TALLAHASSEE, FL – September 5, 2025 – The Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) and the Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority Board recently announced that COCA has been selected as one of the 100 nonprofit organizations to progress to the public voting stage of the 2026-2028 Levitt Music Series Grant. The Levitt Foundation received more than […]
Florida this week began accepting immigrant detainees at a repurposed prison in Baker County as part of the state’s support of President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation efforts, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office. The use of Baker Correctional Institution, which the state mothballed as a prison four years ago because of staffing shortages, coincided with a […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The city of Miami Beach has challenged a controversial directive by the Florida Department of Transportation to remove art and markings on streets — including LGBTQ-themed rainbow crosswalks. The city filed a challenge Thursday at the state Division of Administrative Hearings, arguing that the Department […]
The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family was convicted Thursday of murder in the killing of her former son-in-law, a prominent law professor who was locked in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife when he was gunned down in 2014. The Leon County School Board weekly meeting addressed high preforming schools, school enrollment, […]
She lived a remarkable and adventurous life full of love, creativity, and purpose. A devoted educator, traveler, artist, and mother, she left a profound impact on generations of children, her community, and—above all—her beloved family. Born on December 28, 1924, in London, Ohio, to Chester Pearl Roberts and Hilda Grace Loveless Roberts, Anne was the […]
This Saturday at 12 noon the no. 14 Seminoles host the East Texas A&M Lions in Doak Campbell Stadium. The game will be on the ACC Network. The Lions are 0-1 with a 45-13 loss to SMU. Observations from the last game Both sides of the ball were disciplined, relentless and physical the whole game. […]
LOCAL NEWS The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family was convicted Thursday of murder in the killing of her former son-in-law, a prominent law professor who was locked in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife when he was gunned down in 2014. Steve Stewart discusses the latest crime trends in Tallahassee and a […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s once-dominant citrus industry is being squeezed for land at an accelerating rate. The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week reported that the industry is entering the 2025-2026 growing season with 208,183 acres in use for producing oranges, grapefruit and specialty fruits, 24 percent fewer […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Siding with the DeSantis and Trump administrations, a federal appeals-court panel Thursday put on hold a judge’s ruling requiring the wind-down of operations at a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
LOCAL NEWS Check out the news briefs from the Tallahassee City Commission meeting held on September 3, 2025. At the September 3rd, 2025, city commission meeting, elected officials received an information update. FLORIDA NEWS State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Wednesday vowed to end vaccine mandates in Florida, putting the state in the middle of […]