Leon County Arrests Down 30% in 2020 After COVID Mitigation Efforts

Leon County Arrests Down 30% in 2020 After COVID Mitigation Efforts

A Tallahassee Reports review of 2020 Leon County Sheriff Office booking reports show that arrests are down by approximately 30% when compared to arrests before the COVID pandemic became an issue in Leon County. Incarcerations, while less than arrests, tracked the arrest trend during this period. Before the COVID pandemic, data from 2019 and the […]

McNeil Addresses Leon County Issues Including Homelessness, PBA

McNeil Addresses Leon County Issues Including Homelessness, PBA

Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil appeared on the The Morning Show with Preston Scott on Friday, January 9. He discussed several issues including the homelessness problem that appears to be growing in Leon County. On the current state of public safety in Leon County, McNeil stated that after a tumultuous 2020 there is a huge […]

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey Comments on Violence in DC

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey Comments on Violence in DC

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey recently commented on the violence that took place in Washington D.C. on January 6th via his twitter account. On January 6th, Mayor Dailey tweeted from @MayorOfTLH: “I am horrified at what we’re seeing at the U.S. Capitol today. This is an attack on our democracy. In this country we respect the […]

Superintendent Rocky Hanna Says Leon County Schools Will Continue to Follow Safe Start Plan

Superintendent Rocky Hanna Says Leon County Schools Will Continue to Follow Safe Start Plan

On the morning of Jan. 4, Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna released a statement to faculty and parents regarding the current status of schools amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The new semester, which also began on Jan. 4, will continue to operate as previously with no major changes as outlined in the statement, which was […]

Weekly Report Ending Jan. 3rd: Leon COVID Cases, Positivity Rate and Hospitalizations Up

Weekly Report Ending Jan. 3rd: Leon COVID Cases, Positivity Rate and Hospitalizations Up

TR’s weekly report (December 27 – January 3) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s December 27th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending January 3rd, shows increases in new cases, positivity rate and hospitalizations. The Numbers The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID […]

City of Tallahassee, Former Ethics Officer Agree to Dismiss Lawsuit

City of Tallahassee, Former Ethics Officer Agree to Dismiss Lawsuit

Former Tallahassee Independent Ethics Officer, Julie Meadows-Keefe, and the City of Tallahassee have jointly agreed to the dismal of a lawsuit filed by Meadows-Keefe in November, 2019. The latest filing in Leon Circuit Court on December 23, 2020 – shown below – states that the parties “hereby jointly stipulate” to dismiss the legal action. The […]

Weekly Report Ending Dec. 27th: Leon COVID Cases, Positivity Rate and Hospitalizations Up

Weekly Report Ending Dec. 27th: Leon COVID Cases, Positivity Rate and Hospitalizations Up

TR’s weekly report (December 20 – December 27) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s December 20th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending December 27th, shows increases in new cases, positivity rate and hospitalizations. The Numbers The Leon County 7-day average (yellow-line) of reported COVID […]

Blueprint Board Approves First Steps for Three Projects

Blueprint Board Approves First Steps for Three Projects

The Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency board met on Dec. 10 and voted to begin the process of advertising, negotiating and awarding contracts for engineering services and studies for several projects. The projects include the Monroe-Adams Corridor placemaking project, the Lake Lafayette and St. Marks Regional Linear Park Project and the Midtown Corridor Placemaking project. These engineering […]