Below are the meeting briefs that took place during the Leon County School Board business meeting on December 12, 2023. During the beginning of the meeting several teachers spoke to the Board, expressing that teacher pay is not enough. One teacher stated, “As a teacher, I’m told to work without raises because it’s for the […]
The Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) is reporting seven auto burglary incidents with on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. Five of the incidents took place in Northeast Tallahassee. Listed below is the TPD incident report. TPD reported incidents at Springhill Suites located near the 1400 block of Timberlane Rd. and at Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux located near the 3300 block […]
On December 21st, the Children Services Council (CSC) of Leon County held their Governing Council Meeting. Listed below are the issues the Council addressed. The Council approved a resolution regarding the engagement of Florida Cooperative Liquid Assets Securities System (FLCLASS) for investment of the CSC Leon funds until such funds are needed for expenditure. It […]
On Wednesday, Dec. 20, 21-year-old Za’mond Durant turned himself in to the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) following the fatal shooting that occurred on Monday, Dec. 18. An investigation conducted by TPD’s Violent Crimes Unit revealed Durant forcibly entered the apartment of a former female acquaintance at Camden Place Apartments, located at 2933 North Mission Road. […]
During the City Commission Meeting on December 13th, Mayor John Dailey addressed the out-of-control comments being made from the unagendaed speakers and informed the Commission he would be “tightening up the ship” in regards to how the Commission handles the agenda. He noted he walked away from the previous meeting “quite disturbed” and said he […]
On Wednesday, Joe Burgess, the current principal at Chiles High School filed paper work with the Leon County Supervisor of Elections to run for Leon County Superintendent of Schools in 2024. Burgess filed to run as a NPA – no party affilaition. Superintendent Rocky Hanna filed to run for re-election earlier this year. Hanna filed […]
On Monday January 8 at 9:00 a.m. the Tallahassee Development Review Committee (DRC) will address three projects. DRC meetings are normally held twice a month, usually every other Monday in the Growth Management Conference Room, First Floor, Renaissance Building, 435 North Macomb Street. The purpose of the meetings is for the Development Review Committee to […]
On Thursday December 21 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 are […]
On December 13, the Tallahassee City Commission approved the proposed amendment to the Ox Bottom Meadows Planned Unit Development (PUD) concept plan, which is located on 36.37 acres at the Northwest corner of Ox Bottom Road and Thomasville Road. The amendments made to the existing PUD allow fast food and fueling stations as allowable uses […]
Below are the Tallahassee City Commission news briefs from the December 13, 2023 meeting. The Commission presented the Proclamation of Florida State University Women’s Soccer 2023 NCAA National Championship Title. The FSU Women’s Soccer team was congratulated on their success this year, including being the first in FSU history to go undefeated, winning both the […]