LOCAL NEWS Last week, between Feb. 20 and Feb. 24, the Tallahassee Police Department’s General Narcotics and Drug Interdiction Units conducted enhanced enforcement along the North Monroe Street corridor. The enhanced enforcement resulted in 22 arrests and seven firearms being seized. Tallahassee Community College (TCC) recently announced the formation of the Tallahassee Collegiate Academy (TCA), […]
Tallahassee Community College (TCC) recently announced the formation of the Tallahassee Collegiate Academy (TCA), a tuition-free STEM charter high school that will open in August. The Florida Department of Education approved TCC in January as the first college charter school authorizer under an initiative supported by Gov. Ron DeSantis aimed at boosting workforce programs called […]
Last week, between Feb. 20 and Feb. 24, the Tallahassee Police Department’s General Narcotics and Drug Interdiction Units conducted enhanced enforcement along the North Monroe Street corridor . The enhanced enforcement resulted in 22 arrests and seven firearms being seized. The enforcement effort focused on North Monroe Street from Silver Slipper Lane to the area […]
LOCAL NEWS An 18-year-old Leon High School student was arrested Tuesday after a school resource deputy found more than 86 grams of marijuana and a loaded handgun in his vehicle, according to a statement from the Leon County Sherriff’s Office. Leon County Judge Robert Wheeler granted a motion filed by Charlie Adelson’s attorney asking to move the […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers next week will start the annual 60-day legislative session. Here are 10 big issues to watch: — AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, has made a priority of trying to find ways to make housing more affordable for workers. The Senate could […]
LOCAL NEWS The Leon County School Board will hold 18 separate public hearings at the Tuesday night meeting on policy changes related to a host issues including, the use of medical marijuana by qualified students and the adoption of reading lists. The Tallahassee Police Department is investigating a shooting early Tuesday morning. The incident happened […]
LOCAL NEWS City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow voted against two proposals that provided a plan to increase the number of affordable housing units in Tallahassee – find out why. The Children’s Services Council of Leon County (CSC) seeks to engage community volunteers to serve as members of various evaluations teams to help select entities and programs […]
The Children’s Services Council of Leon County (CSC) seeks to engage community volunteers to serve as members of various evaluations teams to help select entities and programs to receive funding from our upcoming application opportunities. When the CSC releases Community Investment Partnership (CIP – community providers) funding announcements, the services of these diverse and experienced […]
Below are the news briefs from the Tallahassee City Commission meeting that took place on February 22, 2023.__ The city commission approved an agenda item that allows the city to pay $19,104 in traffic concurrency mitigation fees to support the conversion of a former motel into a certified affordable housing development. Specifically, a former Motel […]
LOCAL NEWS After a presentation by Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil, Leon County Commissioners voiced concerns about the homelessness issue. Commissioner Welch stated that he is tired “of kicking the can down the road” and that “we need to do something.” The Leon County Commission voted to approve Agenda Item 24 which allows the county administrator to […]