By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — As a three-year legal battle continues over the issue, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran wants the Florida High School Athletic Association to reconsider policies that prevented Christian schools from offering a prayer over the stadium loudspeaker before a 2015 state championship football game. Corcoran sent a […]
Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county increased 18.0% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 183 single-family home resales in November 2018 and 216 resales in November 2019. Last month there were 251 existing single-family homes sold. The average sales price in November 2019 decreased 4.9% […]
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that passenger traffic decreased in November by 3.2% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was down from 78,347 during last November to 75,831 this year. Despite this monthly decrease, the annual rate of passenger traffic remains up. The Passenger Traffic Report […]
The Tallahassee Police Department has released the following information on the recent shooting incident in Killearn Estates. From TPD: The Tallahassee Police Department has made an arrest in the shooting incident which occurred on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at approximately 11:24 p.m. in the 3400 block of Gardenview Way. Investigators arrested Chase Blommel and Austin […]
A review of recently filed campaign reports by the Tampa Bay Times (TBT) found that Andrew Gillum’s political committee, Forward Florida, significantly increased spending on lawyers in November. The report states that the “political committee for Andrew Gillum spent $240,000 on lawyers last month, a substantial rise in the organization’s legal expenses that coincides with […]
Late last night the Tallahassee Police Department reported an investigation is underway related to a shooting incident that took place on Gardenview Way in Killearn Estates. The TPD release, included below, states that the shooting took place on December 8th at approximately 11:24 in 3400 block of Gardenview Way. The report states that “Officers discovered […]
Negotiations related to the possible sale of the Killearn Country Club to a local group have stalled, but are not dead. According to a press release by Killearn Golf Properties, LLC (KGP), “after seven months of negotiations, efforts to acquire Killearn Country Club from Palmetto Club Properties, LP have stalled.” According to KGP co-founder Jimmy […]
These recent reports- exclusive to to Tallahassee Reports – have been viewed over 10,000 times. Local Group Moves Closer to Purchasing Killearn Golf Club Rocky Hanna Tied to $50,000 Las Vegas Campaign Donation to Andrew Gillum PA Studies: Kids Opting Out of School Sports Due to Finances & Fun Sean Pittman Hired as Leon County […]
The Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency has scheduled the Northeast Gateway: Welaunee Boulevard PD&E Study Traffic Modeling Information Session on December 3rd from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at Montford Middle School located at 5789 Pimlico Drive. The long-awaited meeting is the next step in the public engagement process for the Northeast Gateway project which kicked-off back […]
Information provided by the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) shows that there were 93 incidents reported during the week of November 13th-19th. The data indicates there were 87 property incidents and 6 violent incidents. A regional breakdown of the incidents – based on TPD defined quadrants – shows that the Northwest quadrant of Tallahassee led the […]