READ USA, a Jacksonville-based literacy nonprofit, announced April 22, 2024, that students who participated in its reading programs increased their reading accuracy, reading comprehension and oral reading skills. From left are School Board member April Carney; Jacksonville Heights Elementary School teacher Tracey Anglin; READ USA CEO Rob Kelly; Giovanni Watts; Tearica Watts; READ USA tutor Chyna Toban; and School Board member Warren Jones. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Clay Yarborough speaks while a member of the Florida House of Representatives. | Florida House

Opponents protest a plan to develop Florida state parks last summer. | Daylina Miller, WUSF

Interstate 95 northbound is being widened between Atlantic Boulevard and Emerson Street. | Florida Department of Transportation

A coyote in the brush. | City of Atlantic Beach

Freehold Communities' Arden development in South Florida would be an agrihood with a 5-acre farm and event barn. | Freehold Communities

Workers make repairs to the facade of the Parker Tower Condo in Hallandale Beach on Dec. 5, 2024. | Marta Lavandier, AP

Golfers take part in the ILA Local 1408 Scholarship Fund's 30th annual golf tournament at Hidden Hills Golf Club on Monday. | Submitted by JAXPORT

High school junior Jack Hayes with his mother, Judi Hayes, outside William R. Boone High School in Orlando on April 3, 2025. | Kade Sowers, Fresh Take Florida

Staff at the Mayo Clinic alerted a JSO officer who was on site working an off-duty shift to the injuries found on Allison Fierro’s face. Fierro said she got them after being pushed to the ground by Duval County jailers. A detective with JSO’s integrity unit was dispatched to the hospital, and from her hospital bed Fierro described to him being slammed to the floor. When her face hit the floor, she heard something “crack” but was told to “shut up” when she asked to see medical personnel, she told the detective. Details of the call can be seen in the card filled out by JSO, above.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a meeting between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee on March 5, 2025. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

A northern mockingbird, Florida's state bird, overlooks sand pine scrubs in Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound on Feb. 5, 2025. | Kat Tran, Fresh Take Florida

The Duval 4-H STEAM Club is offering microgreen kits to schools in food deserts. | Submitted

An illustration shows the sculpture called Groundswell, designed by artist Ivan Toth Depeña. It was planned for the roundabout at San Marco Avenue and May Street in St. Augustine. | City of St. Augustine

Thieves broke into the athletic field house and softball rooms at Terry Parker High School. | Cyd Hoskinson

Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy Quince is flanked by Raines High School students Brandon Young (left) and Bryce Hardwick on Friday. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today