The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, August 26, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

Another Leon County high school student has been arrested for having a firearm on campus. Get the details.

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The Tallahassee State College (TSC) District Board of Trustees elected Trustee Eugene Lamb, Jr. as the new Board Chair at its meeting on August 18. He succeeds Trustee Karen Moore. Long-time trustee Frank Messersmith was elected Vice-Chair.

LOCAL SPORTS

The Tallahassee QB Club recently announced their high school players of the week.

Defensive Player of the Week: Jason Harville, FSU High
Offensive Player of the Week: Jordan Kelley, Rickards High
Offensive Lineman of the Week: Jelani Wilmer-Cotton, Lincoln High
Impact POTW: Tucker Poppell,Maclay High

The Chiles Timberwolves defeated the Leon Lions last night in high school volleyball action, 25-18,25-9, 25-14 to remain undefeated on the season.

FLORIDA NEWS

Donald Landry, former chairman of the Department of Medicine at Columbia University, was approved Monday to serve as interim president of the University of Florida.

Average gasoline prices in Florida dropped 15 cents a gallon over the past week, while demand is expected to increase for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. 

NATIONAL NEWS

President Donald Trump signs executive order seeking to penalize people for burning American flags, characterizing the practice as incitement to rioting, violence (More).

American beverage conglomerate Keurig Dr Pepper announced plans yesterday to acquire Dutch coffee giant JDE Peet’s for roughly $18B. The all-cash transaction would consolidate their coffee businesses into a new company. Keurig Dr Pepper’s remaining portfolio—including Snapple and 7UP—would become a separate entity, effectively undoing an $18.7B acquisition from 2018. Keurig Dr Pepper shares fell 11.5% on the news.

US stock markets close lower (S&P 500 -0.4%, Dow -0.8%, Nasdaq -0.2%) as investors await Nvidia’s earnings report tomorrow and digest federal government’s 10% stake in Intel, announced Friday (More).

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