The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Thursday, August 28, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

Steve Stewart discusses Superintendent Hanna’s decision to use metal detectors in Leon County schools.

On Thursday, August 21st, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) board voted 5-0 for the approval of the North Adams Street $1.5 million Pedestrian Improvement project.

LOCAL SPORTS

On Aug. 28th, the Chiles volleyball team (7-0) faced the undefeated Gulf Breeze Dolphins (4-1) searching for their seventh win of the season to stay undefeated. The Timberwolves came out victorious and handed Gulf Breeze their first loss of the 2025-2026 season.

FLORIDA NEWS

Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said Wednesday that it was “probable” Orange County employees tried to hide information when his DOGE team began examining spending practices with the county government.

Republican leaders from 22 other states are trying to help Florida convince a federal appeals court to put on hold a judge’s ruling that required winding down operations at an Everglades immigrant-detention center challenged by environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe.

NATIONAL NEWS

A shooter attacked a Catholic school in Minneapolis yesterday, killing two children—an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old—and wounding 17 other people, most of them children. Authorities say the attacker, 23-year-old Robin Westman, died by suicide.

Transportation Department to take control of Washington, DC’s Union Station from Amtrak and nonprofit as part of larger safety and beautification push (More).

US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.2%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +0.2%), with S&P 500 notching record high (More).

TALLAHASSEE WEATHER

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