On Thursday, June 8th, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency released three design options for the Northeast Park ahead of the June 15th meeting. The project was put on hold during a previous meeting due to concerns of cost and scope. Provided below is a comparison table and drawings of the three different cocnepts. The changes to […]
On Tuesday, June 6, Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey met with the Killearn Homeowners Association (KHA) Board of Directors (BOD) and provided an update regarding the Northeast Park project. The project will be addressed at the next Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency meeting on June 15 after action was delayed due to concerns about cost and scope. Dailey […]
On Monday, June 5, Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) officer Henni Hamby was honored in Washington, D.C., by the United States Department of Justice during the sixth annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing. The ceremony recognized 19 law enforcement officers and deputies from 15 jurisdictions across the country for efforts in criminal […]
On June 13, the Leon County Commission will consider a funding request from the Tallahassee Housing Authority (THA) to assist in its effort to secure tax credit funding through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC). The THA is requesting Leon County, the City of Tallahassee, and the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency to provide $1 million […]
On Thursday, June 8, 2023 the City of Tallahassee will hold a Type A & Pre-Submittall meeting for the two projects listed below. For information about how to view or participate in the meeting, to request a special accommodation or to provide public comment please contact Land Use and Environmental Services at (850)891-7001, Option 4, […]
On May 30th, the Network of Entrepreneurs and Business Advocates held their monthly luncheon and hosted Florida State Senator Corey Simon and Representative Allison Tant who both shared their opinions on the recently completed legislative session. While reviewing the legislative session, Tant said that one major thing that happened for her was being able to […]
The Tallahassee Police Department is reporting that a drug investigation led officers for the TPD and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office to a suspect in Tom Brown Park that resulted in an ambush, and a deceased suspect. From TPD: On May 25, the Tallahassee Police Department conducted a drug investigation in which a suspect fled […]
On May 24th, Leon County Commissioner Christian Caban sent a letter to the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency addressing the discourse from the last meeting surrounding the proposed Northeast Park Project. Caban noted that the meeting and media surrounding it reached an inflection point that made Caban feel “uncomfortable,” and that he wanted to “take this opportunity […]
Below are the news briefs from the Leon County School Board meeting that took place on May 22, 2023.__ The Board considered an item, without any motion to vote attached to the item, that allowed for a public hearing regarding the adoption of new elementary social studies instructional materials. Numerous members of the public rose […]
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the Florida Region of the USA Volleyball has an open investigation into the actions of current Leon High School volleyball coach Angie Strickland related to her coaching activities while employed by the Red Hills Volleyball Club (Red Hills). The current investigation comes after the Florida Region levied sanctions against Strickland […]