One factor fueling St. Johns County's budget for the 2026 fiscal year is the need to keep the county's fire rescue services out of the red. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Florida Agricultural Commissioner Wilton Simpson discusses the dangers of 7-OH at a news conference with Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, left, and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. | News4Jax

Breezy Jazz House plans to move to 337 E. Bay St., next to Myth Nighclub. | Joe Lister, Jacksonville Daily Record

Bazar À La Carte takes over the Phoenix Arts & Innovation District on Saturday.

Florida chief financial officer, Blaise Ingoglia, says the city of Jacksonville has $200 million in wasteful spending during a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Samantha Vance is executive director of the Jacksonville Sports Foundation. The foundation announced that the FHSAA boys and girls basketball tournament will be held in Jacksonville on the campus of the University of North Florida. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Tropical Storm Gabrielle is expected to remain at sea.

Lots of Duval County residents got this result from their at-home COVID tests in in August 2025. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

A rendering shows the towers that Fleet Landing envisions for its proposed senior community on Jacksonville's Southbank, on the site of the current Duval Schools headquarters. | Fleet Landing, submitted

José Huau’s cigar store at the corner of Bay and Pine ( now Main) street in Jacksonville

This aerial view shows the World Golf Hall of Fame at World Golf Village in St. Augustine. | Visit St. Augustine

The Edward Waters University Triple Threat performs during halftime of the Unity Classic on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Changes have been made to reduce traffic at South and 5th streets in Neptune Beach. | Photo courtesy of Kathy H.

The site of the former Matanzas Innlet Restaurant at 8805 State Road A1A South, south of Crescent Beach. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Jacksonville is considering incentives for TV or movie production. l Steven Ponson, Jacksonville Today

Jeff Meling shoots a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun at Shoot GTR in Gainesville on Sept. 20, 2023. | Augustus Hoff, Fresh Take Florida

Crews from the Florida Department of Transportation inspect the Main Street Bridge aftera tugboat hit the bridge Aug. 19, 2025. | FDOT

The Clay County Sheriff's Office investigated a shooting early on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, inside a home on Pine Oaks Lane. | News4Jax

Norah Jones plays during last year's Sing Out Loud headline showcase in St. Augustine. | Melissa Marcarelli, St. Johns County Cultural Events Inc.

Paul Renner, the former Florida House Speaker, has launched a bid for governor.

The 19-story former JEA headquarters tower at 21 W. Church St. could soon be sold to a developer led by Live Oak Contracting. | Courtesy of JEA

Chuck Meide, maritime program director for the St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program, looks at a piece of 19th century shipwreck that washed ashore on Matanzas Beach. | St. Johns County

A group of people embrace at a vigil for Charlie Kirk on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at the Plaza of the Americas in Gainesville. | Madilyn Gemme, Fresh Take Florida