LOCAL NEWS
The latest jobs report shows the Leon County July unemployment rate increased to 4.4%. The June unemployment rate was 4.3%.
Leon County’s after-school program is once again looking to the local Children’s Services Council for help propping up its budget. That move comes after the state last week informed 27 counties, including Leon, that they stand to lose nearly a third of their afterschool funding.
The City of Tallahassee issued a Precautionary Boil Water Notice the morning of Sunday, August 17 for all City water customers south of Cemetery Road, including Woodville, Woodville Acres, River Plantation, Wakulla Station, and the City of St. Marks.
Benjamin Lester Abberger III, who worked on the 1976 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and worked as a Cabinet aide to Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter, died on August 15, 2025. He was 72.
FLORIDA NEWS
Florida’s unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent in July, with a state economist saying demand remains high for workers.
A man at the wheel of a semi-tractor-trailer truck involved in an accident that killed three people on the Florida Turnpike turns out to be a migrant who entered the U.S. illegally.
NATIONAL NEWS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders are meeting with President Trump today at the White House. The gathering comes days after Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler wins BMW Championship to become first golfer since Tiger Woods in 2006-07 to win five times on the PGA Tour in consecutive seasons (More).
US stock markets close mixed Friday (S&P 500 -0.3%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq -0.4%) amid data suggesting consumer sentiment has dropped for the first time in four months (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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