July is already the warmest month on record and the excessive heat has Mayor Donna Deegan’s administration worried about what is to come.

News4JAX on Thursday obtained documents showing their salaries and learned more about the new roles Deegan is creating for her staff.

Mayor-elect Donna Deegan added some well-known Jacksonville names to her executive staff Wednesday when she announced the team that will join her in City Hall when she takes office next month.

We are a little more than two weeks away from Jacksonville’s election day – and next week, News4JAX is going to take a closer look at some of the issues impacting our community.

We are a little more than two weeks away from Jacksonville’s election day – and next week, News4JAX is going to take a closer look at some of the issues impacting our community.

Three of the candidates running to be the next mayor of Jacksonville met Tuesday evening for a town hall that was hosted by the Interfaith Center of Northeast Florida — a non-partisan organization. WJCT’s Melissa Ross, host of the radio talk show First Coast Connect, moderated.

For most of the past month, the state has averaged between 10,000 and 11,000 cases a day reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

After an unsuccessful congressional campaign, Donna Deegan said she is “strongly considering” a run to become the next mayor of Jacksonville.

COVID-19 contact tracers make phone calls and log potential exposures at the Umatilla County Public Health center in Pendleton, Ore., on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. In Umatilla County, where Pendleton is located, the rate of people testing positive for COVID-19 is about 16%. Weve discovered we are getting really overwhelmed by the rapid numbers in the rise we are seeing now, Umatilla County Commissioner George Murdock said. To confront the surge in cases, rural governments are rearranging and shuffling responsibilities for workers already juggling multiple roles. Thats what happens when you live in small rural America I guess, Ross said.

The event will be hosted by Melissa Ross and will feature guest speaker Lakesha Burton who is the assistance chief and executive director of the Police Athletic League. LINK: She is Fierce