On July 11th, the Leon County Commission will consider an item that seeks Board approval of the 2024 FY Community Human Services Partnership (CHSP) grant in the amount of $2,298,700 and recommended allocations. The grant represents year two of the current two-year funding cycle. In addition, as requested by the Commission, the item seeks approval […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS WCTV is reporting that that a former Florida corrections officer who is currently on trial for a deadly hit-and-run was arrested multiple times while awaiting his court date. After a federal judge rejected an earlier version of the […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida After a federal judge rejected an earlier version of the case, attorneys for Florida A&M University students this week filed a revised lawsuit alleging that the historically Black university “remains separate and unequal” to other schools in the state. The potential class-action lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. […]
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH),is significantly expanding services to Wakulla County with the construction of a new Urgent Care Center along Crawfordville Highway. A 2.25-acre site near Publix has been secured, and construction will soon begin on the 12,000-square foot facility with an opening expected in early summer 2024. Half of the space will house the […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS Two people were shot at a gas station in Tallahassee on Wednesday night, according to a watch commander with the Tallahassee Police Department….More than a dozen police vehicles were on the scene at about 10 p.m., according to […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS A 16-year-old has been charged with murder in connection to a shooting in a Tallahassee McDonald’s parking lot that left two dead. Kylen Welch was charged with second-degree murder and felony murder Monday in Leon County Court. It […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Saying the case “arises from Florida’s latest assault on the right to vote,” a federal judge Monday blocked parts of a new elections law challenged by voter-registration groups. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, in a 58-page decision, issued a preliminary injunction against parts of […]
A $1.25 million book deal helped drive up Gov. Ron DeSantis’ net worth in 2022, according to an annual financial-disclosure report posted Friday on the Florida Commission on Ethics website. DeSantis listed a net worth of $1,174,331 as of Dec. 31, up from $318,986 a year earlier. DeSantis, who is running for president, listed $1.25 […]
A Leon County mother claims a book in the Hawks Rise Elementary School library – that refers to the sexuality of Billie Jean King – is inappropriate. Katie Lyon filed a complaint under a new review process recently adopted by the Leon School Board after her 2nd grade daughter brought home a book from her […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS The Leon County School Board held its monthly meeting on June 27th and addressed a number of topics. Read TR’s meeting briefs. Last week, between June 19 and June 23, the Tallahassee Police Department’s General Narcotics Unit conducted enhanced […]