According to the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD), two people were shot and killed in Tallahassee within a 24 period. Both incidents occurred on the southside of town and are being labeled as homicides. In addition, a separate shooting took place on Thursday resulting in non-life threatening injuries. The TPD is investigating a homicide, which occurred […]
The chart below was created from Florida Department of Health (DOH) data as reported on July 26th. The Leon County Hospital data includes patients from the Big Bend area, not just Leon County. The chart will be edited and refined as we move forward. Submit questions in the comments section.
At today’s Re-open Leon Schools task force meeting, Superintendent Rocky Hanna announced that he plans to recommend to the School Board to further delay the first day of school from Wednesday, August 19 to Monday, August 24. He said he wants to allow teachers two weeks to prepare for the first day of school. According […]
Leon County Schools (LCS), as a part of the reopening schools process, sent out a survey to teachers and principals asking in they felt “safe with school reopening?” The responses as provide by LCS are shown below. The information shows that a majority of teachers in only 2 of the 24 elementary schools felt safe […]
The Leon County Board of County Commissioners, in a 7-0 vote on July 14th, balanced the County’s tentative budget without raising the current millage rate. The proposed Fiscal Year 2021 budget of $281.9 million is a 2.74% percent increase from last year’s budget. A decline in general revenues by $7.4 million was offset by an […]
The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) – through Richard Corcoran, the Commissioner of Education – has filed an administrative complaint against Leon County Schools principal David Solz for engaging in a sexual relationship with a married teacher who he supervised and for showing preferential treatment to that teacher. An administrative hearing has been set for […]
Base on Florida DOH reports, new COVID cases in Leon County are trending down after peaking around July 5th. The chart below shows the new cases by day (blue) and a seven day average trend line (yellow). The seven day average trend line is calculated each day by summing the previous seven days of daily […]
Based on reports from Tallahassee Memorial Hospital (TMH) and Capital Regional Medical Center (CRMC), there are a total of 72 COVID-19 patients being treated at the two hospitals. As of July 17th, TMH reported 40 patients and CRMC reported 32. TR has been tracking current hospitalizations since June 1. See chart below.
Based on the sheer volume of endorsements by local community leaders, the bid for City Commission Seat 1 is quickly becoming the race to watch. The campaign pits current City Commissioner Elaine Bryant against three challengers. However, a closer look at social media presence, donations, and endorsements reveals that race is shaping up to be […]
On Wednesday the Tallahassee Police Department announced it has placed one of its officers on leave over a “questionable” social media post. Tallahassee Reports has obtained a copy of the Facebook post. In a TPD statement, Police Chief Lawrence Revell said, “I hold every representative of TPD to the highest standard, whether on duty or […]