LOCAL NEWS The Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has arrested a teen after shots were fired Friday afternoon on the eastbound exit ramp at I-10 and Thomasville Road. Steve Stewart interviews Florida House Rep. Gallop Franklin. LOCAL SPORTS On October 3, the Rickards Raiders (2–5) hosted the Bishop Kenny Crusaders (2–2) in a non-conference matchup. Rickards, […]
The Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has arrested a teen after shots were fired Friday afternoon on the eastbound exit ramp at I-10 and Thomasville Road. According to reports, three vehicles were hit and two people in separate vehicles were struck. A woman was hurt and a man was seriously injured. LCSO, with help from the […]
LOCAL NEWS The Leon County Sheriff’s Office is preparing the second edition of its Anatomy of a Homicide project. The report will look into local gun-violence incidents from 2021 through the end of this year. Sheriff Walt McNeil says the report serves as an important tool to understand who commits crime in our community and […]
By The News Service of Florida Federal government attorneys Thursday urged a judge to reject certifying as a class action a lawsuit alleging that immigrants at a detention center in the Everglades are being denied proper access to lawyers. Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other defendants pushed back against a request […]
By Jay Waagmeester, Florida Phoenix Escambia County did not violate students’ First Amendment rights in keeping from them a book about two male penguins raising a chick together, a federal judge found this week. In a suit between the authors of the book and the Escambia County School Board, Chief U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor […]
LOCAL NEWS The Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 to move forward with Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare sale negotiations with Florida State University during its first presentation Wednesday about the proposed academic health center agreement between FSU and TMH. Tune into Real Talk 93.3 for The Steve Stewart Show today at 12:00 p.m. Topics: Latest local news and an interview […]
In a press release Wednesday, LCSO revealed that six people were arrested during the months of May and June and face various charges, ranging from trafficking to conspiracy to traffic. Those suspects include Abraham Wiggins, Jukil Whitehead, Antonio Johnson, Antwan Lewis, Rafael Garland and Lee Harris Jr. The press release stated that during the Summer […]
By Jay Waagmeester, Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis is threatening to put lawmakers on the spot about property taxes during the heat of their reelection campaigns. The governor, during a news conference at Jacksonville International Airport Wednesday, reiterated that he believes voters should decide the fate of the property tax in the state come the […]
LOCAL NEWS Today, at 9:00 a.m. the city will hold the first public hearing on the FSU and TMH Memorandum of Understanding and schedule the second Public Hearing for October 22, 2025. A former Tallahassee teacher is now in state prison for misconduct with a student. State records show Sophina Webb arrived at the Florida […]
By Christine Sexton, Florida Phoenix More than 20 new state laws take effect today, ranging from increased criminal penalties for restraining and abandoning animals during natural disasters to a ban on the sale and use of license plate flippers. Laws can take effect immediately upon being signed, on July 1 with the start of the state’s fiscal […]