By: Team Trent via Rick and Lois Burnette – Race Directors Two years ago several stories of hope, caring and community came out of Trent McElroy’s battle with cancer. You may know that Trent was a fourth grader at Roberts Elementary school who had fought his cancer since his kindergarten year. The real stories […]
A 12-month comparison of job growth for the 25 Florida MSA’s (Metropolitan Statistical Area) shows that the Tallahassee MSA ranks 23rd in job growth. In December 2014, the Tallahassee MSA employed 177,100 people. After 12 months the number decreased by 200 to 176, 900. The Lakeland-Winter Haven MSA led the state with the addition of […]
Updated: Today the City Commission voted to appoint Carol Phillips to fill the vacant position on the City’s Ethics Board. Ms. Phillips’ is currently on the the Citizens Utility Advisory Board, but the City Attorney announced she would resign her position if appointed to the Ethics Board. Ms. Phillips has served as a member and […]
By Cassidy Craig The Public Editor of the New York Times, Margret Sullivan, recently wrote about the challenges facing local investigative reporting. The author highlighted how newspaper staffs in the United States are down 40 percent in the last 12 years. Martin Baron, who is the executive editor of The Washington Post, told the New York Times […]
The Washington think tank New America, has released their annual academic ranking of the top 25 football teams and the FSU Seminoles come in at #8. The Seminoles finished the regular season #9 in the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings. Last year FSU finished the regular season CFP at #3 with an academic rating of […]
The state of Florida Department of Economic Opportunity released employment numbers today which show that Leon County lost 1,659 jobs in November. Leon county loss approximately 200 jobs in October. These job losses goes against the state of Florida trend, but is not unexpected based on historic trends in Leon county. However, this report all […]
Judge Angela Dempsey ruled that Barton Tuck, the owner of the Killearn Country Club, does not have to continue to maintain the North nine holes of the 27 hole Killearn Country Club golf course during the ongoing legal dispute. The ruling removes an injunction that was put in place to protect the golf course while […]
On Wednesday, December 16, 2105 a Leon County judge is scheduled to hear a legal motion by current Killearn Country Club owner Barton Tuck that seeks the removal of an injunction that currently requires Tuck to maintain the North nine holes of the golf course until the end of the legal dispute. However, another issue will […]
Recent data provided by the City of Tallahassee, indicates that airport traffic, as measured by passengers served, bottomed out over the summer and is headed back up. The Tallahassee International Airport (TIA) has been the focus of many City Commission meetings over the last four years. Since the Great Recession, policy makers have been trying […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that The Edison restaurant held a party this past Friday that was scheduled to last until 2 or 3 am. The Edison website lists hours of operation no later than midnight. Tallahassee Reports has previously written about the possibility of late nights at the restaurant. That report can be read here. […]