LOCAL NEWS On Wednesday, the city commission will consider staff’s recommendation to award the Griffin Heights Grocery Store Construction contract to Tip Top Construction. On Tuesday, May 13, the Leon County Commission voted to award the contract for the Amtrak Station Visitor Center Building Repair project to H.A. Contracting Corp. in the amount of $2,160,000. […]
LOCAL NEWS During the May 8th Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) budget workshop, elected officials approved a plan to fund an air service incentive proposal. The IA voted 10-2 to approve a plan via an expedited process that would cost $670,000 per year. The man accused of opening fire last month at Florida State University, killing two […]
LOCAL NEWS The latest TR print edition is out. Subscribe here. Tallahassee’s two major hospitals recently received grades in the Hospital Safety Grade report released by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization reporting on quality, safety and transparency in the U.S. health system. In a powerful effort to educate and empower their peers, Maclay […]
LOCAL NEWS Dana Brooks: “It seems everyone has a strong opinion about Florida State University taking over Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Once we get past the ruffled feathers over how the matter came to light, it’s clear it all comes down to the same problem we always have in Tallahassee: who gets to decide how we […]
LOCAL NEWS Steve Stewart discusses the debate over using air service incentives in Tallahassee on The Preston Scott Show. News briefs from the April 22, 2025, Leon County School Board meeting include public speaking policy and closing of a charter school. The Downtown Concert Series will return to the Adderley Amphitheater in Cascades Park for […]
LOCAL NEWS A Tallahassee woman accused of hitting and killing a toddler in 2020 was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, according to the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida State Attorney’s Office. On Thursday, the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) budget workshop, elected officials will consider a proposal to fund air service financial incentives in the amount […]
LOCAL NEWS The latest jobs report shows the Leon County March unemployment rate was unchanged from February at 3.8%. Four months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 37.2% when compared to incident data from January thru April in 2024. HCA Florida […]
LOCAL NEWS During the May 8th Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency (IA) budget workshop, elected officials will consider a proposal to fund air service financial incentives in the amount of $670,000 annually beginning in 2026. Leon County and Tallahassee elected officials don’t like the state’s requirement that forces them to enter into agreements between their local law […]
LOCAL NEWS Thursday Shooting: The Tallahassee Police Department is currently conducting a homicide investigation following a shooting that occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m. in the 200 block of Palmetto Street. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers immediately began rendering aid, but sadly the victim succumbed to his injuries […]
LOCAL NEWS Steve Stewart discusses the latest TPD crime incident data on The Preston Scott Show. Attorneys for the family of Tiru Chabba, who was killed this month during a mass shooting at Florida State University, called Wednesday for more information about the death. Village Square, in partnership with the Tallahassee Democrat, WFSU Public Media, and […]