Tallahassee police have announced an arrest following an investigation into large-scale marijuana trafficking. According to the press release, 34-year-old Danny Francisque is in custody after detectives say a tip led them to search his apartment on Dixie Drive. TPD says they found 52 pounds of marijuana in an apartment that was being used mainly to […]
By Mitch Perry, Florida Pheonix Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia previewed legislation Wednesday meant to increase spending accountability and transparency for local government officials, with penalties for noncompliance including fines and removal from office. Ingoglia has been crisscrossing the state for months with his FAFO (Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight) team, auditing spending […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected two challenges to a 2023 law that allows judges to impose death sentences without unanimous jury recommendations. Ruling in cases from Duval and Bay counties, the Supreme Court backed the constitutionality of the law, which the Legislature and Gov. Ron […]
LOCAL NEWS City Commissioners Jeremy Matlow and Jack Porter released statements critical of the proposed deal brokered between the City of Tallahassee and Florida State University involving the sale of city-owned hospital assets currently leased to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. Obituary: James White Hazlip, Jr. (Jim), who was born in Greenville, Mississippi on June 23, 1950, […]
The latest MaxPreps high school basketball rankings are out. The tables pictured below are the rankings for the boys and girls Leon County high school basketball teams based on current record, overall rating and strength of schedule as shown in MaxPreps. The stats used in this edition of high school basketball rankings were updated on […]
President Donald Trump gave a prime-time address to the nation yesterday to highlight his administration’s work on the economy, health care, and immigration. He also announced a $1,776 dividend to every US soldier. The speech came as a recent poll found his approval ratings had reached a two-term low. The address also followed his announcement that the US military […]
City Commissioners Jeremy Matlow and Jack Porter released statements critical of the proposed deal brokered between the City of Tallahassee and Florida State University involving the sale of city-owned hospital assets currently leased to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. While Mayor Dailey, City Commissioners Dianne Williams Cox and Curtis Richardson, and FSU President Richard McCullough were upbeat […]
By: Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida A federal judge Tuesday refused to dismiss most of a First Amendment lawsuit filed by a former Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist who was fired because of a social-media post after the murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker dismissed part […]
By: The News Service of Florida Without an appraised value presented, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet on Wednesday delegated the purchase of a nearly 11,000-acre conservation easement in Southwest Florida to the state Department of Environmental Protection. Department Secretary Alexis Lambert said the agency will not be allowed to pay above the appraised […]
LOCAL NEWS Florida State University and Tallahassee City Manager Reese Goad have agreed to a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will serve as the basis for the transfer of all city-owned hospital assets currently leased to Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Inc. (TMH) FLORIDA NEWS The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a lawsuit alleging an […]