By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Two years after Republican lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a controversial measure restricting the use of personal pronouns in schools, legislative debate about the gender-related issue could shift to cities and counties. John Labriola, a lobbyist for Christian Family Coalition Florida, told Marion County […]
At times, Tallahassee feels more like a small town than a city, and never more so than during an election sea- son, such as the one recently concluded. Campaign signs dotted the yards of Tallahassee with the familiar faces of city commission candidates—more than faces, these people are friends and neighbors. Folks like Curtis Richardson, […]
LOCAL NEWS The TPD Incident Report published on Jan. 8 shows 22 incidents. Get the details. Detective Ciara Mercado was selected as Sworn Law Enforcement Employee of the Month for December 2024. Get the details. The Leon County Commission recently approved the 2025 Citizen Engagement Series, Club of Honest Citizens, and To the Village Square, […]
Detective Ciara Mercado was selected as Sworn Law Enforcement Employee of the Month for December 2024. Detective Mercado began her career with LCSO in February 2019 as a Uniform Patrol Deputy and has since served in various roles, including School Resource Deputy, Crime Scene, and now the Special Investigations Unit. Nominated by Lieutenant Pepper Norrman […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida The Florida Senate and Secretary of State Cord Byrd last week urged a panel of federal judges to reject a lawsuit alleging that part of a 2022 Senate redistricting plan is unconstitutional because two Tampa Bay-area districts were racially gerrymandered. Attorneys for Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, […]
LOCAL NEWS Incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents in 2024 declined by 9.2% when compared to incident data from 2023. The drop was driven by a 20.1% decline in violent crime. Florida Realtors Report: YTD numbers show there have been 3,303 single-family transactions in the Tallahassee MSA […]
The Florida Realtors November 2024 report on single-family sales activity in Florida shows there were 17,095 transactions, down 3.5% when compared to November 2023. Year-to Date (YTD) numbers show that single – family sales transactions in Florida were down 3.1% eleven months into 2024 when compared to last year. On the pricing front, the November […]
Incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents in 2024 declined by 9.2% when compared to incident data from 2023. The drop was driven by a 20.1% decline in violent crime. The decline comes after a controversial property tax increase was passed to address increasing violent crime trends in […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida Pointing to Florida’s decades-long fight with deadly citrus greening disease and damage from hurricanes, a major grower Monday announced it will “wind down” citrus operations and focus on more-profitable uses of its land. Fort Myers-based Alico Inc. said it will not spend additional money on citrus operations […]
LOCAL NEWS TPD reported 22 incidents over the last two days. Get the details. The City Commission recently voted unanimously to approve the $300,000 purchase of the Tish Byrd House and Community Gardens property located on W. Georgia Street between N. Macomb Street and N. MLK Jr. Boulevard. LOCAL SPORTS NEWS On Saturday, Jan. 4th, the […]