Below are the news briefs for the Leon County School Board meeting that took place July 25, 2023. The Board approved several items on the consent agenda, including an item that approves the recommended order submitted by Hearing Officer DJ Wright that the book I Am Billie Jean King (ordinary People Change The World) by […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS Five teens were arrested in connection with a shooting on Warwick Street earlier this month, according to Tallahassee Police. It happened July 12 at about 6 p.m. Three of the suspects are 18, and the others are 16 and […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS For the July 17-23 week, TPD reported 79 crime incidents. This included 26 violent crime incidents which is 22.1% more than the average number of violent crime incidents reported on a weekly basis in 2022, which was 21.3. […]
By The News Service of Florida A former Florida Department of Corrections officer has gone to the state Supreme Court in a dispute about his firing for using medical marijuana. An attorney for former officer Samuel Velez Ortiz filed a notice last week that is a first step in challenging a June 21 decision by […]
For the July 17-23 week, TPD reported 79 crime incidents. This included 26 violent crime incidents which is 22.1% more than the average number of violent crime incidents reported on a weekly basis in 2022, which was 21.3. The violent crime incidents included 17 assaults & batteries, 8 robberies and a double homicide. TPD reported […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS The Tallahassee Police Department has confirmed that the suspect in a double homicide that took place just before 6 p.m. at Mission Hills Apartments off of Mission Road is deceased. TPD said “preliminary findings“ helped detectives identify a […]
The Leon County Children Services Council held a regular meeting on July 20th and addressed a number of topics summarized below. The Council approved several items on the consent agenda, including the Executive Director’s report which states that the CSC will partner with the New Worlds Reading to enroll eligible students in kindergarten through 5th […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS D.J. Wright, a retired principal and Leon County Schools hearing officer, has recommended that the book “I Am Billie Jean King” remain in the Hawks Rise elementary school library. Get the details. Tallahassee Police is investigating a shooting that took […]
The daily incident reports provided by the Tallahassee Police Department show that there were seven robberies in Tallahassee on July 18 & 19. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines robbery as the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force […]
D.J. Wright, a retired principal and Leon County Schools hearing officer, has recommended that the book “I Am Billie Jean King” remain in the Hawks Rise elementary school library. Wright made the decision after hearing arguments from a parent who wanted the book removed and from a Leon County School (LCS) official who supported retaining […]