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Hotel Valencia developer pulls out of deal with the city to build in downtown Tallahassee
Plans won't be moving forward to bring the luxury Hotel Valencia to downtown Tallahassee. In 2021, the city entered into an $8 million deal with the developer, Valencia Development Corp., for the purchase of the Chevron and Johns parcels bounded by Madison, Duval and West Gaines streets and Martin Luther King...
Leon Schools superintendent's race heats up with questions, accusations about spending
Two days after Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna won the local Democratic primary, things are heating up for the upcoming general election that pits him against Chiles High School Principal Joe Burgess. In a Facebook post Thursday, Burgess shared an image of a graph, highlighting a rise in the salaries of...
NHC highlights area in Atlantic for development heading into peak of hurricane season
ORLANDO, Fla. – The NHC has highlighted an area the central portion of the tropical Atlantic where low pressure could form in a few days. After that time, the forecast calls for conditions over the waters to be generally favorable for some slow development of the system. The time...
TPD: Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run near intersection of Ocala and West Pensacola
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A woman is behind bars after being accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian with her vehicle earlier this month in northwest Tallahassee. Jordyn Riley, 23, turned herself in Monday and faces charges of negligent manslaughter, hit and run involving death, and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage in connection to the fatal hit-and-run that happened on Aug. 4, court records show.
Florida gas prices remain low ahead of holiday weekend
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – As Floridians prepare to hit the road for Labor Day, Florida gas prices during the holiday weekend are expected to be the lowest they’ve been in three years. In 2023, Florida drivers paid $3.68 per gallon on Labor Day. In 2022 it was $3.52 and in 2021 it was $3.02. […]
Florida self-insurance fund acquires MidSouth
FCBI, an Orlando, Florida-based group self-insurance fund providing workers compensation insurance to construction and agricultural policyholders, said Thursday that it has acquired MidSouth Mutual Insurance Co. MidSouth, which is based in Hendersonville, Tennessee, will now go by MidSouth Insurance Co., and will operate as a subsidiary of FCBI, which stands...
Big Bend prep sports weekly schedule: When, where are local teams playing
The Big Bend preps season is in full swing as the fall sports calendar has officially started. From the gridiron to the links, we have plenty of action around the area as the fall feeling slowly creeps up on us. A full slate of football action takes us into Labor Day weekend,...
Florida Republicans, Democrats release slates for Electoral College
Florida’s two major parties submitted their slates of 30 electors – the people who will cast the state’s votes in the Electoral College, depending on the winner – to the state Division of Elections last week. The names are a who’s who of elected state and local officials and party leaders. ...
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