FAMU Announces Lt. Audrey Alexander as Police Chief Florida A&M University (FAMU) Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration/Chief Financial Officer Rebecca Brown recently announced the appointment of Lt. Audrey Alexander as chief of police, effective September 13, 2024. “Lieutenant Alexander has the necessary qualifications and has demonstrated her commitment to serve FAMU in this […]
Crime incident reports produced by the Tallahassee Police Department, and released on a daily basis, show that through the first 8 months of 2024 violent crime incidents are down 13.8% when compared to the same period during 2023. Property crimes are down 4.0%. Property crimes encompass burglaries, thefts, and incidents of vandalism. Violent incidents include […]
On September 10, the Leon County School Board will hold the final public hearing related to the FY2024-25 budget. The total budget is $662 million and includes the General Fund (operating budget) of $368 million. This fund is 55.6% of the total budget. The Special Revenue Fund is budgeted at $90.0 million and represents 13.6% […]
The latest job report shows that Leon County lost 845 jobs in July when compared to last month. There were 155,915 people working in Leon County in July compared to June’s revised employment number of 156,760. The July unemployment rate remained unchanged from last month at 3.9%. One year ago, the July 2023 unemployment rate […]
The Tallahassee City Commission recently approved a request for funding for ECG Lake Bradford, LP for Lake Bradford Apartments in the amount of $961,300 from the City’s HOME-ARP funding. ECG Lake Bradford, LP is proposing to build a 158-unit affordable housing development to serve low-income individuals, families, and seniors located at 1131/1139 Kissimmee Street along […]
Below are the Leon County School news briefs from the August 27, 2024, meeting. The Board voted unanimously to advertise amendments to Policy 2520 that would require the Superintendent to provide annual notice to the Department of Education of the State-adopted instructional material that will be put into use in the district. The Board voted […]
Tallahassee Police Department crime incident data over the last four weeks shows a 28.1% drop in violent crime incidents when compared to the same period in 2023. The data also shows a 5.2 % increase in property crime incidents. The combined numbers show an 8.0% drop in total crime incidents in 2024 during the last […]
During the August 21st Tallahassee City Commission meeting, Commissioner Curtis Richardson was tasked as the point person to negotiate a settlement between the developer, Circle K and residents related to a controversy over the location of a gas station on commercial property at the corner of Dempsey Mayo and Welaunee Blvd. The controversy has come […]
Below are the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency meeting briefs from August 22nd, 2024. Item 7.01 The CRA voted 5-0 to authorize $600,000 for the Osceola Street Sidewalk Project. The sidewalk will connect existing sidewalks on Osceola Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and will span approximately 1,300ft (0.25 miles) Item 7.02 The CRA voted […]
On Monday, Aug. 26, the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) arrested one person following the deadly hit-and-run crash that occurred on Aug. 4 at approximately 2:45 a.m. at the intersection of Pensacola Street and Ocala Road. The TPD press release noted that an investigation by TPD’s Traffic Homicide Unit revealed that the driver, 23-year-old Jordyn Riley, […]