On October 10, the Lincoln Trojans (5–2) took on the Chiles Timberwolves (4–4) in a highly anticipated district championship matchup. Lincoln, riding a two-game win streak, looked to extend that run and secure the title. Chiles, meanwhile, was coming off a heartbreaking loss to Florida High and hoped to bounce back by defending home turf […]
By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix As the Florida Democratic Party continues to consider opening its primary elections to independent voters, a survey backed by proponents finds strong support for the idea. Florida Open Primaries, an advocacy group working to open Florida’s closed primary voting system, along with the group Open Primaries and its Let Us Vote campaign, […]
LOCAL NEWS The latest Leon County Sheriff’s Office School Resource 2024-25 Annual Report is out, and it shows a 38.3% increase in high school arrests when compared to 2023-24. The increase was driven by a significant increase in arrests at Leon and Rickards high schools. The chart below shows the arrests for each of the […]
By The News Service of Florida The Republican Party of Florida in September added to its voter-registration edge over the Florida Democratic Party and moved closer to a margin of 1.4 million voters. The GOP had 5,505,326 “active” registered voters as of Sept. 30, while the Democratic Party had 4,117,871, according to newly posted data […]
By Christine Sexton, Florida Phoenix Rep. Sam Garrison, selected Thursday to become the next speaker of the Florida House, is playing down estimates that the state could lose billions of dollars over the next few years for Medicaid. Instead, Garrison touted Florida’s decision to not expand Medicaid access to low-income adults as a wise choice […]
LOCAL NEWS Changes are coming to high schools in Leon County next week. Starting Tuesday, Oct. 14, a new bell schedule will slightly lengthen the school day. All high schools will end at 1:55. Some of them will start a tad earlier at 7:25, and some lunch times may differ. Steve Stewart discusses the recent […]
On September 23, the Board of County Commissioners held a meeting to discuss seven potential charter amendments for consideration by the Citizen Charter Review Committee (CCRC). The CCRC, a group of citizens appointed to review the Charter every eight years, will review the proposed amendments and make recommendations. After a thorough discussion, two issues were […]
By Livia Caputo, Florida Phoenix A Florida lawmaker who suddenly switched parties last year filed a state version of a federal bill Wednesday that would ban courts and agencies from using Shari’a Law. Rep. Hillary Cassel, a Broward Republican who served in the state House as a Democrat for two years, issued HB 119 banning Florida courts, panels, […]
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 […]
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. The award was presented, October 7, during the NACCE 2025 Annual Conference in Coronado, California. The award was accepted by Shelly Bell, Vice President for […]