LOCAL NEWS
The latest information from the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FHSMV) Crash Dashboard shows that pedestrian fatalities in Leon County have surpassed pre-COVID levels. The dashboard shows there were 12 pedestrian fatalities in 2023 and 2024.
The TPD Incident Report published Jan. 10 is now available.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
On Jan. 8, the Maclay Marauders (7-3-1) hosted the Leon Lions (6-4-3) in search of their seventh win of the season at Frank Shaw Field. Get the details.
FLORIDA NEWS
Directed to investigate possible wrongdoing related to COVID-19 vaccines, a statewide grand jury released a report Tuesday that found “deceptive and obfuscatory behavior” that “straddled the line between ethical and unethical conduct.”
NATIONAL NEWS
The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments today in a case that could determine TikTok’s fate in the US. At issue is a bipartisan law requiring ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to sell its stake in the app or face a ban by Jan. 19. TikTok, with more than 170 million US users, is asking the court to block the law’s enforcement, citing First Amendment concerns.
Devastating fires in Southern California continued unabated yesterday, including a number of blazes tearing through prominent Los Angeles neighborhoods. At least ten deaths have been confirmed—though officials say the toll is likely higher—and nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate.
December US jobs report to be released today; economists expect a gain of 155,000 jobs, down from 227,000 jobs in November, with the unemployment rate forecast to hold steady at 4.2% (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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I watched a TPD officer pull someone over on Meridian where it approached Live Oak Plantation.
It has, literally, been years since I’ve witnessed an officer pull someone over. Putting the cops back out on the street will do a lot for the red-light-runners and other crazies on the road. Timing the traffic lights so that traffic flowed (particularly going out of town) instead of metering traffic would also ease driver frustrations.
On Thursday, I participated in a tour of the Traffic Light division at the emergency center in Tom Brown Park. Pedestrian accidents were one of the main topics with a video showing a near-accident as an auto ran a redlight while a pedistrian was in the crosswalk. Killearney Way and Thomasville Rd was, also, noted as a redlight issue.
Bring back the redlight cameras and issue citations and collect penalties! Enough is enough.
I realize that Tallahassee is not Los Angeles, but both are “blue cities” politically.
LA cut the fire department budget each year for the past 3 years.
They cut the fire department budget and the overtime budget by $18 million dollars last year.
Guess what? Most of those funds went to new DEI programs.
Tallahassee needs better fire protection and more firefighters rather than renaming streets to generate political goodwill.
We need new City leadership.