With the season ending last week, there are 6 different teams participating in the 5A district tournament for boys and girls. Leon, Chiles and Lincoln all have a boys and girls team competing in the upcoming tournaments. Boys Leon (5-9-1) played the only match of the first round of the District tournament resulting in the […]
By Jim Saunders, Dara Kam and Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature will revamp immigration laws this week but issued a sharp rebuke Monday to Gov. Ron DeSantis that included overriding a budget veto from last year. The House and Senate started and quickly ended a special legislative session […]
LOCAL NEWS Leon County Commissioner Rick Minor says he’s reserving judgement on an affordable housing proposal coming up at Tuesday’s commission meeting. But he says he’s worried about the trade-off. The Leon County Board of County Commissioners will hold the FY2024/25 Annual Retreat today from 8:30 a.m. until noon. Get the details. FLORIDA NEWS On […]
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — On the eve of a special legislative session called by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican lawmakers Sunday filed a flurry of bills to crack down on undocumented immigrants and place additional restrictions on the ballot initiative process. The bills, in part, would end in-state tuition at […]
LOCAL NEWS Get caught on the actions taken at the most recent Tallahassee City Commission and Leon County School Board meetings. The TPD Incident Report published on Jan. 24 shows 13 incidents. Get the details. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office recently recognized Detention Deputy William Dunn as the sworn Detention Employee of the Month for January 2025. […]
LOCAL NEWS What started as a snowball fight in College Town late Tuesday, ended with police deploying pepper balls to disperse an increasingly rowdy crowd. One person was arrested. The TPD Incident Report published on Jan. 22 shows 17 incidents. Get the details. TPD Officer Gabriel Beyer is being recognized for his efforts during the storms and […]
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Florida lawmakers have started filing what are expected to be hundreds of proposals seeking money for local projects and programs — but legislative leaders are cautioning not to expect as much spending as in the past few years. As of Tuesday morning, House members had filed 40 […]
Around 1,500 active-duty troops will be sent to the US-Mexico border in the coming days to assist with security measures, defense officials said yesterday. The move operationalizes one of President Donald Trump’s central campaign promises—to stem the flow of migrants entering the country—and a declaration of national emergency he signed shortly after being sworn in Monday. Border […]
TPD Officer Gabriel Beyer is being recognized for his efforts during the storms and flash floods that devastated much of Tallahassee in April 2024. Buildings were damaged, and many people lost their homes and loved ones. However, due to the efforts of Officer Beyer, three individuals’ lives were saved. Due to his heroism on that […]
On November 2, 2024, the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) responded to a local hospital’s Intensive Care Unit regarding a patient suffering from severe head trauma. It was determined that on the evening of November 1, 2024, the victim had been involved in an altercation near 502 East Orange Ave. During the incident, the victim was […]