At Tuesday’s Leon County Board of County Commissioners meeting, the commissioners received a status report on the 2020 Annual Supervised Pretrial Release Program Report and authorized staff to submit the report to the Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller for Leon County. The Supervised Pretrial Release Program Report is required by Florida Statutes, Section 907.43, […]
On Feb. 22, 2021, Dr. Pamela Hall, a well-known environmental advocate in the Tallahassee area for the past 20 years, passed away at the age of 64 due to a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Before settling in Tallahassee with her husband Dr. Scott Hannahs, Director of Instrumentation and Facilities at the MagLab, and their […]
The Tallahassee City Commission met Wednesday and voted 3-2 to authorize the acceptance and expense of proceeds from the U.S. Department of Justice’s 2020 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership, as well as the authorization to accept equipment and supplies that were donated to the Tallahassee Police Department. Commissioner Jeremy Matlow and Commissioner Jack Porter dissented. […]
At Tuesday’s meeting, the Leon County Board of County Commissioners voted to schedule a public hearing for an ordinance amending the county’s current fertilizer ordinance. The State of Florida Model Fertilizer Ordinance being updated and the changes to the current fertilizer ordinance in Leon County are an attempt to stay up to date with the […]
In July of 2020 Florida State University hired former Central Michigan athletics director Michael Alford to be the new Chief Executive Officer of Seminole Boosters. Before being the AD for Central Michigan, Alford was the general manager of Sports Marketing at the University of Alabama from 2004-2008, and was the senior director for corporate partnerships […]
At the Jan. 26 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners of Leon County voted to move forward with the purchase of the Supervisor of Elections Voting Operation Center Property. The VOC, located on Capital Circle and Apalachee Parkway, was appraised at $3.325 million. The proposal includes $5.4 million in financing for repairs and purchase of […]