Florida State – Florida Preview

Florida State – Florida Preview

On Saturday the Seminoles will be in Gainesville to take on the Florida Gators at 7:30 PM on SEC Network. Florida is 9-2 on the season with wins against Miami, UT-Martin, Kentucky, Tennessee, Towson, Auburn, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Missouri with losses to LSU and Georgia. The last time FSU was in the Swamp the […]

Five Stories Covered Exclusively by Tallahassee Reports

Five Stories Covered Exclusively by Tallahassee Reports

These recent reports- exclusive to to Tallahassee Reports – have been viewed over 10,000 times. Local Group Moves Closer to Purchasing Killearn Golf Club Rocky Hanna Tied to $50,000 Las Vegas Campaign Donation to Andrew Gillum PA Studies: Kids Opting Out of School Sports Due to Finances & Fun Sean Pittman Hired as Leon County […]

DeSantis Presses for Passing E-Verify System

DeSantis Presses for Passing E-Verify System

Speaking to a group of supporters at The Villages, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday once again vowed to require Florida businesses to use a federal system to check the immigration status of new hires. Flanked by Sen. Joe Gruters and Rep. Cord Byrd, two key Republican lawmakers who helped the governor deliver a ban on […]

Local Group Moves Closer to Purchasing Killearn Golf Club

Local Group Moves Closer to Purchasing Killearn Golf Club

A recent vote by the Killearn Homeowners Association (KHA) has made it a real possibility that a local group will soon own the struggling Killearn Golf & Country Club. Based on discussions with interested parties, the unanimous KHA vote was required to amend the terms of a settlement agreement which was signed by the KHA […]

Rocky Hanna 2016 Superintendent Campaign: Twenty-Six Donations from One Address

Rocky Hanna 2016 Superintendent Campaign: Twenty-Six Donations from One Address

Campaign reports indicate that donations made to the 2016 Rocky Hanna for Superintendent campaign included sixty-five $1,000 donations from businesses and individuals with addresses in Nevada and the Atlanta, Georgia area. Of the sixty-five $1,000 donations, fifty-one were from corporate entities and fourteen were from individuals. Ten of these individuals appear to be employed by […]

Leon County Commissioners Support Local Ordinance for Syringe Exchange Program

Leon County Commissioners Support Local Ordinance for Syringe Exchange Program

The Leon County Commissioners discussed the possibility of creating a Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) at their November 12th meeting. They voted to hold a public hearing in December to consider the draft SEP ordinance. The Florida Legislature approved the Infectious Disease Elimination Act (IDEA) in June, which authorized SEPs. Currently, Miami-Dade is the only Florida […]

Northeast Gateway Traffic Analysis Meeting Scheduled

Northeast Gateway Traffic Analysis Meeting Scheduled

The Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency has scheduled the Northeast Gateway: Welaunee Boulevard PD&E Study Traffic Modeling Information Session on December 3rd from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at Montford Middle School located at 5789 Pimlico Drive. The long-awaited meeting is the next step in the public engagement process for the Northeast Gateway project which kicked-off back […]

TR’s Weekly Crime Tracker: Nov 13th-19th

TR’s Weekly Crime Tracker: Nov 13th-19th

Information provided by the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) shows that there were 93 incidents reported during the week of November 13th-19th. The data indicates there were 87 property incidents and 6 violent incidents. A regional breakdown of the incidents – based on TPD defined quadrants – shows that the Northwest quadrant of Tallahassee led the […]

DeSantis Praised, Criticized Over Environmental Spending

DeSantis Praised, Criticized Over Environmental Spending

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis drew praise as “a true environmental leader” but was also criticized for not putting more money toward the Florida Forever program and failing to adequately prepare the state for climate change as he released a proposed $91.4 billion budget on Monday. DeSantis […]

Single Family Resales Up 11.8% in October

Single Family Resales Up 11.8% in October

Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county increased 19.0% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 211 single-family home resales in October 2018 and 251 resales in October 2019. Last month there were 284 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in October 2019 increased 11.8% […]