TR Morning Briefs 11/23/2022

TR Morning Briefs 11/23/2022

Local News The Tallahassee Police is investigating three armed robberies that took place on the southside Tuesday night. TPD believes the robberies are connected. TPD responded to three separate incidents at businesses all within about an hour of each other. According incident reports the first call came in at 8:36 p.m. in the 2100 Block […]

TR Morning Briefs: 11/22/2022

TR Morning Briefs: 11/22/2022

Local News Taylor Biro, a Tallahassee Citizens Police Review Board member, publically addresses her “abolish the police” ideology, calling herself an “abolitionist.” TPD is investigating a stabbing incident that took place around 1:30 a.m. on the 400 block of West Georgia Street. The suspect asked the victim for money, but the victim denied the request […]

TR Morning Briefs: 11/21/2022

TR Morning Briefs: 11/21/2022

Local News After Tallahassee Reports reported on the story of a Citizens Police Review Board members having a profane coffee mug with an explicit phrase directed towards law enforcement, many called for the board member’s resignation. In response, CPRB chair Edward Gaines stated that he completely disagreed that the board member should be removed. The […]

FSU Preview: Florida State versus Louisiana

FSU Preview: Florida State versus Louisiana

Saturday at 12 noon the Seminoles will be back in Doak to play the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns. The game will be on Bally Sports/RSN. Louisiana is 5-5 on the season with wins over SE Louisiana, Eastern Michigan, Marshall, Arkansas State and Georgia Southern with losses against Rice, UL Monroe, South Alabama, Southern Miss and Troy. […]

DeSantis Sidesteps Talk of White House Bid

DeSantis Sidesteps Talk of White House Bid

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday continued to sidestep questions about his political future, after former President Donald Trump announced another bid for the White House. Appearing in the Lee County community of Matlacha, DeSantis brushed off a question about the possibility of a Republican civil […]

Leon County Commission Discusses State & Federal Legislative Priorities

Leon County Commission Discusses State & Federal Legislative Priorities

Below are the news briefs from the Leon County Commission 2023 State & Federal Legislative Priorities Workshop that took place on October 25, 2022. The team of legislative advocates provided five projects to the county commission that they are specifically requesting for line-item funding from the state legislature including: $500,000 for backup generators at libraries […]

TR Morning Briefs: 11/18/2022

TR Morning Briefs: 11/18/2022

Local News Tallahassee City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow appeared on The Steve Stewart Show on Thursday. You can listen to the interview here. Following a story by Tallahassee Reports, the Florida PBA Big Bend Chapter is calling for the removal of Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB) member Taylor Biro for “promoting an inappropriate, incendiary, and anti-police […]

Thousands of Students Committed Under Baker Act

Thousands of Students Committed Under Baker Act

By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida had 5,077 incidents of students being involuntarily committed under a mental-health law known as the Baker Act during the past school year, data presented Wednesday to a school-safety commission showed. The Baker Act is a roughly 50-year-old state law that allows courts, law enforcement […]

Tallahassee Community College Partners with Amazon’s Career Choice Program

Tallahassee Community College Partners with Amazon’s Career Choice Program

Tallahassee Community College (TCC) has been selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice Program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees access to training programs in HVAC, Machining, and Welding. In 2023, Amazon’s new Tallahassee fulfillment center is slated to launch. Its opening will create around 1,000 full-time jobs. “We are thrilled to partner with Amazon to provide […]

TR Morning Briefs: 11/17/2022

TR Morning Briefs: 11/17/2022

Local News BREAKING NEWS: Tallahassee City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow is scheduled to appear on The Steve Stewart Show on RealTalk 93.3 FM today at noon to discuss the request by the PBA to remove a Citizen’s Police Review Board member due to bias against law enforcement. A portion of Apalachee Parkway from Calhoun Street to […]

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