Kaylin Johnson of Chiles High School, Ally Doughty of Chiles High School and Lauren Taylor Lozano of Lincoln High School have been named TR’s Leon County High School Volleyball Players of the Week for week six of the season, ending September 30. All three winners this week are repeat winners. The awards are based on an analysis […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Saying “it makes no sense,” President Joe Biden on Thursday pardoned thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession under federal law and instructed his administration to consider whether cannabis should get a new drug classification. The president’s announcement — four weeks ahead of the mid-term […]
By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A closely watched race for a North Florida state Senate seat long held by Democrats continued to heat up Monday, as incumbent Loranne Ausley and Republican challenger Corey Simon went toe-to-toe on guns, abortion and education issues. Ausley, the scion of a politically connected North […]
Below are the news briefs from the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Board of Directors Meeting that took place on September 29, 2022. __ Towards the beginning of the meeting, during the “Citizens to be Heard” segment, one public speaker called upon the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency to consider entering into professional archival research into the historic African […]
State general revenue came in $20.4 million higher than anticipated in August. A report posted Friday by the Florida Legislature’s Office of Economic & Demographic Research said the state collected nearly $3.44 billion in net general revenue during the month. The amount topped a projection that was made Aug. 16 by the state’s Revenue Estimating […]
Below are the news briefs from the Leon County School Board meeting that took place on September 27, 2022. __ The school board a report from Chief Jimmy Williams from LCS (Leon County Schools) Safety and Security. Williams reported to the school board an executive summary of the improvements made to schools across the district […]
The latest jobs report shows that there were 154,547 people working in Leon County in August, which is 1,266 more than last month’s revised employment number. The August unemployment rate came in at 2.8%, down from the 3.0% reported last month. One year ago, the August 2021 unemployment rate was 4.3%. In August, 2019 the […]
This Saturday at 3:30 pm the Seminoles will host the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on ABC. Wake is 3-1 on the season with wins over Virginia Military Institute, Vanderbilt and Liberty and the lone loss to Clemson. FSU has a 30-8-1 all time record versus the Deacons. Wake has won the last two meetings with […]
Progressive Leader Calls Police Chief and Police Officers Murderers At last Wednesday’s city commission meeting – during the time allocated for public speakers – Delilah Pierre took the opportunity to address elected officials with a 3-mintue commentary which contained objectional language and comments referring to Police Chief Lawrence Revell and TPD officers as murderers. Pierre […]
A Florida Democratic campaign committee has taken the first shot in the race for Florida Senate District 3 that pits incumbent Loranne Ausley against challenger Corey Simon. A campaign mailer that contends Simon will turn “our schools into shooting ranges” began hitting mailboxes this past week. The post card – as shown below – contains […]