On Nov. 15, Alex Parker (Jr.) (pictured on the left) competed in the two-day 3A FHSAA state tournament at the Mission Inn Resort located in Howey-In-The-Hills, Fl. This year Parker was the only golfer from Leon County to qualify for the boy’s state tournament as an individual. Parker started the tournament off with a round […]
On Saturday at 1:30 p.m. on the ACC Network Extra/Tubi, the Seminoles will host the Charleston Southern Buccaneers. Charleston Southern is 1-10 on the season with a win against Furman and losses to the Citadel, Richmond, Tennessee State, Western Illinois, Lindenwood, Southeastern Missouri State, Tennessee Tech, Gardner-Webb, Tennessee Martin and Eastern Illinois. FSU is 2-0 […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was part of President-elect Donald Trump’s defense team during his first impeachment trial, was nominated Thursday by Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general. The appointment came hours after former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from […]
Northeast Tallahassee flexed its electoral muscles in the city commission race pitting incumbent City Commissioner Curtis Richardson against challenger Dot Inman-Johnson, propelling Richardson to a narrow victory. The hotly contested race, which would have flipped control of the city commission to the progressive movement, was decided by less 1,200 votes. The Numbers Richardson received 42,020 […]
LOCAL NEWS Tallahassee is getting its first wave of Wawa fuel stations, starting with one located at 1495 Capital Circle Northwest. On November 19th, the Leon County Board of County Commissioners (Board) approved funding for a new public relations and digital marketing services initiative. Get the details. On November 19th, the Leon County Board of County […]
On November 19th, the Leon County Board of County Commissioners (Board) approved funding for a new public relations and digital marketing services initiative. This award will go to providing a wide variety of marketing and advertising services geared towards boosting tourism. This comes at the request of the Leon County Division of Tourism, and the […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Tallahassee TALLAHASSEE — Florida education leaders want parents to be reminded annually that they can face consequences if their children report false threats of violence. The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved a rule change that will require school districts to make training available to parents and […]
LOCAL NEWS After a bruising election cycle that featured Tallahassee city commissioners Jeremy Matlow and Jack Porter actively working to unseat their colleague and current City Commissioner Curtis Richardson, Porter was passed over for the ceremonial role of mayor pro-tem. The Leon County Commission has a new set of leaders and with them, some new […]
On Nov. 16 the FHSAA Cross Country State Championship finals meet took place at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, FL. High schools from Tallahassee that participated included Chiles, Lincoln, Leon, Maclay, JPII, FSUHS, and CCS. All results provided below were found on the MileSplit website. Boys Chiles, Lincoln and Leon all had teams competing in […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Sen. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, began a two-year term as Florida Senate president Tuesday, saying he will hold the insurance industry accountable and try to lead a “rural renaissance.” Albritton, a citrus grower who succeeded Naples Republican Kathleen Passidomo as president, pointed to damage caused by […]