As the City of Tallahassee debates the need for more revenues to fund law enforcement, the most recent statistics show that reported violent crime incidents in 2023 have increased 11.6% when compared to the same time in 2022. The crime incident data – as reported by the Tallahassee Police Department and complied by Tallahassee Reports […]
The Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) investigation of a homicide that occurred on South Adams Street on July 8th has revealed the suspect and the victim were not known to each other. Based on 2021 data, it is rare for a murder to happen between strangers. In 2021, statistics indicate that in approximately 80% of the homicides, […]
On July 10th, the Children Services Council held their Budget and Finance Committee meeting. Executive Director, Ceka Green presented an overview of the proposed 2024 Fiscal Year Budget which contains various proposed millage rates of 0.375, 0.3477, 0.4375 and 0.5. Ms. Green explained that once the full Council has voted to approve the millage rate, […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS Florida State University wants to get more student and faculty inventions out into the real world. The school is launching a new program to streamline that process and double the number of startups created each year. Members of […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS Sources tell TR that Bill Ragans will be named the new Chiles High School football coach. He will replace Kevin Pettis who was removed after a lengthy investigation related to the treatment of players. Ragans is currently listed […]
On July 11th, the Leon County Commission will consider an item that seeks Board approval of the 2024 FY Community Human Services Partnership (CHSP) grant in the amount of $2,298,700 and recommended allocations. The grant represents year two of the current two-year funding cycle. In addition, as requested by the Commission, the item seeks approval […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS WCTV is reporting that that a former Florida corrections officer who is currently on trial for a deadly hit-and-run was arrested multiple times while awaiting his court date. After a federal judge rejected an earlier version of the […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida After a federal judge rejected an earlier version of the case, attorneys for Florida A&M University students this week filed a revised lawsuit alleging that the historically Black university “remains separate and unequal” to other schools in the state. The potential class-action lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. […]
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH),is significantly expanding services to Wakulla County with the construction of a new Urgent Care Center along Crawfordville Highway. A 2.25-acre site near Publix has been secured, and construction will soon begin on the 12,000-square foot facility with an opening expected in early summer 2024. Half of the space will house the […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS Two people were shot at a gas station in Tallahassee on Wednesday night, according to a watch commander with the Tallahassee Police Department….More than a dozen police vehicles were on the scene at about 10 p.m., according to […]