Florida State University and Tallahassee City Manager Reese Goad have agreed to a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will serve as the basis for the transfer of all city-owned hospital assets currently leased to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Inc. (TMH) The City Commission is scheduled to take action on the MOU at the next regularly […]
LOCAL NEWS Nearly 100 Griffin Middle School students considered “at-risk” got a reality check on Friday. It was the first in a series of special assemblies that will be taking place at the district’s Title One middle schools in the coming year. Steve Stewart discusses the media coverage of TMH-FSU merger issue. A bicyclist has […]
On Dec. 15th, the Maclay boys soccer team (7-1-2) played a non-conference away match against Suwannee (6-6-3) in Live Oak, FL. The Marauders could not hang on in the second half, as they lost to the Bulldogs giving them their first loss of the 2025-2026 season. Maclay is one of the top Leon County teams […]
By The News Service of Florida Florida motorists paid an average of $2.79 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline Monday, down 12 cents from a week earlier. And the average price is expected to remain under the $3 mark as millions of Floridians are expected to hit the roads for the end-of-the-year holidays, according to […]
LOCAL NEWS The Leon County School District is moving full-speed-ahead to bring the county’s displaced Head Start program into elementary schools that have unused space as enrollment numbers decline. Steve Stewart discusses the latest on the 4-3 vote against allowing for more single-family construction in Leon County. Obituary: Dr. John Robert Sanders, 78, passed away […]
By Christine Sexton, Florida Phoenix The push by Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo to repeal some of the state’s vaccine requirements for public schools and day care kicked off Friday with a lengthy and contentious hearing held in a hotel in Florida’s Panhandle. Ladapo made the call to get rid of […]
LOCAL NEWS The Leon County school system this week urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a high-profile appeal by a couple who allege their rights were violated after a child wanted to express a gender identity and use pronouns the parents didn’t support. Steve Stewart discusses the 3-2 vote to sell the golf course […]
By The News Service of Florida A proposal that would require all Florida private employers to use the federal E-Verify system to check the immigration status of new workers is ready to go to the full House after the 2026 legislative session starts. The Republican-controlled House Commerce Committee on Thursday voted 16-5 along party lines […]
By The News Service of Florida Florida had a 3.9 percent unemployment rate in September, the state said Thursday after a delay in releasing numbers because of this fall’s federal government shutdown. The numbers depend on information from the U.S. Department of Labor. The Florida Department of Commerce will release October and November numbers on […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The Leon County school system this week urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a high-profile appeal by a couple who allege their rights were violated after a child wanted to express a gender identity and use pronouns the parents didn’t support. In a 38-page […]