LOCAL NEWS Analysis of voter data shows that the 2024 ballot referendum to increase city commissioner salaries passed with overwhelming support from southside voters. Big Bend Cares, a nonprofit celebrating 40 years of providing health care, housing and supportive services throughout the Big Bend, announced on December 1 that Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos […]
Analysis of voter data shows that the 2024 ballot referendum to increase city commissioner salaries passed with overwhelming support from southside voters. The city charter amendment, which proposed to raise the salaries of a city commissioner from $48,000 to $96,000 avoided mentioning those dollar figures in the ballot language. Instead, the language asked, “Shall the […]
By Christine Sexton, Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis may get a chance to appoint up to 25 additional judges in his final year in office if the Florida Legislature goes along with a new request from the state Supreme Court. DeSantis has repeatedly boasted about his efforts to reshape Florida’s judicial branch, including the state […]
Big Bend Cares, a nonprofit celebrating 40 years of providing health care, housing and supportive services throughout the Big Bend, announced on December 1 that Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos are recognizing the organization with a $5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund. This investment is the largest private gift in […]
On Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN2 the Seminoles will be in Gainesville to take on the Florida Gators. The Gators are 3-8 on the season with wins against Long Island, Texas and Mississippi State and losses to South Florida, LSU, Miami, Texas A&M, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. FSU is 28-38-2 versus UF all […]
LOCAL NEWS Review the news briefs from the Leon County Commission meeting held on November 18, 2025. Those in the Tallahassee area outside of city limits are noticing a new fee on their property tax bill: the fire services fee. A Tallahassee man has pleaded guilty to “distribution of child pornography and receipt of child […]
On Nov. 22nd, three different classifications of cross-country state meets took place at Apalachee Regional Park including multiple Leon County schools. The Chiles girls cross country team was the only Leon County team to win a state title placing first in the FHSAA 3A meet. 1A Maclay and Community Christian (CCS) both had multiple runners […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A divided federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that Florida can begin enforcing a 2024 law aimed at preventing children from having access to certain social-media platforms, rejecting arguments that the measure violates First Amendment rights. A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, […]
LOCAL NEWS Bill Cotterell, a reporter and columnist who covered Florida government and politics for more than four decades with a blend of doggedness and humor, died Monday as he tried to recover at a rehabilitation center from norovirus and a bleeding ulcer. City Commissioner Jack Porter recently voted against a $625,000 federal grant awarded […]
During the last city commission meeting, City Commissioner Jack Porter, saying hiring more police officers will not impact crime, voted against a consent item from the city’s consent agenda related to a $625,000 federal grant awarded to the city to aid in funding police officer salaries to address violent crime. The final was 4-1, in […]