The latest employment information shows that Leon County added 6,378 jobs in August. One year ago Leon County added 4,989 jobs. The unemployment in August was 5.6%. One year ago the unemployment rate was 3.4%. The unemployment last month was 8.6% The number of people working in August, 2020 decreased when compared to last year. […]
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on air travel. The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows passenger traffic decreased 65.5% in August when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was down from 70,937 during August 2019 to 24,444 this year. Last month passenger traffic […]
Last week TR’s COVID zip code report showed a spike of over 479 cases in 32304. Our latest report shows a spike of 327 cases in 32304 for the week ending September 19th. The graph below shows the change in new COVID cases over a five week period for Leon County’s major zip codes. Zip code […]
After a spike in cases in early September, the three charts below show that Leon County COVID numbers are trending down. The chart below shows that Leon County COVID cases reached a 7-day average (yellow line) of approximately 60 cases in late August before spiking to 210 cases during early September. Since then, the 7-day […]
Last week TR’s COVID zip code report showed a spike of over 600 cases in 32304. Our latest report shows a spike of 479 cases in 32304 for the week ending September 12th. The graph below shows the change in new COVID cases over a four week period for Leon County’s major zip codes. Zip […]
By Jim Turner, Dara Kam The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida bars can open the taps again Monday. Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Halsey Beshears announced Thursday he was rescinding an emergency order that prevented onsite consumption of alcohol at bars amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Beginning Monday, these vendors may operate […]
In a letter to TPD Chief Lawrence Revell, shown below, State Attorney Jack Campbell explained the rationale for no charges being filed in an incident that took place during a protest on August 29, 2020. Campbell concluded that there was no “clear evidence” indicating who started the altercation which escalated quickly. Campbell stated that the […]
Over the last week, new COVID cases have significantly increased in Leon County primarily due to a spike in cases reported in zip code 32304. TR reported last week about a decline in COVID cases before students returned to Tallahassee. Now that students have arrived, the number of COVID cases have spiked in 32304 and […]
Today a Leon County grand jury released information related to three fatal police shootings. The grand jury deliberations concluded that all three shootings were justified and issued no indictments. Details on the three police shootings are listed below with links to the grand jury presentments. Videos from the incidents can be viewed here. Mychael Johnson […]
Driven by new COVID cases in the 32304 zip code, the Leon County 7-day average positivity has more than doubled over the last six days. The 7-day average positivity rate was 3.71% on August 27th and has increased to 9.73% as of September 2nd. Over the last four days there have been 581 new COVID […]