LOCAL NEWS
Tallahassee City Commission candidates Jack Porter and Dot Inman-Johnson are proposing $60,000 starting salaries for firefighters, which – if implemented – would result in a major increase in the fire service fund budget and an increase in the fire service fee.
A Leon County Detention Facility deputy has been terminated after being accused of beating an inmate during an incident last month, according to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office.
A federal judge has sentenced a Tallahassee man for his involvement in the 2022 mass shooting at Half Time Liquors. The U.S. Department of Justice says Tamylon Williams, 28, was ordered to serve 96 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Williams pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
A federal appeals court Thursday upheld the conviction of a Tallahassee woman who was accused of seeking her estranged husband’s death in a murder-for-hire plot.
FLORIDA NEWS
Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson announced Friday he will step down after nearly seven years leading the state’s only historically Black public university and plans to return to the faculty.
Data from the Florida Public Service Commission and the federal government show the state’s electricity rates remain competitive with other states.
More than three months after a computer system serving as a backbone of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice was hacked, many contractors providing services to at-risk and troubled youths remain unable to access the network.
NATIONAL NEWS
Former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally Saturday. The 20-year-old suspect was killed by a Secret Service sniper after a bullet pierced the upper part of Trump’s right ear. The attack killed one rally attendee, 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, and left two others critically injured.
President Joe Biden cancels planned trip to Texas following assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump; live interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt reportedly still on track to air tonight at 9 pm ET (More).
US stock markets close higher Friday (S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +0.6%) with gains partially driven by Caterpillar and Home Depot (More)
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Curtis’s little ads are popping up everywhere now. how about you start your economic development plans by giving back our hard earned tax dollars. What a joke.
@ Emma… yawn. You need to check in with headquarters for some new lies… err… I mean talking points.