Today the Tallahassee Police Department provided an “Incident Synopsis” regarding two shootings that took place on Saturday, May 6. The information is provided below. 2023-00080127 / Shooting Incident / 800 block of Sunridge Road / 4:13 AM / May 6 Multiple 911 calls were received referencing shots being fired in the area. Arriving officers located […]
At the next Blueprint Intergovernmental meeting on May 11th, elected officials will consider approving the project scope and the revised project budget of $18 million for the Northeast Park. Officials will also consider authorizing Blueprint staff to advertise and award a contract for construction of the park. See detailed map of park here. Leon County […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — After five days of rocky deliberations, jurors on Thursday acquitted former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum on charges of lying to federal investigators but were unable to reach a verdict on conspiracy and fraud charges. U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor declared a mistrial on charges […]
On May 2nd, Tallahassee City Mayor John Dailey appeared on the Steve Stewart Show on Real Talk 93.3. Dailey was asked to address a number of issues facing the City of Tallahassee, provided below are his responses. Budget Workshop: The city staff recently proposed a property tax increase at the a budget workshop. When asked […]
City Manager Reese Goad has announced the appointment of Gene Sanders to serve as the new Fire Chief for the City of Tallahassee, effective May 20. Sanders has more than 25 years of service with the Tallahassee Fire Department (TFD). “The City of Tallahassee is committed to being the national leader in the delivery of […]
On May 1st, the Children’s Services Council (CSC) Finance and Budget Committee held a meeting and reviewed their updated 2022/2023 Fiscal Year Budget. Committee Member Paul Mitchell stated, “We wanted to clean up our budget so that it doesn’t look like we are two thousand percent over the allocation that the Council approved for office […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Opening the possibility of a mistrial, jurors in the public-corruption trial of former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum said Tuesday they reached a verdict on one count of an indictment but were doubtful they could reach consensus on at least one other count. Gillum, who […]
By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A jury on Monday continued to deliberate on public-corruption allegations against former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, asking a federal judge questions as they pondered the fate of the onetime rising political star. Gillum, who also served as Tallahassee mayor, faces charges of lying to […]
Below are the news briefs from the Tallahassee City Commission meeting that took place on April 26, 2023.__ The city commission heard a legislative update from Thomas Whitley from Strategic Solutions. After Whitley’s presentation on the current state of Florida lawmaking and its impact on local municipalities, Commissioner Jeremy Matlow offered up his thoughts on […]
Below are the news briefs from the Leon County School Board meeting that took place on April 25, 2023.__ The school board heard a presentation from the Council on the Status of Men and Boys, a part of Leon County. The presentation was designed to simply be informative, and the presentation was given by Royle […]