First Coast Connect With Melissa Ross WJCT

Today’s Media Roundtable discussed some of the top stories in the First Coast, including: Florida’s pandemic death toll surpassed 50,000 people on Thursday after a summer surge fueled by the highly contagious delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. City Councilman, former mayor and longtime public servant Tommy Hazouri was laid to rest Thursday amid stories about his loyalty to Jacksonville. Hazouri died last Saturday after developing complications from a lung transplant. He was 76

A few dozen activists gathered in front of City Hall ahead of Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council meeting to remind Mayor Lenny Curry of his promise more than a year ago to remove Confederate monuments in the city.

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan awaits City Council’s vote on a taxpayer-funded proposal to build a Four Seasons Hotel and Residences as well as an office building at the former Kids Kampus site in Metropolitan Park along the Downtown riverfront.

Jacksonville mourns a local political giant as tributes continue to pour in for the late Tommy Hazouri.

Today’s Media Roundtable discussed some of the top stories in the First Coast, including: Thursday, President Biden announced a new plan to combat COVID-19. All federal workers must receive the COVID vaccine, and all private companies with more than 100 employees must either vaccinate their workforce or conduct weekly tests. Biden took a direct shot at Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying his administration is ready to support school districts that have suffered financial losses for implementing student

A group of Florida parents gained another victory in the fight over masks in schools this week. Judge John Cooper in Leon County ruled that it is not a breach of parental rights to enforce mask mandates in public schools and that schools can enforce their mandates immediately while the governor appeals his ruling.