MAY 23: A daily update of the news you need to know about the COVID-19 outbreak in Jacksonville and the rest of Northeast Florida. The Florida Department of Health recorded a net increase of two deaths for Clay County in its daily update Satuday on the coronavirus pandemic. In Clay County, a 69-year-old male Clay County resident and a 53-year-old female Clay County resident died from the virus, the department of health said, raising Clay County’s death toll to 27. In all, 81 Northeast Florida...

Florida Times Union The abrupt switch from in-person classes to online learning hasn’t always been easy. From strained platforms handling hundreds of thousands of logins at a time, to disparities in technology access and sometimes excessive workloads, students have described feeling overwhelmed. But experts say it can be even worse for transgender students. Now, the school district in Jacksonville, Florida, is working to make things a little easier. When students log on to Duval HomeRoom —...

MAY 27: A daily update of the news you need to know about the COVID-19 outbreak in Jacksonville and the rest of Northeast Florida. Duval County recorded two more deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in updated numbers from the Florida Department of Health. Clay County added an additional virus-related death to its total as well. In its Wednesday update, the department announced the 45th and 46th deaths in Duval County and Clay’s 28th. The Duval County residents were males ages 87 and 77. The...

MAY 28: A daily update of the news you need to know about the COVID-19 outbreak in Jacksonville and the rest of Northeast Florida. Duval County recorded 16 new cases of the coronavirus in updated numbers from the Florida Department of Health on Thursday. Putnam County reported an additional virus related death, bringing its total to five. Additional information on the death was not immediately available. The department’s hospitalization numbers Thursday rose by 156 cases to 9,795 and death...

@emdrums On Tuesday, Duval County Public Schools announced ceremony dates school-by-school. In April, the district said it would push ceremonies to July in lieu of canceling or hosting a virtual ceremony like other Florida school districts. This content is being provided for free as a public service to our readers during the coronavirus outbreak. Please support local journalism by subscribing to the Times-Union/jacksonville.com. Duval County Public Schools continues to nail down in-person...