The unemployment rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area rose from 4.7% in December to 5.2% in August.

A sign shows the official name of the Main Street Bridge. | Google maps

A crash crumpled this school bus on Zoo Parkway in Jacksonville. | News4Jax

OpenAI's ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York on May 18, 2023.

A conceptual illustration of the renovated Ambassador Hotel — renamed as Hotel Merrydelle — in Downtown Jacksonville. | Gateway Jax Inc.

The Duval County Medical Examiner's Office. | News4Jax

Sheriff T.K. Waters announces the arrests of three officers on charges of filing false overtime claims. At his sideis Undersheriff Shawn Coursey. | Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

2026 hurricane season outlook.

The Related Group’s South Bank Residences is planned on the Downtown Jacksonville Southbank where the River City Brewing Co. restaurant was demolished. | Jacksonville Daily Record

A school bus and a truck collided Wednesday, April 8, 2026, near the Jacksonville Zoo and Botantical Gardens. | News4Jax

The Duval Schools headquaters building on Prudential Drive. | Megan Mallicoat, Jacksonville Today

The coastal city of St. Augustine Beach has an estimated population of ab out 6,800 as of the 2020 census. | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lawn watering restrictions are in place in Northeast Florida due to the drought. | St. Johns River Water Management District

An aerial view of the former site of the Railway Express Agency Terminal.

Skyway cars move into the LaVilla station of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Sara Frasca is closing her restaurant so she can devote her energies to her consulting business, Point NorthEast. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Charles Faggart, who died while in the custody of the Duval County jail. | Faggart family/Plata Schott Law

Cameras on Duval County school buses will capture images of people passing illegally. | Nancy Guan, WUSF

Chris Miller, chair of Jacksonville City Council's Rules Committee, leads a meeting Monday, April 6, 2026. | City of Jacksonville.

Flagler College student Abby Mahon shows off a shard from a piece of pottery that dates back to the 19th century. It's one of the pieces found in a recent dig at the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Drought monitor released Thursday, April 2, 2026.

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