The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Monday, December 16, 2024

The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Monday, December 16, 2024

LOCAL NEWS

The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows the November 2024 passenger traffic increased 9.5% when compared to traffic one year ago. 

A 14-year-old Nims Middle School student was arrested Friday after a loaded handgun was found in their backpack, according to a press release from the Leon County Sheriff’s Office.

LOCAL SPORTS NEWS

History was made in Tallahassee Saturday as Lincoln senior Braden Colaire signed a scholarship to bowl at the Savannah College of Art and Design, becoming the first bowler from Tallahassee to sign a college scholarship.

FLORIDA NEWS

This year marked at least the third consecutive Presidential Election when polls underestimated the strength of Republican candidates, including Trump.

An administrative law judge is considering allowing a permit to drill for oil in Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola River Basin. The site being considered is in rural Calhoun County, in the river basin’s floodplain – and the state Department of Environmental Protection supports the idea. But the basin is highly fragile. In the past, its struggles for survival have upended the economy of Franklin County and reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

NATIONAL NEWS

Many reported drone sightings in New Jersey since mid-November are lawful manned aircraft, the Department of Homeland Security and FBI said Saturday. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas nonetheless acknowledged yesterday some remain unidentified and said the agency is monitoring the situation and deploying additional resources.

ABC News agrees to pay $15M and $1M in attorneys’ fees to settle President-elect Donald Trump’s defamation case over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ false claims Trump had been found civilly liable of raping E. Jean Carroll; a Manhattan court found Trump civilly liable of sexual battery, not rape (More).

US stock markets close mixed Friday (S&P 500 -0.0%, Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq +0.1%), with Dow’s seven-day losing streak the longest since 2020 (More

TALLAHASSEE WEATHER

6 Responses to "The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Monday, December 16, 2024"

  1. Anybody suspicious that Tallahassee the Capital of Florida, hasn’t drawn any drone action ?
    Really ! With our International Airport, with Greyhound connections to : Cairo, Montezuma, BuenaVista, Dublin, Midway, Milan…. and Athens Georgia .
    What we’re not Alien worthy ?
    Even a drone sighting on Panama City Beach..before taken to detox.
    I don’t understand.

  2. Skep, it’s not unusual in any way to use ‘their’ in this manner when the subject is unknown. I don’t care for it myself, I’d rather use “his or her” or in this case “the student’s backpack.” But, honestly, this is hardly strange or knee-bending wokery. It’s just a little lazy, really.

  3. — A 14-year-old Nims Middle School student was arrested Friday after a loaded handgun was found in their backpack

    Stop with the political correctness. “Their” is the plural possessive form and no amount of “but feelings” makes it appropriate for use when the subject is singular.

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