The Chiles Timberwolves relied on their talent, resilience, and experience to defeat the visiting Beachside Barracudas in the 5A FHSAA state championship regional finals for the second consecutive year. Chiles won in five-sets, 20-25, 25-9, 23-25, 25-11, 15-9. The rematch featured massive momentum shifts, but the defending 5A state champion Timberwolves responded convincingly when their […]
LOCAL NEWS Check out the answers to five questions posed to Tallahassee mayoral candidate Loranne Ausley. A man has been arrested for a fatal shooting Wednesday around lunchtime on the west side. Leon County deputies say the victim was found in his car in the road along the 5700 block of Aenon Church Trail. The […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida Loranne Ausley served two stints in the Florida House before her election to the state Senate in 2020. Ausley, a Democrat, lost a 2022 bid for re-election after changes were made to North Florida’s sprawling Senate District 3. Ausley spent months recovering from injuries suffered last year […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida Disputing allegations that they violated First Amendment rights, Florida wildlife officials Thursday argued that a federal judge should reject a request to reinstate a biologist who was fired because of a social-media post after the murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk. Attorneys for Florida Fish and Wildlife […]
LOCAL NEWS Campaign documents indicate that an influential member of the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, Sally Bradshaw, made significant donations to City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow’s mayoral campaign during a time when TMH and Florida State University were negotiating a deal to create an academic medical center in the Tallahassee. The possible takeover of […]
By Liv Caputo, Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t think Florida Democrats should tell him about their fears of low-income Floridians losing access to food benefits. Instead, DeSantis wants them to write their concerns to Chuck Schumer, the U.S. Senate Democratic Leader from New York. “Did those Democrats write a letter to Chuck Schumer asking […]
LOCAL NEWS TMH releases statement addressing possible TSC seat on governance board of new academic medical center. Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas offered public comment at the Leon County School Board meeting Tuesday evening addressing teacher pay increases and comments made by Board member Daryl Jones. FLORIDA NEWS Larry Keefe, the first executive director of […]
By Liv Caputo, Florida Phoenix Larry Keefe, the first executive director of Florida’s new State Board of Immigration Enforcement, exited his post Tuesday in what the governor’s office says was a planned move. A former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida, Keefe’s position will be taken over effective immediately by Anthony Coker, an […]
LOCAL NEWS On Wednesday, October 22, the Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 to hold a final public hearing about transferring the city owned hospital assets to Florida State University. Get the details. HCA Florida Capital Hospital recently announced the appointment of Jack Atwater, MD, board-certified anesthesiologist/intensivist, to the position of chief medical officer. LOCAL SPORTS […]
By Liv Caputo, Florida Phoenix All three members of the Florida Cabinet are questioning the legality of the state voucher system that has steered taxpayer-funded scholarships to private Islamic schools that they contend undermine “Western” values. Attorney General James Uthmeier, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia, and Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, all Republicans and allies of […]