LOCAL NEWS
After nearly eight years without answers, the Big Bend Cold Case Task Force has announced a major breakthrough in the 2017 homicide of 38-year-old Kaylyn Van De Wostine with the arrest of Akbar Beale.
Tallahassee State College (TSC) has been named the 2025 Entrepreneurial College of the Year by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), North America’s leading advocate for entrepreneurship education.
Despite the year-to-date declines, over the last three months violent crime incidents related to assaults are up when compared to the same type of incidents reported from January to June.
LOCAL SPORTS
The Chiles Timberwolves volleyball team defeated Mosley on the road last night in three sets, 25-20, 25-11 & 25-6 to move 22-1 on the season. Sophomore Sterling Carlile led the team with 11 kills and senior Lindsay Smith had nine. The 5A defending state champs face Maclay tonight.
FLORIDA NEWS
Amid explosive development of artificial intelligence, Florida lawmakers Tuesday began drilling into questions about the technology’s use in the insurance industry.
NATIONAL NEWS
President Donald Trump signaled yesterday that furloughed federal workers may not be guaranteed retroactive compensation when the government reopens, a potential shift from previous policy that covered roughly 750,000 employees.
First National Guard troops from Texas arrive in Illinois a day after Chicago and Illinois sued the Trump administration for deploying federalized troops (More).
US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -0.4%, Dow -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.7%) (More).
TALLAHASSEE WEATHER
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