Mary Blocker-Williams, left, is the President of the AFSCME Local 1328. She is joined by Lindsay Stephens, a registered nurse and vice president of AFSCME Local 1781 during an Oct. 14, 2026 demonstration outside UF Health's campus in Brentwood. The two unions have accused UF Health Jacksonville of Unfair Labor Practices in a grievance filed with the National Labor Relations Board on Sept. 18 of this year. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Florida first lady Casey DeSantis speaks as her husband, Gov. Ron DeSantis, looks on during his presidential campaign in May 2023. | Charlie Neibergall, AP

The Baker Correctional Institution became Florida's second immigration detention center. | Kaley Mantz, Fresh Take Florida

A Skyway monorail train pulls away from the station near the Jacksonville Transportation Authority headquarters in LaVilla. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Bus service at the Jacksonville Transportation Authority has been reduced and changed to reduce costs amid a $39 million budget shortfall. | Bill Bortzfield, WJCT News

Conquer Padel Club is coming to Jacksonville. The racket sport that is described as a combination of tennis and squash. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Basketball Hall of Fame center and Jacksonville University graduate Artis Gilmore announced he will run for Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026 inside the Duval County Supervisor of Elections. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A closeup view of the planned 125,000-square-foot Museum of Science & History. | MOSH

A group of undocumented migrants stand by as they are processed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents before deporation across the McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge in McAllen, Texas, on March 13, 2026. | Felix Marquez, AP

St. Johns County voters will be asked in November about potentially paying a little extra to fund land conservation. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

A rendering of the Flagler Avenue Festival Street. | Downtown Investment Authority

Jacksonville police investigate an officer-involved shooting on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2026, on Mar Vic Lane near Dunn Avenue. | News4Jax

Angie Nixon speaks at her Cafe Resistance on Oct. 5, 2026. | First Coast News via YouTube

A third-floor view looking down on the food court and new concourse under construction at Jacksonville International Airport.

Water has already begun to flood the streets of St. Augustine. | News4Jax

Edward Waters University President A. Zachary Faison announced Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, that the university will have $33 million in capital projects over the next 24 months. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

From left, Kent Donahue. public information officer at the Florida Department of Health in Orange County; Tom Bendle with the department's Division of Disease Control; and Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo list to a speaker during a hearing Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, on school immunization requirements. | Florida Department of Health, Facebook

Satellite photo of Hurricane Isaias on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. | NOAA

A graphic novel adaptation of the literary classic "1984" was one of four books removed from Duval Schools' libraries at October's School Board meeting. | Kailyn Mallicoat, special to Jacksonville Today