Saying the case should go to trial, an appeals court Wednesday overturned a ruling that sided with CNN in a defamation lawsuit stemming from reports about deaths of children at a Palm Beach County hospital. A three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal rejected a circuit judge’s decision that granted summary judgment to […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Saying the restrictions don’t implicate speech, a sharply divided appeals-court panel has put on hold a judge’s ruling that blocked parts of a law prohibiting non-Florida residents and non-U.S. citizens from collecting signatures for ballot proposals. Republican legislators included the restrictions, backed by Gov. Ron […]
LOCAL NEWS The Tallahassee Police Department is currently conducting an investigation following a shooting that occurred at approximately 11:41 a.m. near the wooden pavilion area at Jack McLean Park. One victim, a juvenile female, was transported to a local hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the arm. This remains an open and active investigation […]
Charles Ronald Trammell affectionately known to thousands as “Henry” the Radiator Man passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter on September 5, 2025. Born in Cairo, Georgia on May 9, 1930, Ronald was the proprietor of the Tallahassee Radiator Shop, a family business in Tallahassee for almost 100 years. He had an uncanny […]
At the beginning of the school year, the Tallahassee Police Department activated the School Zone Speed Enforcement Program with the goal of keeping “students, educators, crossing guards, and families safe.” To give drivers time to adjust, a 30-day warning period began on Monday, August 11, 2025. During that time, more than 2,500 warning letters were […]
The Republican Party of Florida in August continued to expand its voter-registration advantage over the Florida Democratic Party. The GOP had a 1,355,487 lead in “active” registered voters as of Aug. 31, up from a 1,326,217 edge at the end of July, according to data posted on the Florida Division of Elections website. The data […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Days after the city of Miami Beach filed a similar case, Fort Lauderdale has challenged the legality of directives by the Florida Department of Transportation to remove art and markings on streets. Fort Lauderdale filed its challenge Monday at the state Division of Administrative Hearings, […]
LOCAL NEWS On Tuesday night, the Leon County School Board will hold the final public hearing on its 2025-2026 budget. Superintendent Rocky Hanna wants to double the half-penny sales tax that currently goes to Leon County Schools to a whole penny—meaning local shoppers would then pay a penny for every dollar they spend. Leon County […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A battle about the constitutionality of a state requirement that convicted sexual predators have the words “SEXUAL PREDATOR” on their driver’s licenses has gone to the Florida Supreme Court. Attorneys for Michael Crist, who was accused in 2019 of trying to cover up the sexual-predator […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Arguing that “parental-exclusion policies present one of the most important constitutional controversies in the nation,” a couple has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a battle with the Leon County school system about a child who wanted to express a gender identity and […]