At the January 12th meeting, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board will vote on approving infrastructure priorities as identified by the Downtown Redevelopment Commission (DRC). The CRA vote to fund the improvements will be taken up at the January 28th meeting. The proposed infrastructure projects are estimated to cost a total of $1.1 million. If […]
During the upcoming Leon County School Board meeting, the board is set to discuss two proposed agreements involving increased resources for Leon County students: a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Railey and Associates and a cooperative agreement with the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. The MOU between Leon County School and Railey and Associates, a local […]
Julie Meadows-Keefe, the former Ethics Officer for the City of Tallahassee’s Independent Ethics Board has been arrested according to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office daily booking report. The booking report shows that Meadows-Keefe was arrested on January 11th and charged with “STALKING FOLLOW HARASS CYBERSTALK ANOTHER.” The charge is related to a romantic relationship she […]
TR’s weekly report (January 3 – January 10) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s January 3rd weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending January 3rd, shows increases in new cases and hospitalizations with the positivity rate trending down. The Numbers The Leon County 7-day average […]
A Tallahassee Reports review of 2020 Leon County Sheriff Office booking reports show that arrests are down by approximately 30% when compared to arrests before the COVID pandemic became an issue in Leon County. Incarcerations, while less than arrests, tracked the arrest trend during this period. Before the COVID pandemic, data from 2019 and the […]
Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil appeared on the The Morning Show with Preston Scott on Friday, January 9. He discussed several issues including the homelessness problem that appears to be growing in Leon County. On the current state of public safety in Leon County, McNeil stated that after a tumultuous 2020 there is a huge […]
The agenda for the City Commission retreat next week has been released. The retreat, which is hosted annually, is slated for Wednesday, Jan. 13. According to the agenda, the top priorities for the retreat include the City’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, updates on the local economy, the first annual review of the 2020-2024 […]
Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey recently commented on the violence that took place in Washington D.C. on January 6th via his twitter account. On January 6th, Mayor Dailey tweeted from @MayorOfTLH: “I am horrified at what we’re seeing at the U.S. Capitol today. This is an attack on our democracy. In this country we respect the […]
According to a Florida Department of Health Report, 384,223 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine. This includes 14,601 people who have received the second dose of the vaccine. Listed below is the daily distribution of the vaccine since December 24th. The numbers for Leon County show that 6,850 people have received the vaccine and 12 […]
The Leon County Department of Health gave a community update on Jan. 4, 2021, about the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Leon County. The Leon County Department of Health is working with its partners to distribute the vaccine and working under the guidance of the Florida Department of Health. The populations that are first in […]