Nine months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 29.7% when compared to incident data from January thru September in 2024. The drop was driven by a 48.5% decline in commercial burglaries and a 33.4% decline auto related crime incidents. Despite the […]
LOCAL NEWS The Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has arrested a teen after shots were fired Friday afternoon on the eastbound exit ramp at I-10 and Thomasville Road. Steve Stewart interviews Florida House Rep. Gallop Franklin. LOCAL SPORTS On October 3, the Rickards Raiders (2–5) hosted the Bishop Kenny Crusaders (2–2) in a non-conference matchup. Rickards, […]
The Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has arrested a teen after shots were fired Friday afternoon on the eastbound exit ramp at I-10 and Thomasville Road. According to reports, three vehicles were hit and two people in separate vehicles were struck. A woman was hurt and a man was seriously injured. LCSO, with help from the […]
Leon County prosecutors have convened a grand jury to explore possible wrongdoing associated with Hope Florida, according to a report Friday by the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee bureau. State Attorney Jack Campbell’s office over the past few weeks issued subpoenas for witnesses to appear before the grand jury during the week of Oct. 13, […]
LOCAL NEWS The Leon County Sheriff’s Office is preparing the second edition of its Anatomy of a Homicide project. The report will look into local gun-violence incidents from 2021 through the end of this year. Sheriff Walt McNeil says the report serves as an important tool to understand who commits crime in our community and […]
On Sep. 30, Wakulla High School hosted a three team, 9-hole format, boys golf tournament at Wakulla Sands Golf Club against Maclay and Lincoln. Lincoln won the tournament as a team by a margin of six strokes while breaking two school records. Not only did Lincoln break the school record for a team score by […]
By The News Service of Florida Federal government attorneys Thursday urged a judge to reject certifying as a class action a lawsuit alleging that immigrants at a detention center in the Everglades are being denied proper access to lawyers. Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other defendants pushed back against a request […]
By Jay Waagmeester, Florida Phoenix Escambia County did not violate students’ First Amendment rights in keeping from them a book about two male penguins raising a chick together, a federal judge found this week. In a suit between the authors of the book and the Escambia County School Board, Chief U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor […]
On Saturday at 7:30 on ABC Florida State will host the Miami Hurricanes. Miami is #3 in the AP poll and is 4-0. The four wins came against Notre Dame, Bethune-Cookman, South Florida and Florida. Observations from the last game After an agonizing loss it feels like the season is over but with the 12-team […]
LOCAL NEWS The Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 to move forward with Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare sale negotiations with Florida State University during its first presentation Wednesday about the proposed academic health center agreement between FSU and TMH. Tune into Real Talk 93.3 for The Steve Stewart Show today at 12:00 p.m. Topics: Latest local news and an interview […]