The City of Tallahassee issued a press release this evening related to a shooting incident that occurred earlier in the day. The release is provided below: Today, just after 12:30 p.m., an officer with the Tallahassee Police Department was dispatched to a report of a domestic disturbance at the Greens at Old St. Augustine Apartments, […]
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that November 2023 passenger traffic increased 11.7% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up 8,212 from the 70,013 reported during November 2022 to 78,225 in November 2023. Relative to 2022, the Passenger Traffic Report shows passenger counts were up 20.1% for […]
By Priscilla West On November 14th, Leon County School Board Chair Rosanne Wood moved to replace “gender” with “gender identity” in the district’s nondiscrimination statement. The amendment was approved in a 4-1 vote, with only member Alva Striplin in opposition. This seemingly innocuous change has important implications. While Florida law no longer allows classroom instruction […]
Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERY DOWNLOAD FOODIES APP Select a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS At today’s Leon County School Board meeting, the Board will consider Superintendent Hanna’s recommendation to approve a contract with Wagstaff & Cartmell and four firms as co-counsel to represent the Board in a lawsuit against social media […]
BY Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The state Republican Party’s executive committee Monday removed embattled Chairman Christian Ziegler and elevated Vice Chairman Evan Power to lead the party as the 2024 election year gets underway. Power said after the meeting the party is “moving forward.” While acknowledging a pause in fundraising, […]
The latest reports show that Leon County lost 1,387 jobs in November when compared to last month. There were 162,480 people working in Leon County in November compared to last month’s revised employment number of 163,867. Despite the loss of jobs, the unemployment rate came in at 3.2%, down from the 3.3% reported last month […]
Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERY DOWNLOAD FOODIES APP Select a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS Today, LCS will hold an Agenda/Workshop and discuss “Adjustments to the Expulsion Process” and “Recruitment/Retention Updates”. See full the meeting agenda here. TPD has been investigating a suspicious death that took place around 11:30 a.m. Sunday in the 2800 […]
The Rickards Raiders hosted the Ribault Trojans (Jacksonville) on Saturday afternoon and won 47-33 in a battle of top ranked high school girls basketball teams. The Raiders (9-4) came into the game ranked 11th in Class 5A while the Trojans (10-2) – who defeated Rickards earlier in the year – were ranked 7th in Class […]
Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERY DOWNLOAD FOODIES APP Select a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS JetBlue arrived at Tallahassee International Airport to begin service Thursday morning. The airline is launching service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Tallahassee International Airport (TLH). JetBlue will operate the Tallahassee route using its Airbus A320 aircraft. On […]
On January 4, JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) announced it has officially launched service between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Tallahassee International Airport (TLH), with the first flight arriving in Tallahassee on Thursday morning. JetBlue’s new intrastate service will operate daily, offering another travel option for customers on a route with limited competition. “We are thrilled […]