Deonca Gordon speaks during a news conference Friday, April 3, 2026, about the violent arrest of her son. | News4Jax

Read Jax is a literacy campaign designed to get all Duval County students reading on grade level by the end of third grade. Duval County Public Schools, the Kids Hope Alliance and the Jacksonville Public Education Fund are among the organizations that have collaborated for Read Jax since 2021. | Ben Brown, Special to Jacksonville Today

A recent Deck the Chairs holiday exhibit in Jacksonville Beach, which will now be run by the new Students in the Arts Alliance. | Deck the Chairs

One of the Jacksonville Transit Authority's autonomous vans makes a test run recently on Gator Bowl Boulevard. A JTA staffer sits inside to take over if necessary. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during an event for the National Day of Prayer in Tallahassee on May 1, 2025.

An Easter sunrise over St. Augustine.

BestBet is accused of failing to accommodate pregnant employees. This is the BestBet sign on Monument Road. | Cyd Hoskinson, Jacksonville Today

Undeveloped land in Putnam County. | North Florida Land Trust

The rear end of a school bus was crumpled when a truck hit the bus. | News4Jax

JEA is considering raising rates again because of a budget shortfall. | Jacksonville Today file photo

The historic Mandarin Community Club is home Easter weekend to the 58th Mandarin Art Festival. | Mandarin Art Festival

Two northbound lanes of the Buckman Bridge will be closed this weekend for repairs. | Google Maps

A rendering shows the $160 million hotel, convention center and office project proposed by Corner Lot and investment partner Aspect Holdings LLC at 330 E. Bay St. on the Downtown Jacksonville Northbank. | Jacksonville Daily Record

St. Augustine's Easter Parade has floats and appearances by pirates and bunnies.

An early voting site in Duval County. l Steven Ponson, Jacksonville Today.

Highlands Middle School student Xavier Howard won the shot put at the first track and field meet held at the Bob Hayes Track and Field at Matthew Gilbert Middle School on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Cats like these kittens are trapped outside St. Augustine and taken to clinics in Jacksonville and Clay County. St. Johns County has no program to spay, neuter and vaccinate cats and return them to the outdoors. | Photo courtesy Adrienne Arnone

Students at SP Livingston take part in a new initiative designed to cultivate student wellness through screen-free, outdoor learning. | Duval County Public Schools

Alice Kirkpatrick's old Richmond Hotel, as seen today

Media aim their remote cameras at NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, March 29, 2026. | Bill Ingalls, NASA

City officials and guests get a preview of the new Citrus Bowl stadium, also known as Camping World Stadium, on Nov. 19, 2014, in Orlando. | John Raoux, AP file

The drought has left low water levels across North Florida. | File photo, Jacksonville Today

Over 100,000 may attend the 40th Clay County Agricultural Fair between now and April 12. | Clay County Agricultural Fair