Violent Crimes Trending Up, Property Crimes Remain at 3-Year Low

Violent Crimes Trending Up, Property Crimes Remain at 3-Year Low

TPD crime incident numbers for January 2026 are in. The numbers show that property crime and violent crime incidents are up when compared to January 2025. The broader 12-month trends show that property incidents, after months of declining, have leveled out while violent crime incidents, after declining, are trending up. Over the last three months […]

Data Center Power, Water Usage Discussed

Data Center Power, Water Usage Discussed

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Legislation seeking to create a regulatory framework that would address key issues such as electricity and water use from massive data centers continues to move in the Florida Senate, while the House has yet to take similar action. The Senate Community Affairs Committee backed a measure Tuesday […]

Florida Senate Budget Rollout Delayed

Florida Senate Budget Rollout Delayed

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Senate Appropriations Chairman Sen. Ed Hooper, R-Trinity, said Wednesday his chamber’s planned roll out of the proposed fiscal year 2026-2027 budget has been delayed a week as they await action from the House. “Traditionally, the House and Senate roll their budgets out the same week,” Hooper told […]

LCS Responds to Potential ICE Demonstrations by Students

LCS Responds to Potential ICE Demonstrations by Students

On Wednesday, Leon County high school principals sent out emails to parents and students addressing the consequences of demonstrations addressing the national controversy over ICE enforcement of federal immigration laws. The email (shown below) recognized the students’ constitutional rights to free speech but noted that “district’s primary responsibility is to maintain safe, orderly schools and […]

The TR Daily Briefs: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

The TR Daily Briefs: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

TALLAHASSEE REPORTS Wednesday, February 4, 2026 Weather: Today, chance of showers and thunderstorms, high near 63. Tonight, showers likely, low around 38. Thursday, sunny with a high near 52. Thursday night, low around 31. NWS LCSO Booking Report 02-03-26: On Tuesday there 20 arrests and 15 incarcerations including a hold for ICE. See report here. […]

Leon County Owns 529 Parcels, 5,748 Acres

Leon County Owns 529 Parcels, 5,748 Acres

The Leon County Division of Real Estate Management (Division of Real Estate), created in 2012, recently released an annual update on County real estate related activities. As of December 31, 2025, the County Real Estate Portfolio consisted of 529 parcels totaling 5,748 acres, and 96 buildings with 2,252,539 square feet. These buildings have various uses. […]

University and College ‘Guardian’ Bill Moving Forward

University and College ‘Guardian’ Bill Moving Forward

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida An effort to expand the armed “school guardian” program to colleges and universities, following a deadly on-campus shooting near the Capitol last year, took another step forward in the House Tuesday. Calling for select post-secondary employees to be trained and armed, the Education & Employment Committee unanimously […]

Tallahassee Man Pleads Guilty to Communicating Threats to Injure Children

Tallahassee Man Pleads Guilty to Communicating Threats to Injure Children

Demetrius Alpha Omega Murray, 33, has pleaded guilty in federal court regarding the six-count Indictment for interstate communication of threats to injure children. The allegations in the Indictment caused the lockdown of three Tallahassee area schools. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the guilty plea. U.S. Attorney Heekin […]

December Revenue Misses Forecast

December Revenue Misses Forecast

By The News Service of Florida State general revenue collections fell just short of expectations in December primarily because of corporate income tax refunds. The Legislature’s Office of Economic & Demographic Research reported last week that Florida collected about $4.393 billion in net general revenue in December, $6.5 million or 0.1 percent under an amount […]

The TR Daily Briefs: Tuesday, February 3, 2026

The TR Daily Briefs: Tuesday, February 3, 2026

TALLAHASSEE REPORTS Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Weather: Today, mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Tonight, a low around 46. Wednesday, high near 64. Wednesday night, low around 38. NWS LCSO Booking Report 02-02-26: On Monday there were 31 arrests -with 27 individuals incarcerated for crimes that included a carjacking and several domestic assaults. See […]

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