Updated: 9:13 PM Florida's old Capitol building is getting a face-lift. The state legislature approved a plan for about $1.1 million dollars in renovations to the building. The renovations include painting the interior walls and offices, repairing cracks in the foundation along with fixing any water damage the building has suffered over the years.
Updated: 8:08 PM The Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce's Women's Forum acknowledges Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Updated: 7:11 PM Congressman Steve Southerland addressed a group of business leaders in Tallahassee.
Updated: 7:16 PM The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) has awarded $670,110 to Tallahassee Community College (TCC) to support a 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) Program that will serve Wakulla County students.
Posted: 11:48 AM A young Oakridge Middle School sixth-grader Jackson Bonar became a hero after grabbing the wheel from his school bus driver who became unconscious while driving. Jackson was nominated for the “Do the Right Thing Award” by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office and was recognized by his school’s news program. On October 12, he will be awarded a certificate by the Golden Gate Fire Department and Florida Highway Patrol and will again be on his school’s news cast.
Updated: 8:07 PM Tuesday is the deadline for Florida residents to register to vote in the upcoming presidential election. Applications must be delivered or post-marked by Tuesday in order to count.
Posted: 8:45 AM Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Florida Forest Service are highlighting the dangers of wildfires and encouraging Floridians to make wildfire preparedness a priority during National Fire Prevention Week, October 7 through 13.
Posted: 11:53 PM Raiford, FL - Five correctional employees have been suspended and a warden has been transferred after an inmate's suspicious death at a north Florida prison.
Posted: 10:34 PM Tallahassee, FL - The Leon County Sales Tax Committee will hold a meeting on Thursday, October 11, 2012, at 4 p.m. in the first floor program room of the Collins Main Public Library (downtown), 200 W. Park Ave.
Posted: 9:38 PM Tallahassee, FL - Tallahassee's mayor defended himself today against ethics charges against him.
Posted: 3:19 PM A group of people rallied outside Florida's Capitol Building, protesting the war in Afghanistan. The group of about a dozen people, says it is calling for a removal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The group held the protest Sunday, which marks the 11th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
Updated: 9:14 AM A boating accident that separated an owner from her dog in the Florida Keys this weekend now has a happy ending.
Posted: 10:25 AM Millions of uninsured Florida families and health care providers are in a purgatory of sorts.
Posted: 8:32 AM Federal prosecutors say a professional puppeteer from southwest Florida who was arrested after an online chat surfaced about eating a child will not face charges of conspiring to kidnap a child.
Posted: 11:14 AM About two thousand people showed up Saturday for the 2012 Big Bend Heart Walk. The three mile walk around Tom Brown Park raises money to fight Heart Disease and stroke
Posted: 10:38 AM Authorities in southwest Florida have arrested a man they say pretended to be an officer in an attempt to get free food.
Posted: 7:54 AM A South Florida police captain is facing prison time after pleading guilty to being part of a ring that distributed drugs such as cocaine and oxycodone.
Posted: 7:47 AM Authorities say a fired Panhandle police officer faces charges related to stealing marijuana from his station's evidence locker.
Updated: 7:49 AM Jacksonville, FL, October 5, 2012 3:40 pm - the Jacksonville Regional Communications Center received numerous calls of multiple crashes on I-10 East of U.S, 301 and West of SR-23.
Updated: 7:49 AM Sarasota, FL - Authorities say dozens of travelers have been injured - but no one killed - in a chain reaction of collisions on Interstate 75 along Florida's Gulf Coast.
Updated: 8:14 PM FAMU professor emeritus Charles U. Smith still recovering, invites firefighters to 89th birthday
Posted: 6:11 AM American Airlines says its mechanics will fix floor mounts in 48 of its 757s to prevent seats from coming loose.
Updated: 2:50 PM Heart disease is the number one killer in men and women, the number 2 cause of death in children and more prominent than all cancers combined. Katherine Cox was born 16 years ago and was not expected to live because of the multiple open heart surgeries she would have to undergo.
Updated: 11:02 PM Florida - The Florida Supreme Court will decide if it's legal for electric companies to charge customers for nuclear power plants that haven't been built.
Updated: 11:36 AM Rebecca Padowitz arrested today, is charged with DUI manslaughter in Rona Hawkins' death.
