LOCAL NEWS Superintendent Rocky Hanna will appear on The Steve Stewart Show today at noon on RealTalk93.3. Many residents lined up at polling locations across Leon County Monday as early voting began for the 2024 General Elections. According to Supervisor of Elections, Mark S. Earley, nearly 18,000 votes had already been tabulated before noon. More […]
A federal judge has shielded Escambia County School Board members from having to testify in a legal battle about the removal of children’s books from school libraries. United States Magistrate Judge Zachary C. Bolitho on Friday issued a 15-page order agreeing with the school board that members do not have to give depositions because of […]
LOCAL NEWS More out-of-state money: One September 25, 2024, Florida Division of Election campaign documents show that City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow’s One Tallahassee Political Action Committee (PAC) received a $75,000 donation from the Local Jobs and Economic Development Fund located in Delaware. Stewart: My Position on City Charter Amendments. Provided below are my positions on […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Damages to farmers and ranchers from Hurricane Milton may double the statewide agricultural destruction from three other storms that pummeled Florida since August 2023, according to state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Wilton Simpson. Simpson estimated Milton caused between $1.5 billion and $2.5 billion, […]
LOCAL NEWS TR’s 4-week trend analysis (as of Oct 12) shows a 35% spike in property crime incidents driven by auto related property crimes when compared to the same 4-week period in 2023. The report also shows a 34.7% decrease in violent crime incidents during this period. The October 16th City Commission meeting briefs are now […]
TR’s recent analysis of the year-to-date (October 1) crime incident numbers indicated that the total number of crime incidents reported by the Tallahassee Police Department were down 7.9% when compared to the same period in 2023. The YTD report showed that property crime was down 2.9% and violent crime was down 17.5%. TR’s 4-week trend […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday issued an order allowing voting-related changes in counties hammered by Hurricane Milton, the second time in less than a month flexibility has been given to supervisors of elections because of catastrophic storm damage. Milton made landfall in Sarasota County last […]
LOCAL NEWS The October 16th City Commission meeting briefs are now available. The City Commission vote 4-1 to approve agreements with the firefighter union. Commissioner Jeremy Matlow voted no. FLORIDA NEWS During a debate this week between state Sen. Corey Simon, R-Tallahassee, and Democratic opponent Daryl Parks, the challenger backtracked on previous lies against the […]
Provided below are the news briefs from the October 16th, 2024, Tallahassee City Commission meeting. Item 5.03 The City Commission recognized the Capital Region Real-Time Crime Center which was recently awarded Center of the Year by the National Real Time Crime Center Association, recognizing its excellence in multi-agency collaboration and innovation. Item 9.01 The City […]
The LaundryCares Foundation in partnership with Wash Around the Clock and US Ventures is excited to announce a collaborative initiative to address the early literacy gap in the Tallahassee community. On October 23rd, residents of Tallahassee are invited to Wash Around the Clock, 220 W. Tharpe Street, for a Free Laundry and Early Literacy Day […]