The Cookout: Unity on the Block takes over James Weldon Johnson Park on Saturday.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, state Rep. Wyman Duggan, R-Jacksonville, and Jacksonville City Council Member Ju'Coby Pittman announce a $3 million investment in job training programs in Northwest Jacksonville on Thursday, April 16, 2026, near a memorial to the victims of a race-motivated shooting at a Dollar General in Grand Park. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan fills out paperwork to run for reelection at the Duval County Supervisors of Elections Office on Thursday, April 16, 2026. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Supporters rally May 28, 2025, after three protesters were arrested at a City Council meeting. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

St. Augustine archaeology crews are hard at work, including this site at the St. Benedict the Moor school. | City of St. Augustine

Cameron Frazier is the founder and principal of Becoming Collegiate Academy. The school's mascot is a brown bear in homage to the children's book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?" | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A wildfire burns at the University of North Florida campus. | Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Departmenbt

A storm brews in Florida. | Florida Department of Transportation

Jacksonville City Council member Jimmy Peluso (seen here at a Duval County School Board meeting in December) sponsored the renaming bill. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

River City Science Academy Elementary School on Beach Boulevard. | Google Maps

Helmets sit on shovels at a groundbreaking for Villages at Lake Forest on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. | Leah Foreman, Jacksonville Business Journal

Speakers oppose a proposed Daily's gas station, convenience store and car wash in Fruit Cove. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

The Roosevelt Grill stood at 808 W. Ashley St., beside the Roosevelt Theatre, in what was then the center of Jacksonville’s African American entertainment district

Gateway Jax's Block N8 will comprise 537 rentals, including 143 short-term units. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Miami-based NextNRG says it has secured a long-term lease option on an unspecified 1,600-acre property in Nassau County. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Voters went to the polls Tuesday in Orange Park and Green Cove Springs.

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan takes questions at the ICARE Nehemiah Assembly on Monday, April 13, 2026. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

A motorist fills the tank of a vehicle at a QuikTrip gasoline station on April 6, 2026, in Greenwood Village, Colorado. | David Zalubowski, AP

St. Augustine's Treasury building, seen from the Bridge of Lions, is the tallest in the historic downtown's skyline, standing six stories tall. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

John Morgan founded the largest personal injury law firm in the United States, Morgan & Morgan. | Kate Payne, AP

Satellite photo of the Atlantic basin.