Jacksonville's Hodges Stadium has served as the site of U.S. Open Cup matches as well as USL Championship and Gainbridge Super League contests amid the city's post-pandemic commitment to men's and women's professional soccer. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A fake tree with lit butterflies graces the main gathering area of the new Dorion Family Pediatric Center at Community Hospice & Palliative Care in Mandarin. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Susan King, president and CEO of Feeding Northeast Florida, helps during the regional food bank's 2024 Thanksgiving food giveaway. | Feeding Northeast Florida

The Riverview Collective Community organization, as well as other groups, installed more than a dozen oyster reefs into the shore at Riverview Park on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. The installation could allow for an additional 300 gallons of water filtration in the Trout River on a daily basis. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The air traffic control tower at Cecil Airport on Jacksonville's Westside | Jacksonville Daily Record

State Senators listen to debate on SB 8-D, a redistricting bill, during a special session of the Florida Legislature on April 29, 2026, in Tallahassee. | Mike Stewart, AP file

Sea surface temperatures as of mid-June.

Florida Highway Patrol officers watch Gov. Ron DeSantis arrive at a news conference about a recent immigration enforcement operation, at the South Florida office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Enforcement and Removal Operations, May 1, 2025, in Miramar. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico listens to JEA Board Chair Joe DiSalvo during an Special Investigatory Committee meeting on April 13, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

A Jacksonville Beach Police Department vehicle. | Jacksonville Beach Police

St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President Scott Maynard talks business with young professionals. | St. Johns County

People march in the 2025 St. Augustine Pride Parade. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Plans for The Jewel at 21 West, the former JEA headquarters campus in Downtown Jacksonville, include street-level retail space. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Trout Creek Academy Principal Katie O’Connell speaks to the School Board. | News4Jax

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Cabinet on Tuesday approved $90 million in grants for local law enforcement agencies for items related to enforcement of illegal immigration.

City Council member Raul Arias motioned to bring the school tax referendum for a vote on June 9, 2026. | City of Jacksonville/screenshot

Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico speaks in August 2025 at City Hall. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

City Councilman Nick Howland during a Finance Committee budget hearing. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today

A homeless camp in LaVilla. | Sydney Boles, Jacksonville Today

A map shows the epicenter of the Cuban earthquake. | National Weather Service Miami, Facebook

Hundreds of fans watched dozens of cars, truck and motorcycles do the first test at Callahan's Hicken Power Dragstrip on Sunday, June 7, 2026. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today