Tallahassee News Archives

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued an urban and small-stream flood advisory for Leon County.

At a time of budget cuts and looming lay-offs, the city of Tallahassee has just started advertising for a contractor to help lead its multi-million dollar effort to reduce residents' energy use.

A Leon County grand jury will continue to hear testimony today about the May shooting death of Rachel Hoffman, a 23-year-old woman who was working as a Tallahassee police informant.

Nearly 500 math whizzes competed in the 2008 National Mu Alpha Theta Convention in Sacramento, Calif., from Monday through Thursday last week.

The Tallahassee Senior Center showed its colors in red, white and blue during the month of July.

A Tallahassee Parks and Rec employee resigns in the thick of an internal investigation.

Preliminary results from the investigation of the deadly July 11 Stepping Stones child-care center fire could be released next week, Capt.

Members of the Tallahassee Fire Academy's third class put their education to good use before their official graduation Tuesday.

The Early Learning Coalition staff will be joined tonight by members of the Fire Marshal's Office, fire-prevention staff from the Tallahassee Fire Department and staff of the Department of Children and Families ...

A missing 4-year-old child was found this morning along the roadside in St. Marks, according to David McCranie, spokesman for the Tallahassee Police Department.

At 43, Tallahassee homemaker Gena Grant is unemployed and raising two young children on her own.

Neither the threat of rain nor the clamoring thunder could keep away 14 athletes with the Special Olympics, who came to participate Saturday in the third annual Area Games competition for golf at the SouthWood ...

WCTV has joined the Tallahassee Democrat in the gag order fight with regards to the Gary Hilton murder case.

Grace Chen may have loved Cinderella, but to her parents, she was a real princess.

Friday morning family and friends gathered at a local cemetery to remember a young man gunned down last Sunday night.

Some local day care centers are stepping up fire drill procedures. One day care in Southwood practiced a nap time fire drill to prepare staff for an emergency.

Monica Zhong hasn't been able to sleep since she heard about how 4-year-old Grace Chen died from a fire at a Tallahassee child-care center earlier this month.

After being caught twice with a "baggie" of marijuana, 23-year old Rachel Hoffman was reportedly told by police in Tallahassee, Florida that she would go to prison for four years unless she became an undercover ...

After being caught twice with a "baggie" of marijuana, 23-year old Rachel Hoffman was reportedly told by police in Tallahassee, Florida that she would go to prison for four years unless she became an undercover ...

It's the second time a Tallahassee woman illegally ran a daycare. However, this time attention was brought to authorities because she neglected a child.

Tallahassee police are searching for the person who stole an idling car with two children inside Thursday, while their mother was inside a store on South Adams Street, according to Tallahassee police.

It's been almost two months since Dr. Joel Shugar died in a skydiving accident. The beloved doctor's spirit lives on along with his clinic.

Lightweight boxer Vernon Paris is anticipating this afternoon with the same kind of eagerness that he's had for many of his prizefights.

Day care owners and employees are educating themselves with extra information on fire and emergency safety procedures Tuesday night .

Karen Myers says she was fixing a cup of coffee as she was getting ready for work when she heard something splashing around in her backyard on Tennyson Drive in the North Shire neighborhood.

The Florida Highway Patrol says 21-year-old Nina Gilbert was killed during a single car crash on I-10 in Suwannee county.

A former Tallahassee high school teacher and tutor will be going on trial today after being accused of having inappropriate contact with a 13-year-old Texas girl.

The Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend is hosting "Emergency Safety Preparedness" workshops for child-care providers next week.

A scheme to steal thousands of dollars worth of electronics from Wal-Mart may go far beyond the Tallahassee city limits.

In the face of strained budgets in all city departments, city staff members have asked the Tallahassee Fire Department to trim $300,000 from its budget over the next three months.

There is still no arrest in a Tallahassee murder, but deputies say it appears that Kevin Kitchens knew his killer.

A wreck on Interstate 10 proved fatal for one Tallahassee resident over the weekend.

Shannon Burton was not only the 2006 Miss Tallahassee, but she is also a president's honor roll, dean's list, and much more.

Rhonnie Schaeffer remembers the disturbing phone call as if it were yesterday. It was Oct.

The Tallahassee Police Department and other local and state agencies are continuing their investigation into the fatal fire at a local child-care center.

The Leon County Sheriff's Office says, neighbors heard men arguing and then a gun shot around 1:30 Sunday morning.

A vehicle that pulls trailers loaded with luggage caught fire about 1 p.m. today at Tallahassee Regional Airport.

New police technology helps officials put a wanted man behind bars. Tallahassee Police Officer Petrotzky was responding to a traffic stop on Tennessee and Dixie Drive early Saturday morning.

Two people were shot in separate incidents in Tallahassee overnight, according to the Tallahassee Police Department.

An unidentified driver was killed Friday night on Interstate 10 in Gadsden County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

A week ago today a 4-year-old girl named Grace Chen died in a fire at a Tallahassee Florida daycare.

Leon County Sheriff's Office Spokesman Tony Drzewiecki said Kendrick Porter, 22, has been arrested on four charges in the child-related dispute that took place earlier today at an apartment complex in the 700 ...

A man is now under arrest for a deadly shooting at a Tallahassee flea market and police say there may be more arrests to come.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says, Ty and Kristi Gentle allegedly received 68 prescriptions including Oxycodone and Darvocet.

A woman arrested early this morning on a battery charge kicked a police officer twice in the face after breaking a window in his patrol car, Tallahassee police said.

The public has been barred from viewing pretrial evidence in the case of a Tallahassee police confidential informant who was killed in May.

Tallahassee Police spokesperson David McCraine told WCTV Wednesday that Stepping Stones Day Care employees did not bring out their attendance list when they evacuated the building, that's a direct violation of ...

A Tallahassee man was arrested Tuesday after Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents say he solicited a 14-year-old girl online for sex.

Tallahassee Police face tense moments as a wanted man tries to make his getaway in the civic center.

The woman arrested at the Tallahassee Regional Airport this weekend had flown in from New York to turn herself in, according to the Leon County Sheriff's Office.

A Tallahassee couple was arrested Monday on charges of "doctor shopping" after an eight-month investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Tallahassee Police Department.

Police have found the car they were looking for in connection with the shooting Saturday at a Tallahassee indoor flea market that left a man dead.

A delivery driver was robbed early this morning at a student apartment complex, according to the Leon County Sheriff's Office.

Monday afternoon Florida Highway Patrol stopped a Dodge for following too closely and not using turn signals and ended up finding six pounds of marijuana.

Updated at 2:44 PM Here's what we know about the shooting incident so far. Deputies say a caseworker with the Florida Dept.

A four-year-old girl has died after being pulled from a burning day care center.

One year ago this month, Beth Burns gave the homeless and disadvantaged women of Tallahassee a place of refuge.

The Tallahassee Fire Department is reporting a house fire that ignited in the Piney Z Neighborhood off Conner Blvd.

The blaze happened Friday around noon at the Stepping Stone Daycare on Weems Road off Mahan Drive.

Tallahassee Police say a 21 year-old man was shot around 5pm at the Allen Shannon Flea Market at 2525 South Monroe Street.

Most of the children involved in a child-care center fire this afternoon have been picked up by their parents.

Mississippi Belle moves down river Military searches for missing St. Ambrose grad Investigators with the Fayetteville Police Department are working with Army officials to find 24 year-old 2nd Lt.

Yesterday at approximately 1:30 p.m., Leon County Jail inmate Calvin Torres was being escorted from Jail Pod "B" to the medical unit for court ordered DNA testing.

TPD spokesman David McCranie provided the following timeline and details about today's child-care center fire that has left 4-year-old Grace Chen dead.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court said its OK for sex offenders to possess pornography if it's not "relevant" to their "deviant behavior pattern." The court's 5-2 ruling Thursday in a 66-page ...

The Tallahassee Lions Club installed its 208-2009 officers June 19 at the Capital City Country Club to celebrate the installation of its new officers.

In an effort to more effectively notify the community regarding sexual offenders and sexual predators that reside in Leon County, the Leon County Sheriff's Office will furnish a weekly list of all new offenders ...

The Tallahassee City Commission unveiled a plan to stimulate economic growth by becoming more business friendly.

Leon County deputies are searching for a graverobber who is stealing from the dead.

A man, who was released from prison 10 days, was arrested by a Tallahassee police officer early this morning when he spotted James F. Donnelly burglarizing Momo's Pizza, 1416 W. Tennessee St., according to ...

Celebrate America at Tom Brown Park was the place to be in Tallahassee for the Fourth of July.

The Leon County Commission took up the issue of combining the City of Tallahassee's Fire Department with Leon County's Emergency Management Services Tuesday night.

A joint fire-EMS department is close at hand, following Leon County commissioners' unanimous approval Tuesday of a conceptual plan elaborated by County Commissioner Bryan Desloge and Tallahassee City ...

More gunfire in Tallahassee overnight ... this time on Putnam Drive. Tallahassee Police say an 18 year old man and a 20 year old man were walking near 735 Putnam Drive when a group of teens gathered there ...

On Sunday, June 22, a man broke into a cash machine at the Super Splash Car Wash, located at 3781 North Monroe St., causing approximately $5,000 in damage.

Information from the Tallahassee Police Department What: Home Invasion @ 2:30pm Where: 2915 Sharer Road What: Home Invasion Who: Victims are two white males The two victims were inside the apartment and herd a ...

Yesterday, Monday June 30, 2008, at approximately 4:00 p.m. a 15 yoa male reported he was playing basketball in the area of Crossway Road and Center Drive, when he heard what sounded like fire crackers and then ...

Gov. Charlie Crist proposes to girlfriend July 04, 2008 11:51 PM EST TALLAHASSEE, Fla.

The Department of Defense says 39 year old Master Sergeant Shawn Simmons died in an accident, he was not in battle at the time.

Tallahassee police early this morning arrested two men in connection with a carjacking reported earlier to the Florida A&M University Police Department.

Jefferson County investigators are looking for people captured on a Wal-Mart surveillance video in hopes they can provide information in connection with the stabbing death of a Tallahassee business owner.

The following is a press release from the Leon County Sheriff's Office. Released Thursday evening July 3, 2008 Early this morning, Thursday July 3, 2008, at approximately 2:30 a.m. Leon County Sheriff's ...

EUGENE, Ore. - Eric Smith's duties relating to the electronic measurement of such events as the discus places him right in the heart of the action at Hayward Field.

The war overseas has hit close to home... Tallahassee native, Shawn Elliot Simmons has been killed in the line of duty in the war on terrorism.

A former Tallahassee high school teacher will soon be headed to prison. Our cameras were the only ones rolling when 29 year old Michael Tamayo entered a plea in court this morning.

TALLAHASSEE Florida lottery officials said Wednesday they will add the national Powerball game to the state's portfolio in January and become the new host for the game's semiweekly drawings.

Police have arrested one man in connection with the Monday robbery of the Fair Price Food Store, 440 Paul Russell Road.

A woman and a toddler locked themselves in a room in their home Wednesday morning during a burglary in progress, according to the Tallahassee Police Department.

Dushawn Powell, 19, was arrested on charges of carjacking robbery with a firearm after he carjacked a man who then crashed into a Leon County Sheriff deputy's car, according to LCSO.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office officials say it appears someone stole a credit card of slain Tallahassee business owner Michael Lee Gerrard and then put it back into his wallet before his body was dumped on ...

Master Sgt. Shawn Elliot Simmons, a native of Tallahassee, was killed Sunday in Afghanistan after his vehicle rolled into a canal, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Tallahassee Police are reporting seven arrests were made during the night Tuesday...with a majority of the suspects in possession of drugs.

Florida Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Keith Matthews was driving North on Waukeenah Highway last night when he ran off the road.

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TALLAHASSEE, FL -- It was a site you don't see everyday in the Panhandle in Florida.

The Leon County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in the recent theft of equipment from Blade Runners Lawn Care on Talpeco Road.