TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS A 16-year-old has been charged with murder in connection to a shooting in a Tallahassee McDonald’s parking lot that left two dead. Kylen Welch was charged with second-degree murder and felony murder Monday in Leon County Court. It […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Saying the case “arises from Florida’s latest assault on the right to vote,” a federal judge Monday blocked parts of a new elections law challenged by voter-registration groups. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, in a 58-page decision, issued a preliminary injunction against parts of […]
A $1.25 million book deal helped drive up Gov. Ron DeSantis’ net worth in 2022, according to an annual financial-disclosure report posted Friday on the Florida Commission on Ethics website. DeSantis listed a net worth of $1,174,331 as of Dec. 31, up from $318,986 a year earlier. DeSantis, who is running for president, listed $1.25 […]
A Leon County mother claims a book in the Hawks Rise Elementary School library – that refers to the sexuality of Billie Jean King – is inappropriate. Katie Lyon filed a complaint under a new review process recently adopted by the Leon School Board after her 2nd grade daughter brought home a book from her […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS The Leon County School Board held its monthly meeting on June 27th and addressed a number of topics. Read TR’s meeting briefs. Last week, between June 19 and June 23, the Tallahassee Police Department’s General Narcotics Unit conducted enhanced […]
The Tallahassee Police Department recently reported the results from an “enhanced enforcement” operation along North Monroe Street. Provided below are the details released by TPD. — Last week, between June 19 and June 23, the Tallahassee Police Department’s General Narcotics Unit conducted enhanced enforcement along Monroe Street which yielded 63 charges from 27 arrests. Multiple […]
The Leon County School Board held its monthly meeting on June 27th and addressed a number of topics summarized below. The President of Leon Educational Staff Professional Association (LESPA) addressed several concerns before the Board. She said surviving her first year as LESPA President was not an easy road, stating, “I had no idea how […]
TALLAHASSEE REPORTS DAILY BRIEFS Sponsored by FOODIES TAKEOUT & DELIVERYSelect a Restaurant and Place an Order LOCAL NEWS The latest reports show that Leon County lost 1,224 jobs in May. There were 157,821 people working in Leon County in May compared to last month’s revised employment number of 159,045. The Rotary Club of Tallahassee Southside got […]
The latest reports show that Leon County lost 1,224 jobs in May. There were 157,821 people working in Leon County in May compared to last month’s revised employment number of 159,045. The unemployment rate came in at 2.9%, up from the 2.4% reported in April. One year ago, the May 2022 unemployment rate was 2.9%. […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Department of Justice is urging a federal judge to block a new Florida law that restricts people from China and six other countries from owning property in the state. Justice Department attorneys Tuesday filed a 22-page “statement of interest” supporting a lawsuit and […]