JTA Interim CEO Cleveland Ferguson III speaks to news reporters Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, at the transit agency's headquarters in LaVilla. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Johnnetta Betsch Cole sits in her American Beach home on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. Cole, who turned 90 earlier in the month, will celebrate her milestone birthday with a fundraiser for the A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Investment Fund. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Tony Moore is the first CEO of the Jax Riverfront Alliance. | Jax Riverfront Alliance

From left, former JEA CEO Vicky Cavey, former JEA Board Chair Joseph DiSalvo and city Chief of Analytics Parvez Ahmed watched Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan at a news conference in February 2026 about Cavey's leadership. In October 2026, DiSalvo was reappointed to the JEA board. | Ric Anderson, Jacksonville Daily Record

Experience "The Phantom of the Opera" like never before: With a live-improvised organ score.

Yard signs supporting the 1-mill tax extension for Duval Schools read "Keep our best teachers in Duval." Duval School Board candidates weighed in on the tax and other issues before the November election. | School Board member Cindy Pearson via Facebook

The Rev. Allison DeFoor, president of the North Florida Land trust, who died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. | North Florida Land Trust

LIFT Jax purchased and renovated this home on Spearing Street on the Eastside in 2025 in order to sell it as an affordable housing property. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Matanzas Innlet at 8805 State Road A1A S. was razed in 2017 after being severely damaged by Hurricane Matthew. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Charles Faggart died after an incident at the Duval County Jail. | Photo provided by family attorney

The lakefront dining area of Pusser's Caribbean Bar & Grille, off State Road A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach. | Pusser's/Facebook

Established in 1869, Jacksonville's historically African American neighborhood of Oakland helped shape the city's cultural identity.| General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church.

ICE arrests surged this summer in Florida.

Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk speaks at The Believers' Summit 2024 at a Turning Point Action event in West Palm Beach on July 26, 2024. | Lynne Sladky, AP file

A car plows through a flooded street in St. Augustine. | News4Jax

The Jacksonville Housing Authority board meets Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. | Elizabeth Caldwell, Jacksonville Today

A nine-person task force selected a site in St. Augustine's West Augustine community as the future home of the Florida Museum of Black History. The site was once the home of Florida Memorial University. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The interior of Alder & Oak at the Hub in Brooklyn, one of two locations of the Mediterranean-style restaurant opened in Jacksonville in 2026. | Hanna Raskin

Daniel Vallencourt, a JTA board member. | News4Jax

Mayor Donna Deegan answers questions at the presentation of Jacksonville's first comprehensive food plan | Simone Endress, Jacksonville Today

The VyStar SkySkape entrance to the Jacksonville Zoo & Botanical Gardens. | News4Jax

A crowd walks through St. Augustine on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, as part of the annual Out of the Darkness Walk organized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention North Florida. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

A Nor'easter and king tides caused coastal flooding at the Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve in Northeast Florida. | National Park Service

The former Kmart building at 500 Atlantic Boulevard is shown on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. | Sheldon Gardner, Jacksonville Daily Record