We started off analyzing the Top Offensive and Top Defensive Leon County High School Volleyball Players. Now it is time to turn our attention to serves and aces to identify the best servers. As previously noted, TR created a Points per Set (Pts/Set) calculation for four different categories. The categories are Offensive, Defensive, Servers, and All […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida will pull $2 billion from the largest asset-management firm in the world over ideological differences. State Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced Thursday that Florida will immediately freeze about $1.43 billion in long-term securities and about $600 million in short-term overnight investments managed by […]
Local News A number of citizens voiced support for Taylor Biro via email or in person during Thursday’s meeting of the Tallahassee Citizens Police Review Board. Biro – a member of the CPRB – has been under fire for her anti-law enforcement views. The Florida PBA Big Bend Chapter is calling for the removal of […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A Leon County circuit judge has sided with a subsidiary of the Target retail chain in a battle with the Florida Department of Revenue about millions of dollars in corporate income taxes. Judge J. Lee Marsh issued an 11-page decision Monday rejecting the department’s arguments […]
The 2022 evaluations of appointed officials by Tallahassee City Commissioners were recently completed. The appointed officials include City Manager Reese Goad, City Attorney Cassandra Jackson, Treasurer Clerk Jim Cooke, and Inspector General Dennis Sutton. Appointed officials were notified of their evaluation in a memorandum sent by Mayor John Dailey on November 16, 2022. The memorandum […]
Local News Newly sworn-in Leon County Commissioner Christian Caban has named Allison Richards as his top aide. Richards is the daughter of the late Leon County Commissioner Jimbo Jackson, and Caban is the first commissioner from District 2 to not live in the Fort Braden community in over two decades. Richards’ role will include coordinating […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Andrew Warren, a twice-elected Hillsborough County state attorney suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis in August, took the stand Tuesday as he testified in a federal lawsuit aimed at getting his job back. Warren’s testimony came on the first day of a trial before U.S. District […]
Local News A man accused of firing into a crowd at Half Time Liquors on West Pensacola Street in late October is now on trial. The alleged suspect, De’Arius Cannon was shot by law enforcement and spent multiple days in the hospital. The charge was upgraded to second degree murder in the death of DeMario […]
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend Announce New Board Member Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend recently announced their newest Board Member, Dustin Rivest. Rivest is a native to Tallahassee. After graduating from Lincoln High School he went on to play football on scholarship at Florida International University as a kicker. […]
The latest information from the Tallahassee International Airport shows that October 2022 passenger traffic was 77,935. October traffic increased 9.0% when compared to traffic one year ago. The number of passengers was up 6,409 from the 71,526 reported during October 2021. However, traffic was down 1.3% or 994 passengers when compared to the pre-COVID passenger […]