In November 2019, Danielle Irwin filed to run for Leon County Commissioner At Large, Group 1. She is joined in the race by Melissa Villar, Jeff Hendry, Scott Flowers, Kelly Otte, Robin Colson, and Carolyn Cummings. Incumbent Mary Ann Lindley is retiring. Irwin is currently the director of Cummins | Cederberg Coastal and Marine Engineering. […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With millions of Floridians seeking to vote by mail amid the coronavirus pandemic, postal officials have warned Secretary of State Laurel Lee that the state is at risk of having ballots go uncounted in the November presidential election. Florida, a battleground in the election, is […]
Carolyn Cummings filed to run for Leon County Commission, at Large Group 1 in March 2020. Melissa Villar, Jeff Hendry, Scott Flowers, Danielle Irwin, Kelly Otte, and Robin Colson are also running for the position. Incumbent Mary Ann Lindley is retiring. Cummings is an attorney with over 35 years of experience in government and general […]
The Network of Entrepreneurs and Business Advocates held a forum with the three candidates vying for Tallahassee City Commission Seat 1. The candidates are current City Commissioner Elaine Bryant, Jack Porter, and William Moore. Listed below are paraphrased answers from the candidates for ten questions that we found to be the most direct and decisive. […]
The latest COVID fatality data shows that Leon County – with 8.9 deaths per 100,000 residents – has the lowest COVID fatality rate among Florida’s 67 counties. Florida’s overall COVID fatality rate is 40.8 deaths per 100,000 residents. The data is as August 11, 2020. The table below shows the COVID fatality rate by county […]
In February 2020, Robin Colson filed to run for Leon County Commissioner At Large, Group 1. She is joined by Erik David, Melissa Villar, Jeff Hendry, Lisa Brown, Scott Flowers, Danielle Irwin, Kelly Otte, Carolyn Cummings, and John Moran. Incumbent Mary Ann Lindley is retiring. Colson currently works as the Director of Organizational Learning and […]
Just over two weeks before the scheduled opening of K-12 schools, the COVID positivity rate in Leon County – measured as a 7-day average – has been trending down over the last 37 days. As the chart below shows, the positivity rate peaked at 9.57% on July 4th and has trended down to the current […]
The News Service of Florida Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare have agreed to partner on a testing procedure and a lab facility that will allow university students, faculty and staff to receive COVID-19 test results in 24 hours or less. “The ability to do this testing and quickly get results could be the […]
Geraldine Seay filed to run for City Commission Seat 2 in October 2019. Trish Brown, Lynette Halter, Bill Schack, and incumbent Curtis Richardson are also running. Seay worked as the owner and executive director of B Sharps Jazz Society in Frenchtown. She has also worked as an associate professor at Florida A&M University, an assistant […]
A chart describing Tallahassee as one of the US cities with the fastest growth in COVID cases was shared on social media over the weekend by at least one Tallahassee elected officials and other community leaders. TR looked into the numbers and discovered the reference to Tallahassee in the graphic by FOX News included a […]