LOCAL NEWS
Leon County Commissioner Brian Welch recently provided an update on the Bannerman Road project via social media and provided answers to questions about the update.
In May, TPD officers and detectives recovered 57 firearms from our streets, guns that were surrendered, collected as evidence, or seized from those who had them illegally. TPD reports that since the first of the year, more than 50 firearms have been stolen from vehicles, with dozens of them being taken out of unlocked cars.
The Leon County School Board is considering legal action against the Renaissance Academy over furniture purchased with taxpayer money.
LOCAL SPORTS NEWS
The No. 9-seeded Florida State baseball team rallied with two runs in the seventh and three in the eighth to beat Mississippi State 5-2 and win the Tallahassee Regional to advance to the Super Regional on a memorable Sunday night at Dick Howser Stadium.
FLORIDA NEWS
Nearly a month after leaving the Capitol without passing a budget, House and Senate leaders said Friday night they had reached an agreement that will clear the way for lawmakers to begin hammering out details of a spending plan Tuesday.
Former Florida State University President and House Speaker John Thrasher, whose career in politics and public service spanned more than three decades, died Friday after a battle with cancer, his family announced.
NATIONAL NEWS
Several people were injured in Boulder, Colorado, after a reported attack on a group calling for the release of Jewish hostages from Gaza. Officials are describing the attack as an act of terror; see updates here.
An aerobic exercise regimen can lower death rates from colon cancer and reduce recurrence rates by roughly one-third, a new study has found. The study is the first to show a causal relationship between cancer outcomes and exercise.
US stock markets close mixed Friday (S&P 500 -0.0%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq -0.3%); S&P 500 experiences best May since 1990 following announcement of US-UK trade deal (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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