30 possible points at home. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Laura Street Trio of historic buildings at Forsyth and Laura streets in Downtown Jacksonville are shown Nov. 11, 2024. | Monty Zickuhr, Jacksonville Daily Record

An artist's depiction shows the Southbank Residences next to Friendship Fountain in Downtown Jacksonville. | Related Group

A dolphin leaps from the water at Marineland Dolphin Adventure. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

A member of the Navy Band Southeast plays taps during a Memorial Day observance at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Wall. | U.S. Navy Photo by Nick Davis

Rory Diamond is one of three people on the Jacksonville City Council's Special Investigatory Committee on JEA on Monday, April 13, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Jaguars statue outside EverBank Stadium. | Visit Jacksonville

An agriculture-themed mural adorns the side of a building along Hastings' historic Main Street. The mural was painted by artist Kelsey Montague in 2025. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Stuart Bell speaks at a commencement ceremony at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He stepped down at Alabama shortly after and is the lone finalist for the University of Florida presidency.