Local News in Leon County

WMNF 88.5 Published September 09

SOTD 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.…

Monticello News / ECB Publishing Published September 08

Warriors 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...

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 .

WMNF 88.5 Published August 20

Mosquito 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.

Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Published August 17

Corporations 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…

Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Published August 14

Florida 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…

Tampa Bay Beacons Published August 10

City lands $1.35 million from Tallahassee

St Pete Catalyst Published August 05

Judge orders rewrite of property tax amendment ballot language

A Leon County judge has ruled Florida must rewrite the language before voters see it in November.

Jacksonville Today Published August 04

Judge orders Florida to rewrite ballot language for property tax amendment

A Leon County judge ruled that the ballot language on the property tax issue was not fair or neutral.

Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Published July 28

Florida judge refuses to boot Fishback from the ballot, won’t ‘decide the race’

A Leon County judge refused Monday to kick Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback off the ballot, agreeing that he hadn’t meant to establish residency in D.C. and pointing out that it’s not the court’s job to decide who becomes Florida’s next governor. “This Court will…

Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Published July 22

In fight to stay on Florida ballot, governor candidate admits to voting in D.C., threatens to imprison opponents

During a Leon County hearing to decide whether gubernatorial candidate James Fishback should be booted from the ballot, Fishback threatened to imprison the lieutenant governor’s senior adviser, one of his supporters challenged the staffer to a courthouse fight, and Fishback…

Biscayne Times Published July 16

Jury Finds Lawmaker Fabian Basabe Liable in Sexual Harassment Trial

A Leon County jury has found state Rep. Fabián Basabe liable for sexual harassment and defamation, capping nearly three years of legal wrangling since two former legislative staffers sued the Miami Beach Republican.