LOCAL NEWS
Tallahassee is under a Hurricane Warning and mutual aid crews from five states are en route.
Sandbag locations are set to open this week across the Big Bend ahead of a potential tropical system. The National Hurricane Center released forecasts Monday that show Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine may bring heavy rainfall to North Florida and South Georgia.
Tallahassee is marking its bicentennial this year. And the religious congregation that calls itself the city’s oldest, is doing the same.
On Wednesday, September 25, the Tallahassee City Commission will hold public hearings to address the FY 2025 budget and the FAMU Campus Devlopment Agreement. Get the details.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
The Chiles High School volleyball team swept Leon Tuesday night (25-20, 25-12, 25-14).
FLORIDA NEWS
Attorneys for the state late Monday urged a Leon County circuit judge to reject a political committee’s request for a temporary injunction to block the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration from disseminating disputed information about a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights.
NATIONAL NEWS
Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast late tomorrow as a potential Category 3 storm, prompting a state of emergency in 61 of the state’s 67 counties. As of this writing, Helene is poised to strengthen into the Atlantic’s fifth hurricane today after it passes through the Yucatan channel near Cancun. Helene is the Atlantic’s eighth named storm of the year.
Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, was sentenced in New York yesterday to two years in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $11B for her role in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The sentencing was stiffer than what prosecutors had sought. Ellison pleaded guilty in December 2022 to seven criminal charges, including wire fraud and money laundering.
US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq +0.6%), with S&P 500, Dow closing at record highs (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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Ah yes… the economic boon that results from media-generated mass hysteria. Let’s check in with the local news – WTFE News Desk with News Anchor, Crystal Ball…
Crystal: “Let’s go right to the Weather Desk and Skip Whipperton for the latest, Skip…”
Skip: “Thanks Crystal. Well, it’s drizzling in Jamaca, so we recommend everyone go out and buy cases of bottled water and evacuate to Canada.”
Crystal: “Wow, Skip, that sound serious. What’s the forecast look like?”
Skip: “Well, Crystal… it might rain tomorrow… then again, it might not. Back to you…”
Crystal: “Ummmm… now to sports with Jock Strap… Jock”