Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on NBC the Seminoles will be in South Bend, Indiana to play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Notre Dame is 2-0 on the season with wins over Duke and South Florida. Florida State is 6-3 against Notre Dame all time. The last time these two teams faced off was in 2018 […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Saying that “nothing in the emergency order requires any teacher or any student to return to the classroom,” a state appeals court Friday overturned a ruling that said Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran violated the Florida Constitution when he issued a July order aimed at reopening […]
TALLAHASSEE — Saying “this court cannot remedy what the state broke,” a federal judge on Friday reluctantly refused to give Floridians more time to register to vote after a state online system crashed in the hours before Monday’s deadline to sign up for the November presidential election. Secretary of State Laurel Lee extended the deadline […]
The City Commissioners unanimously voted to establish a committee to explore options for commemorating the Capital City Country Club property at their Oct. 14 meeting. The action comes after unmarked graves were discovered on the 7th hole of the country club’s golf course. The purpose of the staff and community representative committee will be to […]
Second Circuit Judge candidate Amanda Wall appeared on Above the Fold with Tallahassee Reports Editor Steve Stewart on Oct. 1. The Circuit Judge race is nonpartisan, and Wall is running against Tiffany Baker. The race went to runoff in the primaries, with Baker getting 37% percent of the vote and Wall 25%. Wall, who has […]
Florida State University has announced that its 2021 spring break will be canceled, and the spring semester will end earlier than planned. Florida A&M University will also cancel their spring break and use the same calendar for the spring semester as FSU because of the joint operation of the FAMU-FSU college of engineering. The announcement […]
Student-athletes in Leon County face the everyday struggle of playing their sports to the best of their ability and doing well in the classroom. For the next several weeks I will highlight some of Leon County’s best at making plays on the field and off of it. Leon High’s senior wide receiver DJ Campbell is […]
Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil discussed the Leon County Sheriff Department’s response to drug trafficking and other issues on the Morning Show with Preston Scott on Friday, Oct. 2. Recently, Leon County has experienced an increase in armed robberies and other violent crimes, and McNeil said drug trafficking is fueling them. “We are a corridor […]
The graph below shows the change in new COVID cases over a seven week period for Leon County’s major zip codes. Observations: Only one zip code (32304) reported over 50 (54) cases last week. All ten zip codes show less cases than last week. Five zip codes reported a decline of least 30% when compared […]
TR’s weekly report (September 28-October 4) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates shows declines in all three categories. TR’s September 27th weekly report can be reviewed here. The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID cases declined from 78 cases on September 27th to 51 cases on October 4th, a 35% […]