The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Tuesday, September 16, 2025

LOCAL NEWS

City commissioner and Tallahassee mayoral candidate Jeremy Matlow posted a video on Facebook calling President Trump and Governor DeSantis racists. The Facebook caption on the video, which was posted after the murder of conservative activist Charlies Kirk said, “Respond with kindness.”

Mayor John Dailey and Tallahassee Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox have officially endorsed community organizer Talethia Edwards in her bid to be the city’s next commissioner.

Michael Partin, 75, of Tallahassee smoked his last doobie on September 1, 2025, following a brave battle with cancer. Michael was born November 18, 1949, in Miami, Florida, the second of four boys, to John and Leona Partin. He moved to Tallahassee in 1961, attending Blessed Sacrament School and serving as an altar boy at Blessed Sacrament while giving the teachers and nuns hell.

LOCAL SPORTS

Chiles Boys, Girls Teams Place First in HOKA XC Meet. Get the detailed results.

FLORIDA NEWS

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday said people being able to openly carry guns is “the law of the state,” after a panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal last week ruled that a longstanding ban was unconstitutional.

Gasoline prices dropped in Florida during the past week, with the approach of autumn and a transition to cheaper winter-blend gas. The AAA auto club said Florida motorists Monday paid an average of $2.98 a gallon for regular unleaded gas, down a dime from a week earlier.

NATIONAL NEWS

President Donald Trump says the US military struck a boat allegedly ferrying drugs from Venezuela to the US yesterday, killing three people onboard; airstrike comes nearly two weeks after a first strike killed 11 people on a speedboat (More).

Suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder is due to be charged today after allegedly confessing in private messages and on social media app Discord; the FBI says DNA tied him to the crime (More).

US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +0.5%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq +1.0%); investors await Federal Reserve policy decision tomorrow (More).

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