Crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 22.6% in 2025 when compared to incident data from 2024. The drop was driven by a 28.3% in property crime. Violent crime incidents were down 8.9%. Despite the decline, over the last four months of 2025 violent […]
Provided below are the news briefs from the Tallahassee City Commission meeting held on December 10, 2025. Consent Agenda Approval: The city commission voted unanimously to approve 7 consent items. City Commission Appointments Item 10.01: City commission voted unanimously to reappoint Bill Landing to Seat 1, and Bill Leseman to Seat 2, on the Science […]
Analysis of voter data shows that the 2024 ballot referendum to increase city commissioner salaries passed with overwhelming support from southside voters. The city charter amendment, which proposed to raise the salaries of a city commissioner from $48,000 to $96,000 avoided mentioning those dollar figures in the ballot language. Instead, the language asked, “Shall the […]
During the November 19th city commission meeting, elected officials received a high-level overview of the impacts related to staffing, assets, and equipment, as service to Leon County residents unwinds. Since 2009, the City of Tallahassee Fire Department has provided fire services to the city residents and unincorporated Leon County under an Interlocal Agreement. During the […]
On Friday, the Tallahassee Police Department reported an arrest related to an armed individual in the area of a local school campus. Provide below is the TPD synopsis: An arrest has been made following reports of threats received by the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) regarding an armed individual in the area of a local school […]
TPD recently provided a synopsis of an attempted homicide incident. The synopsis is provided below. 2025-00194139 / Attempted Homicide / 4000 block of Catawba Street / 10:52 PM (Nov. 10) The victim and suspect became involved in an argument, during which the suspect shot the victim in the head with a handgun. The suspect subsequently […]
As directed by the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Board of Directors, the Blueprint staff conducted an analysis to determine whether Blueprint Infrastructure Sales Surtax funds are available to support the expansion of Fire Station #15 and the construction of new Fire Station #17. The analysis concludes that, under state law, Blueprint Infrastructure Sales Surtax funds could […]
Provided below are the news briefs from the Tallahassee City Commission meeting held on October 22, 2025. Presentations: The city commission presented proclamations related to Paralegal Week and Paralegal Day, The Office of Economic Vitality and Demirel International, The Office of Economic Vitality, Mega Ace Media, and the Black Business Expo Tallahassee, Big Bend Rebar […]
Through October, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 31.7% when compared to incident data from January thru October in 2024. The drop was driven by a 43.5% decline in commercial burglaries and a 34.3% decline auto related crime incidents. Despite the year-to-date declines, […]
On Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 8:30 a.m., the Tallahassee Growth Management Department will hold a Type A & Pre-Submittal meeting. The Type A & Pre-Submittal meetings allow applicants to receive detailed comments on their project proposals from all relevant departments. The goal is to identify potential problems & solutions early in process. Listed below […]