Local News After Tallahassee Reports reported on the story of a Citizens Police Review Board members having a profane coffee mug with an explicit phrase directed towards law enforcement, many called for the board member’s resignation. In response, CPRB chair Edward Gaines stated that he completely disagreed that the board member should be removed. The […]
Saturday at 12 noon the Seminoles will be back in Doak to play the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns. The game will be on Bally Sports/RSN. Louisiana is 5-5 on the season with wins over SE Louisiana, Eastern Michigan, Marshall, Arkansas State and Georgia Southern with losses against Rice, UL Monroe, South Alabama, Southern Miss and Troy. […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday continued to sidestep questions about his political future, after former President Donald Trump announced another bid for the White House. Appearing in the Lee County community of Matlacha, DeSantis brushed off a question about the possibility of a Republican civil […]
Below are the news briefs from the Leon County Commission 2023 State & Federal Legislative Priorities Workshop that took place on October 25, 2022. The team of legislative advocates provided five projects to the county commission that they are specifically requesting for line-item funding from the state legislature including: $500,000 for backup generators at libraries […]
Local News Tallahassee City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow appeared on The Steve Stewart Show on Thursday. You can listen to the interview here. Following a story by Tallahassee Reports, the Florida PBA Big Bend Chapter is calling for the removal of Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB) member Taylor Biro for “promoting an inappropriate, incendiary, and anti-police […]
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law known as the Baker Act during the past school year, data presented Wednesday to a school-safety commission showed. The Baker Act is a roughly 50-year-old state law that allows courts, law enforcement […]
Tallahassee Community College (TCC) has been selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice Program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees access to training programs in HVAC, Machining, and Welding. In 2023, Amazon’s new Tallahassee fulfillment center is slated to launch. Its opening will create around 1,000 full-time jobs. “We are thrilled to partner with Amazon to provide […]
Local News BREAKING NEWS: Tallahassee City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow is scheduled to appear on The Steve Stewart Show on RealTalk 93.3 FM today at noon to discuss the request by the PBA to remove a Citizen’s Police Review Board member due to bias against law enforcement. A portion of Apalachee Parkway from Calhoun Street to […]
Following a story by Tallahassee Reports, the Florida PBA Big Bend Chapter is calling for the removal of Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB) member Taylor Biro for “promoting an inappropriate, incendiary, and anti-police message at a recent CPRB meeting.” Chapter President Richard Murphy, in a press release, provided below, stated: “It is deeply disturbing that […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — U.S. visitors continued to drive Florida’s tourism industry at a record pace, while international travel still struggled to reach pre-pandemic levels, according to newly released figures for the third quarter of 2022. The tourism-marketing agency Visit Florida estimated Tuesday the state attracted 35.115 million travelers […]