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City and County Commissioners discussed a funding request of $10 million from Florida A & M University, for repairs to Bragg Memorial Stadium; the item was on the Blueprint IA agenda for Thursday.

The Tallahassee City Commission voted at its Wednesday meeting to create a short term affordable housing construction loan program. The program will use $750,000 from the Affordable Housing trust Fund.

The Downtown Market will once again take place after COVID concerns it closed for months. But the popular community event is coming back with several changes.

School officials held a virtual town hall Wednesday addressing several changes students can expect for the fall semester, including a mask mandate.

FSU's 2020 football schedule will be limited to just conference games based on a report stating that the Atlantic Coast Conference will play conference-only games this season.

Black Lives Matter protesters demanding justice for Jamee Johnson, the former Florida A&M University student who was shot and killed by Jacksonville Police in December, blocked intersections in downtown Tallahassee Thursday afternoon.

Mayor Howard Thrower said he and the city came up with this idea to have the Grady County Health Department run the testing site for employees.

Second Harvest of South Georgia will host a food distribution event in Thomasville on Friday at 7:30 a.m.

Billy Cribb, Endrea Carter, Andrea Cartagena, Anamalia Stogner, Aakash Patel and Joshua Van Deraa are the newest members of Valdosta’s police force.

Jackson made the announcement Thursday afternoon.

This decision came in a meeting held on Monday to discuss the safety of marching band camps for the upcoming school year, LCS says.

Phillip Golightly, a 38-year-old Quincy man, faces two counts of sexual abuse of a ward after a federal grand jury in Tallahassee returned the indictment Tuesday, the attorney’s office said.

BPS says the victim has been identified as Alfred Lee Smith.

It’s an on-going effort to make sure families have food on their table during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WCTV has surveyed districts across the viewing area for planned start dates, along with details on in-person and virtual instruction.

“We find it would be very helpful to us as we try to move patients around. In some cases, it can cut two to three, even longer, in terms of days, that we’re waiting,” a South Florida hospital official said.

Tallahassee City Commissioners will discuss the creation of a narrative marker and monument remembering African American victims of lynching in Leon County at their virtual meeting on Wednesday.

While the pandemic is forcing many businesses to close, the City of Valdosta is welcoming the opening of a new restaurant this week.

Attached is a PDF file containing all bookings at the Leon County Detention Facility from July 8, 2020.

What’s Brewing? July 9, 2020

The partnership is designed to provide face masks to youths returning to the classroom.

The Quincy Police Department says it responded to a shooting on Stewart Street Wednesday evening.

On July 3, an inmate complained of a fever, according to the sheriff’s office.

Protesters gathered outside city hall Wednesday, chanting “Black Lives Matter” and demanding police reform.

The coronavirus could be re-routing summer getaways as several states restrict travelers from Florida.

Doctor Charles Evans was a longtime president of the Tallahassee branch of the NAACP and lived across the street from the park for years.

City Commissioners heard an update on the budget and made decisions about operating and capital budgets for FY2021 in wake of losses the COVID-19 pandemic created.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend matches are happening virtually due to the pandemic. Some activities bigs’ and their littles have done virtually include chatting, playing video games, and even book clubs. Now, the non-profit needs more volunteers willing to meet with kids online.

There were more than 350,000 robocalls complaints in Florida in 2019 alone.

FAMU says the grant’s funding will also support four students majoring in applied physics with a focus on computational science.