The opening of a Hustler Hollywood in Tallahassee has generated some controversy, in part, due to a location that is less than a mile from Sealy Elementary School. However, the City of Tallahassee says the store, which is located at the corner of North Monroe and Lakeshore Drive, meets all zoning regulations. Hustler Hollywood is […]
There were more people working in September in Leon county than ever before. The unemployment rate reached a level not seen since 2007. And, the workforce in Leon county has reached historic levels. Here are the numbers. The latest employment information shows that Leon County added 4,933 jobs in September, 2019. One year ago Leon […]
Saturday at 7:30 PM on ACC Network the Seminoles will be in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to take on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Wake Forest is 5-1 on the season with their five wins coming against Utah State, Rice, North Carolina, Elon and Boston College. Their lone loss came against Louisville last weekend. The last […]
Former U.S. Attorney Pamela Marsh will become president of the First Amendment Foundation on Dec. 1, the open-government advocacy group announced Friday. Marsh, who served as U.S. attorney from 2010 to 2015 in the Northern District of Florida, will replace longtime foundation President Barbara Petersen. Marsh is an attorney at the Tallahassee firm Ausley McMullen. […]
The City Commission voted to narrow the list of potential sites for the new Tallahassee Police Department headquarters to two locations. The two locations are the Lake Bradford Road Wastewater Treatment Plant, 1815 Lake Bradford Road and the Northwood Centre, 1904 N. Monroe Street/514 W. Tharpe Street. Both properties are City-owned, which will avoid any […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Potential environmental impacts from a series of controversial toll-road projects could start to be known shortly after the start of the new year. Will Watts, chief engineer for the Florida Department of Transportation, said Wednesday that preliminary routes for the three projects will be based […]
The City Commissioners reviewed a proposed audit of City contracts at their Oct. 16 meeting. The audit relates to former City Commissioner Scott Maddox’s recent guilty plea in Federal court, which revealed honest services fraud and other crimes committed throughout his term on the city commission. At their last meeting, the Commissioners directed City Auditor […]
Tallahassee City Commissioners heard a status report on marijuana reform efforts at their Oct. 16 meeting. Staff was directed to prepare the report at their Sept. 11 meeting to further discuss the issue. In the end City Commissioners opted not to move forward with an city ordinance addressing the issue. Recreational marijuana is currently illegal […]
It seems clear that the Independent Ethics Board has no intention of removing the Ethics Officer, Julie Meadows-Keefe, before her declared resignation date of February, 2020. Amid calls for her removal by business leaders and the Citizens for Ethics Reform, there was some thought that the Ethics Board would address the issue at their monthly […]
At the October 15th meeting, the Leon County Commission voted to establish a short list of four candidates to interview for the soon to be vacant County Attorney position. The vote came after a long discussion about changing the process so that more people could apply for the position. However, consensus could not be reached […]