LOCAL NEWS The Children’s Services Council of Leon County (CSC Leon) will host its regular Governing Council Meeting on Wednesday, March 5. See the agenda here. Steve Stewart discusses the drop in crime incidents on The Preston Scott show. Steve Stewart discusses the drop in Tallahassee crime incidents during January 2025 on The Preston Scott […]
The Children’s Services Council of Leon County (CSC Leon) will host its regular Governing Council Meeting on Wednesday, March 5. See the agenda below. Members of the public can view the meeting via live stream, when available, on this YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc74A9evhLxbHIrH63-cIbQ.
On Feb. 27, the Maclay Marauders (19-1-2) took on the Tampa Prep Terrapins (15-3-1) in the State Semifinals of the FHSAA 2A State tournament. These two teams met once during the regular season with the Terrapins handing Maclay their only loss of the season on Jan. 17. Coming into the state tournament, Maclay was ranked […]
LOCAL NEWS Incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents in January 2025 declined by 44.3% when compared to incident data from January 2024. The drop was driven by a 49.6% decline in property crime. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the arrests of 19 individuals for trying […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — After announcing his candidacy Tuesday night on Fox News, Florida Congressman Byron Donalds filed paperwork Wednesday to formally enter the 2026 race for governor. Donalds, a Naples Republican, became the first major candidate to enter the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis. Donalds made […]
Incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents in January 2025 declined by 44.3% when compared to incident data from January 2024. The drop was driven by a 49.6% decline in property crime. The January 2025 report comes after total crime incidents in 2024 declined by 9.2% when compared […]
LOCAL NEWS During the joint meeting, commissioners voted to adopt a staff recommendation for the community’s decades-long “comprehensive plan,” a plan that determines how the local government aims to grow and maintain the metro area. Capital City Bank recently announced a newly created executive role of chief banking officer, providing comprehensive oversight of the lending […]
TALLAHASSEE — Taking a page from billionaire Elon Musk’s push to cut federal spending, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday announced a new panel that will review about 900 state positions, university spending, local government spending and the need for about 70 state boards and commissions. Embracing the rapid action by the federal Department of Government […]
LOCAL NEWS The 12-member group met Monday to consider whether Tallahassee State College and Lively Technical College should remain independent and complimentary…or merge and align. The group is divided. The Leon County Commission is holding two workshops today. The 2:00 p.m. workshop is a joint workshop with the City of Tallahassee on the Comprehensive Plan Land […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Tallahassee TALLAHASSEE — All of the state’s 67 counties have entered agreements with federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrant criminals in jails, the Florida Sheriffs Association announced on Monday as the state rushes to assist President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. The agreements bring counties into compliance […]