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A woman identified as a Griffin Middle School teacher, 23-year-old Angel Footman, is facing charges for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. According to court documents, several sixth-grade girls told detectives that they participated in planned fights during school hours, and they allege they were invited back for additional fights. They also reported that Footman made statements including “30 seconds, no screaming, no yelling, no phones.”
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Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and campaign advisor Sharon Lettman-Hicks are set to face a federal trial in less than two weeks. Gillum and Hicks face charges of wire fraud and both will stand trial April 17th. The two are accused of funneling money donated to Gillum’s political campaign for his personal use, and Gillum faces an additional charge of lying to the FBI.
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The Leon County Courthouse will host a group of protesters who were arrested at Tallahassee City Hall last week. The group had been advocating for abortion access after a proposed six-week ban passed in the Florida Senate.
FLORIDA NEWS
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a $4 million grant so that a new interchange can be installed at Northwest 49th Street and I-75 in Ocala. “That will allow some of that stuff to be done 10, 12 years ahead of schedule,” DeSantis told reporters in Ocala. “If you could get some of this done in seven years instead of 12 that’s going to make a big difference.”
Former Florida State lawmaker Carlos Guillermo Smith is seeking to return to Tallahassee but now as a member of the Florida Senate. The Orlando Democrat has filed for Senate District 17. He’s running to succeed state Sen. Linda Stewart, who cannot run again due to term limits. Smith is a notable progressive Democrat known for his advocacy on LGBT issues.
SPORTS NEWS
During the March 31-April 2 weekend, the Tallahassee Volleyball Academy (TVA) “16 Smack Team” won a national title at The Big South National Qualifier. The tournament is billed as “the largest indoor volleyball tournament held on a single weekend in North America.”
Florida State baseball fell in two games out of three to the Clemson Tigers from this past weekend. In Saturday’s rubber match, the Noles fell 6-2 and we unable to get the offense going until the 7th inning. FSU pitching also gave up early runs, most notably a grand slam in the 2nd inning. The Noles head to Gainesville tomorrow night to take on the No. 3 Florida Gators. …
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It doesn’t surprise me that Tallahassee government is promoting abortion by their partisan “hosting” of abortion activists, but it still makes me sick.
While you’re at it, why don’t you “host” an Andrew Gillam party too?
Is the courthouse going to give them juice boxes too? Why can’t the jail host them? At least they’d have a captive audience… Haha goodnight everyone.
P.S. Every morning I wake up to find our town has slid a little further down the crapper, pretty soon, even Jim Bennett won’t be able to fish it out.
“The Leon County Courthouse will host a group of protesters …”
Reportedly, the group will include leaders in the Democrat party. So, the Courthouse is now hosting partisan protests? I thought the judiciary was supposed to be non-partisan.
Who is the point person behind the initiating the protest at the Leon County Courthouse? Who is the county official who is allowing this?
So do the protesters get the same lot that the Occupy wall st were camped at for months? Off to the side, on a one way street that very few people see. When most of the country will settle on a compromise somewhere between 6 an 15 weeks, protesters on both sides want either unrestricted up to and sometimes after birth or none at all under any circumstances. If the 80% would stand up and openly say “enough is enough” to the 10% of extremists on either end of the spectrum, we could take back our culture.
What is the The Leon County Courthouse doing hosting a group of protesters?