Superintendent Rocky Hanna spoke during the April 13, 2021 Leon County School Board meeting about Pillar V of the Strategic Plan -the School Board’s fiscal stewardship and transparency initiative. Leon County Schools employ 4,500 full time employees with a student body of over 30,000. The School Board’s annual budget is $500 million and its capital […]
During the April 13, 2021 Leon County School Board meeting, the Board unanimously awarded the contract for legal services to the Pittman Law Group, P.L. at an annual retainer fee of $78,000. The agreement begins April 13th, 2021 and will continue through until June 30th, 2024, with an option to renew for an additional three […]
During the April 13th Leon County Board of County Commissioners meeting, the Commissioners heard the status report for the Commission redistricting process. They have approved the scheduling of the Public Hearing for adopting the ordinance amending the County districts. The Public Hearing will be held December 14, 2021 at six o’clock p.m. The approval of […]
At the April 13th Leon County Commission meeting elected officials discussed the status of the Leon County mask mandate. Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and the positivity rate have been in steep decline since the middle of January. Also, 97,574 Leon County citizens have been vaccinated with 60,139 people completing the two-shot process. Approximately 70-75% […]
As the process of developing the Market District Park continues, the City of Tallahassee and the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency are hosting community meetings to present park concepts. There will be three virtual meetings for people to share opinions on the concepts proposed for the Market District Park. The meetings will take place on April 14, […]
TR’s weekly report (April 4 – April 11) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s April 4th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending April 11th, shows all indicators increased, but are still below notable benchmarks. For example, the positivity rate increased from 2.3% last […]
The Leon County Board of County Commissioner’s approved the bid for new construction of the Apalachee Regional Park entrance and other improvements. The approval awards the contract to Shaffield Building Specialties, in the amount of $1,349,448. Approximately $440,000 of the funding would come from the Tourism Development fund. Approving the bid to begin construction on […]
At the April 13th Leon County Board of County Commissioners, elected officials voted to approve the creation of a Citizens’ North Monroe Street Task Force. Local businesses and residents have reported a decline in the condition and appearance of the North Monroe corridor and they have voiced interest in working with the County to address […]
A Tallahassee Police Department officer on routine patrol just after 11 p.m. on the westside of Tallahassee, became involved in a chase with a suspicious vehicle which ended in a shooting. According to TPD, the chase began in the parking lot at the 800 block of Ocala Road and ended at the 100 block of […]
TR’s weekly report (March 28 – April 4) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s March 28th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly COVID report, ending April 4th, shows decreases in new cases, the positivity rate and hospitalizations. Since the middle to the end of January 2021, […]