Chaires
A census designated place in Leon County, Florida.
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September 9SOTD 9/9/26: Sunshine State by Grant Peeples
The WMNF Song of the Day for September 9, 2026 is “Sunshine State” by Grant Peeples. There is a razor-sharp, unapologetic brilliance to Grant Peeples. From Tallahassee, he isn’t the sort of Florida troubadour who sells you a airbrushed postcard of beaches and idyllic palm trees.…
Creatives & Arts
Monticello News / ECB Publishing
September 8Warriors defeated by Marauders
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. On Friday, Sept. 4, the Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Warriors varsity football team hosted the Marauders of Maclay School, from Tallahassee. The Warriors fell behind early and...
Local Sports
Former UWF Student Body President Receives Fellowship
UWF's Trista Bennett is one of just 7-12 students statewide picked for a Florida Gubernatorial Fellowship — a year in Tallahassee, law school next. The post Former UWF Student Body President Receives Fellowship first appeared on Rick's Blog .
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WMNF 88.5
August 20Mosquito health alerts are in effect in Hillsborough, Pasco and other Florida counties
Mosquito-borne health alerts are in effect for Alachua, Leon, Palm Beach, Pasco, Hillsborough and Miami-Dade counties.
Public Safety
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
August 17Corporations and Trump love Byron Donalds, but do Florida Republican voters feel the same way?
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is the clear choice of the business and political establishment in Tallahassee going into Tuesday’s primary election for the Republican nomination for governor. Now the question is whether Republican voters will follow suit. The 47-year-old Naples…
General
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
August 14Florida attorney general rewrites property tax cut amendment language after lawsuit
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has submitted for judicial review a rewritten version of the title and ballot summary for Amendment 3. Circuit Judge David Frank in Leon County ordered the AG’s office to rewrite the far-reaching property tax amendment’s ballot language…
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Chaires by the numbers
- Median age
- 50.5
- Persons per household
- 3.3
- Median household income
- $167,569