Hope McMath outside the Duval Schools headquarters at a rally held Oct. 7, 2025. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville City Council member Nick Howland was elected city council president for the 2026-27 council year. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Amaya White talks about the death of her 2-year-old daughter Melani Ava Mixson, in 2024. She appeared with her attorney, Adam Finkel, on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today,

Sargassum piles are spread across Jacksonville Beach. | News4Jax

House and Senate leaders reached a final deal on the state budget late Sunday, May 24, 2026, the last step in an extended process that required a special session to complete for the second year in a row.

State Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Fla., speaks through a megaphone on the House floor as the House votes on redistricting during a special session of the Florida Legislature on April 29, 2026. / AP Photo/Mike Stewart

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