Provided below are the news briefs from the October 28, 2025, Leon County School Board meeting. Items for Consideration -all votes were unanimous. Item 19.01 Following a public hearing, the Board voted to approve amendments to Policy 5136 – Wireless Communication Devices, effective October 29, 2025. The revisions to this policy include updated language referencing allowable possession […]
On November 3rd, the FHSAA 1A Region 1 girls golf tournament took place at Eagle Harbor Golf Club in Orange Park, FL with two Leon County teams competing in a field with nine other teams. The two Leon County teams, Florida High and Maclay, looked to extend their postseason runs by earning a bid to […]
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, […]
Robert W. Boyd died peacefully at his home on October 29, 2025. He was born November 27, 1933, in Dongola, Illinois to Wayne and Pauline (Ebbert) Boyd. He is survived by his wife Linda (Peterson) Boyd, his children Rebecca Boyd-Obarski, John (Jamie) Boyd, and Warner Boyd, his stepchildren Carey Mueller, Gina Menard, and Amy Mullins, […]
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 […]
The recent proposal by City Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox to expand the governance board related to the TMH-FSU agreement from 17 to 19 members, allowing both FAMU and TSC to have a seat while TMH maintains a one-vote majority, has the support of Florida State Representative Allison Tant. According to Commissioner Williams Cox, the board structure […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida Loranne Ausley served two stints in the Florida House before her election to the state Senate in 2020. Ausley, a Democrat, lost a 2022 bid for re-election after changes were made to North Florida’s sprawling Senate District 3. Ausley spent months recovering from injuries suffered last year […]
Campaign documents indicate that an influential member of the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, Sally Bradshaw, made significant donations to City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow’s mayoral campaign during a time when TMH and Florida State University were negotiating a deal to create an academic medical center in the Tallahassee. Matlow has been a vocal critic […]
On Wednesday, October 22, the Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 to hold a final public hearing about transferring the city owned hospital assets to Florida State University. Commissioner Jeremy Matlow and Commissioner Jack Porter, who voted no, continued to indicate they are not interested in moving forward with the agreement approved by the parties, despite […]
The Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 on Wednesday, October 22, against ending the city’s 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. During the meeting, Mayor John Dailey, and Commissioners Dianne Williams-Cox and Curtis Richardson, voted against a move to rescind Tallahassee’s agreement with ICE. Commissioner Jack Porter spoke strongly against that decision. “I […]