LOCAL NEWS Get updates from the City of Tallahassee, Leon County, and Leon County Schools. As of 9/27/2024 9:01 am, the current view of the map shows 1,100 outage orders affecting COT 47,146 customers. See outage map. FLORIDA NEWS Hurricane Helene made landfall late Thursday night in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm, generating sustained winds of 140 […]
Provided below are updates from local governments. The City of Tallahassee reported that crews began clearing roads and restoring power overnight. Initial damage assessments include more than 50 roads blocked by downed trees; 53K customers, 9 transmission lines, 6 substations, and 46 circuits are out. Crews continue to assess damage and make repairs. Stay up […]
A bipartisan Senate committee report surfaced more revelations about Secret Service failures amid the July 13 assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. The report comes a day after the Senate passed a bill requiring an equal standard of Secret Service protection for presidents and major party candidates. The report highlighted the agency’s failure to request a surveillance team […]
LOCAL NEWS Tallahassee is under a Hurricane Warning and mutual aid crews from five states are en route. Sandbag locations are set to open this week across the Big Bend ahead of a potential tropical system. The National Hurricane Center released forecasts Monday that show Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine may bring heavy rainfall to North Florida and […]
Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast late tomorrow as a potential Category 3 storm, prompting a state of emergency in 61 of the state’s 67 counties. As of this writing, Helene is poised to strengthen into the Atlantic’s fifth hurricane today after it passes through the Yucatan channel near Cancun. Helene is the Atlantic’s […]
As we move into these fall months, one major storm is on the way, and there is going to be a lot of talk about Hurricane Preparedness and protecting yourself from storms and storm damage. That will always lead us to also think about insurance rates going up again. But I keep reading reports from […]
LOCAL NEWS Sandbag locations are set to open this week across the Big Bend ahead of a potential tropical system. The National Hurricane Center released forecasts Monday that show Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine may bring heavy rainfall to North Florida and South Georgia. On Wednesday, September 25, the Tallahassee City Commission will hold public hearings […]
On Wednesday, September 25, the Tallahassee City Commission will hold public hearings to address the FY 2025 budget and the FAMU Campus Devlopment Agreement. The FY 2025 Budget The City of Tallahassee is conducting the second and final public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Operating Budget, which totals $908 million, and the FY25 […]
The Lincoln Trojans remain at the top of the most recent MaxPreps high school football rankings for teams in Leon County. The table pictured below shows the ranking of the 10 high schools located in Leon County that have football teams based on current record, overall rating and strength of schedule as shown in MaxPreps. […]
By Jim Turner & Tom Urban, The News Service of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday declared a state of emergency for 41 counties as a storm system is expected to rapidly grow into a powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The system, expected to be named Helene, was forecast Monday to reach northern […]