LOCAL NEWS Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a deadly two-vehicle crash that shut down all northbound lanes of Thomasville Road just south of Iamonia Cut-Off Road on Thursday. Leon County Commissioner Rick Minor launched his reelection campaign at a holiday party at the Tallahassee Garden Club Wednesday night. Steve Stewart discusses possible sale of […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A divided federal appeals court Thursday sided with abortion opponents and ruled a Clearwater ordinance creating a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic violates First Amendment rights. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, ordered a district judge […]
LOCAL NEWS Crime incident report: Despite the year-to-date declines, over the last three months violent crime incidents related to assaults are up 48% when compared to the same three-month period in 2024. Steve Stewart discusses the recent increase in violent crime incidents. The Florida State University Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship (JMC) is ranked as a Top […]
By Stephen Stone, FSU News The Florida State University Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship (JMC) is ranked as a Top 10 public undergraduate entrepreneurship program according to The Princeton Review’s list of Top Schools for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Programs of 2026. The college is also ranked second in the South, second in the state of Florida and 18th […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — After a ruling last week allowed Florida to begin enforcing a 2024 law designed to prevent children from having access to certain social-media sites, tech industry groups Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to quickly hear arguments about whether the law violates First Amendment rights. […]
Through November, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 24.9% when compared to incident data from January thru November in 2024. The drop was driven by a 42.9% decline in commercial burglaries and a 31.5% decline auto related crime incidents. Despite the year-to-date declines, […]
LOCAL NEWS A Tallahassee man who shot his neighbor’s dog inside a vehicle has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and 10 years probation. John Pender claimed the dog bit his child, but no injuries were found. Opinion: Property Tax Reform on the Agenda FLORIDA NEWS Four proposed constitutional amendments aimed at reducing property […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Four proposed constitutional amendments aimed at reducing property taxes for homeowners continued moving forward Tuesday in the Florida House, despite concerns about how they could hit funding for local services. The Republican-controlled State Affairs Committee voted along party lines to approve the proposals, including a […]
LOCAL NEWS Ground-breaking for the first phase of Charlie and Tonja Ward’s Champions Ranch in south Tallahassee happened first thing Monday, Dec. 1. The athletics and education complex is already nearly halfway to its fundraising goal. The agenda for the Leon County Commission December 9 meeting is now public. Topics include city-county consolidation, fire services […]
By Curtis Baynes On November 3, 2026, Florida voters may make a transformative decision about the future of property taxes. It’s too early to know the precise nature of the expected change but, so far, the proposals target non-school taxes, meaning that, at a minimum, property tax abolition for school-related taxation is not in the […]