On Aug 19th, the 2025-2026 Leon County high school volleyball season got underway with the Lincoln Trojans hosting the Chiles Timberwolves. Going 28-1 last year, the 5A state champ Timberwolves have high hopes for the season with multiple notable players returning. These players include Natalie Gibson (Sr.), Eva Goodson (Sr.) and Lindsay Smith (Sr.). Chiles […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Legislative leaders, a state Supreme Court justice and a former governor were among a host of heavyweights who paid homage Tuesday to “the epitome of a servant leader,” former Florida State University President and former House Speaker John Thrasher. Several hundred people gathered at Ruby […]
LOCAL NEWS The City of Tallahassee has responded to the recent decisions by the Leon County Commission related to the controversial increase in the fire services fee. The Tallahassee Police Department recently provided a synopsis of a robbery which resulted in a homicide. In the historic Heritage Museum at Dodd Hall, surrounded by family, colleagues […]
By The News Service of Florida Average gasoline prices in Florida continue to linger around $3 a gallon, increasing 3 cents over the past week. The AAA auto club said Florida motorists Monday paid an average of $3.07 for a gallon of regular unleaded, up from $3.04 a week earlier. Average prices have remained around […]
By Jay Waagmeester, The Florida Phoenix Florida state troopers have charged a truck driver with three counts of vehicular manslaughter following a crash in St. Lucie County last week. The truck driver, Harjinder Singh, entered the United States illegally in 2018, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Singh holds a […]
The Tallahassee Police Department recently provided a synopsis of a robbery which resulted in a homicide. The incident took place on Saturday, August 16 at 11:30 p.m. at the Leon Arms Apartments. Leon Arms is a family low-income housing apartment subsidized by the federal governments Housing and Urban Development Division. According to TPD, on August […]
The City of Tallahassee has responded to the recent decisions by the Leon County Commission related to the controversial increase in the fire services fee. In a letter (provided below) to County Manager Vince Long, City Manage Reese Goad said that the city would move forward with the fire services fee increase for city residents […]
LOCAL NEWS The latest jobs report shows the Leon County July unemployment rate increased to 4.4%. The June unemployment rate was 4.3%. Leon County’s after-school program is once again looking to the local Children’s Services Council for help propping up its budget. That move comes after the state last week informed 27 counties, including Leon, […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent in July, with a state economist saying demand remains high for workers. “The number of job openings is up from the same point in the year before,” Jimmy Heckman, chief of workforce statistics and economic research at the […]
Benjamin Lester Abberger III, who worked on the 1976 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas and worked as a Cabinet aide to Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter, died on August 15, 2025. He was 72. He was born to Nancy Hardy Abberger and Benjamin Lester Abberger, Jr., M.D. on November […]