State Rep. Wyman Duggan, R-Jacksonville, filed his intention to run for Jacksonville mayor on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, at the Duval County Supervisor of Elections office. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

City Councilman Jimmy Peluso and ACPS Chief Mike Bricker pose with a dog named Leo outside the ACPS building in December 2023. | Jimmy Peluso, Facebook

JEA's electric and water/sewer rate increases go into effect Oct. 1, 2026. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Travelers approach the TSA security check at the Jacksonville airport on Sept. 30, 2026. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Brian Wilker Orr, a Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts teacher, is facing multiple felony charges allegedly slapping a student on the buttocks and sending a disturbing email to students and school employees. | News4Jax

JAXPORT officials said Sept. 28 that global economic conditions, including tariffs and a drought slowing Panama Canal traffic, have contributed to a 5% year-over-year decline in container tonnage and vessel calls. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Jacksonville City Council member Kevin Carrico says he will not run for reelection to launch an advisory firm with his wife Daysi Jacobson Carrico. | Alignment G

A rendering from 2023 shows early plans for the Jacksonville Armada's proposed Downtown stadium, which the club has yet to build. | Jacksonville Daily Record

The JEA board of directors appointed Jody Brooks as interim CEO on Sept. 25, 2026. | JEA

A lineup of cars including, left to right, a Maserati, 1960's Pontiac convertible and a BMW, are displayed at one of Staker Productions' recent car shows. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

JAA Architects released this rendering of what the restored Horace Drew Residence in Springfield could look like after its renovation for SPAR. | JAA Architects

Dog attack victim Roland Moore stands in his family's driveway on Marquis Drive on July 10, 2026. | Simone Endress, Jacksonville Today

The upper part of the USS Jacksonville's sail arrived on a trailer while another truck carried the fairwater planes once attached to it. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

A mosquito, which can transmit West Nile Virus. | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Four Jacksonville men were charged in a nationwide fraud investigation tied to the Paycheck Protection Program.

The UF graduate building is planned for 2.34 acres bounded by West Bay and Forsyth streets and North Lee Street. | City of Jacksonville

EverBank is headquartered in Downtown Jacksonville in a 30-story tower at 301 W. Bay St. | Karen Brune Mathis, Jacksonville Daily Record

James O. Holloway Sr., pictured with an unidentified child, died March 21 after being reported missing from his apartment on 103rd Street. He drowned in a retention pond there, and his family is suing management for negligence, | Holloway family

Police investigate the drowning of a 3-year-old child Aug. 24, 2026, in a pond near her home in the Waterside Townhomes at River City, just north of Duval Station Road. | News4Jax

The city of Jacksonville has approved the demolition of Regency Square Mall's east wing. | File photo

A rendering of a NAVI vehicle on the Jacksonville Transportation Authority's Downtown Skyway, covered for use as part of the U2C. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Dust flies into the air from a coal dust pile at Keystone Terminal in Talleyrand | St. Johns Riverkeeper

JTA Chief Administrative Officer Cleveland Ferguson III has been named interim CEO. | JTA

This retention pond at the Bennett Creek apartment complex off Salisbury Road is where 2-year-old Melani Ava Mixson drowned Sept. 18, 2024. A memorial to her remained earlier this year. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today