By Amy Farnum-Patronis, FSU News In the historic Heritage Museum at Dodd Hall, surrounded by family, colleagues and university leaders, longtime Florida State University police officer Jason Trumbower was sworn in on Tuesday, August 12, as the university’s new chief of police. Trumbower, a 26-year veteran of the FSU Police Department, was appointed as chief […]
The City of Tallahassee has responded to the recent decisions by the Leon County Commission related to the controversial increase in the fire services fee. In a letter (provided below) to County Manager Vince Long, City Manage Reese Goad said that the city would move forward with the fire services fee increase for city residents […]
Provided below are the news briefs from the August 12, 2025, Leon County School Board meeting. Items Considered by the Board Item 19.01: The Board approved (5-0), following a public hearing, approval of amendments to Policy 5111.01 – Homeless Students, effective August 13, 2025. The policy revisions include additional definitions, the addition of a section […]
LOCAL NEWS The latest jobs report shows the Leon County July unemployment rate increased to 4.4%. The June unemployment rate was 4.3%. Leon County’s after-school program is once again looking to the local Children’s Services Council for help propping up its budget. That move comes after the state last week informed 27 counties, including Leon, […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent in July, with a state economist saying demand remains high for workers. “The number of job openings is up from the same point in the year before,” Jimmy Heckman, chief of workforce statistics and economic research at the […]
Benjamin Lester Abberger III, who worked on the 1976 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and worked as a Cabinet aide to Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter, died on August 15, 2025. He was 72. He was born to Nancy Hardy Abberger and Benjamin Lester Abberger, Jr., M.D. on November […]
LOCAL NEWS Steve Stewart discusses controversy related to the fire services fund. Bond was denied Thursday for a Tallahassee woman who was arrested Wednesday in connection with the drowning death of her 2-year-old son, O’Rhyan Moore. FLORIDA NEWS Amid legal wrangling over a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said […]
Florida had 6,230 initial unemployment claims during the week that ended Aug. 9, down slightly from the previous week, according to a report issued Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor. The state had a revised count of 6,252 claims during the week that ended Aug. 2. The state has averaged 6,866 claims a week […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Amid legal wrangling over a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said the state plans to use a shuttered prison in North Florida to boost detention of people targeted for deportation. The conversion of Baker Correctional Institution, which state corrections […]
LOCAL NEWS Steve Stewart discusses Mayor Dailey’s decision to not seek re-election. Leon County Commissioners have thwarted the City of Tallahassee’s efforts to raise fire fees. The county commission voted at a special meeting Tuesday to reject the proposed 22% fee hike for the next fiscal year. FLORIDA NEWS Siding with publishers and authors, a federal […]