LOCAL NEWS
According to filings with Leon County and the City of Tallahassee, the number of single-family new construction permits was down 46.7% in August 2024 when compared to August 2023. Get the details.
The Leon County Commission is considering a funding recommendation of $100,000 for the Public Safety Coordinating Council to implement a Rental Housing Assistance Program (RHA) for homeless individuals recently released from the Leon County Detention Facility.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
The Lincoln Trojans lead the most recent MaxPreps high school football rankings for teams in Leon County.
FLORIDA NEWS
A federal appeals court next month will hear arguments in the National Rifle Association’s constitutional challenge to a Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from purchasing rifles and other long guns.
U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Mitchell Wilson (35, Tampa) to 20 years and 8 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
NATIONAL NEWS
Officials yesterday charged a 58-year-old man—suspected of the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump—with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. The charges are preliminary, and the case will require a grand jury indictment before it can proceed.
TikTok argued in a federal appeals court yesterday against a US government law forcing it to separate from China-based parent company ByteDance by Jan. 19 or face a federal ban.
US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.1%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq -0.5%); Dow closes at an all-time high (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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@Resident:
The accurate spelling is “Taxahassee.”
You’re welcome.
Steve, you were really fired up on your Real Talk 93.3 show today.
Loved it!
This sleepy little town needs to wake up / grow up and kick out these dishonest politicians.
Tallahassee citizens have been deceived and lied to for so long that they have become complacent, indifferent, apathetic, and unconcerned.
That attitude has allowed the progressive and intimidating elected officials to gain control.
Keep preaching the truth, brother.