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 […]
On Wednesday, Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey appeared on the Preston Scott show and discussed his positions on Black Lives Matter and the Tallahassee Police Department. At the beginning of the segment, Scott asked Dailey to clarify his position on Black Lives Matter. “I do support the Tallahassee Police Department, and I do support the mantra […]
The Village Square recently hosted a panel on race relations on the Village SquareCast podcast. The podcast episode, “Equality in Life: Justice and Law Enforcement,” was moderated by former Tallahassee Democrat publisher Skip Foster and featured nine panelists. The panelists were Rev. Dr. RB Holmes, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, U.S. Attorney Lawrence Keefe, FBI […]
On October 1, 2019, Jeff Hendry filed to run for the Leon County Commission Group One At-Large seat. Hendry is joined in the race by Melissa Villar, Kelly Otte, Scott Flowers, Danielle Irwin, Robin Colson, and Carolyn Cummings. Incumbent Mary Ann Lindley is retiring. Hendry serves as the Director for the John Scott Dailey Florida […]
Amid a national controversy over the COVID drug hydroxychloroquine, the Tallahassee Democrat removed reference to the drug from a story that originally highlighted the use of Remdesivir along with hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for a COVID patient at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Officials at the Tallahassee Democrat have not responded to TR’s request for a comment. […]