Tallahassee Area News
- Update: Senator congratulates Army veteran on U.S. citizenship
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:21:00 EST
Axel Runtschke is now a U.S. citizen. - Update: NCAA, FSU to pay $325,000 to reimburse media outlets for lawsuit costs
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:06:00 EST
Florida State University and the National Collegiate Athletic Association will pay $325,000 to reimburse the legal fees of media groups that sued them in an open-records case and won. The agreement was reached through mediation Thursday and was filed in circuit court Friday morning. FSU will pay $65,000 to the Tallahassee Democrat and Gannett Co. Inc's Florida newspapers and televisions stations, along with more than 20 other media outlets that filed suit in June 2009. The NCAA will pay $260,000. Florida courts last year ruled that documents in an athletic-cheating sanctions case were open records. Last week, Circuit Judge John Cooper ruled that the media groups could have their legal fees reimbursed, as allowed by Florida law in open-records litigation. In September, lawyers for the media group sought legal fees to that point of $324,112 from FSU and the NCAA. Barring the mediated agreement reached this week, Cooper would have decided how much was owed and by whom. Cooper's order last week that legal costs could be recovered stated the case against "By insisting on transmitting public records to FSU, a public institution, in a manner designed to maintain secrecy, the NCAA actively attempted to interfere with FSU's obligations under the Florida Constitution and Florida's Public Records Act," Cooper wrote in his 10-page opinion. "FSU was complicit in this arrangement." Bob Gabordi, executive editor of the Tallahassee Democrat, said the case showed media outlets are willing to fight for enforcement of Sunshine Laws. "Knowing that media outlets are fully engaged, watching closely and willing to take on those who violate the public's right to access government records in Florida is the only effective deterrent to such scofflaws," Gabordi said. FSU has already spent more than $100,000 on its own defense in the case. Florida State officials in March calculated the university spent $102,108 on outside attorney fees from June 2009 to January 2010. - FAMU football picked second in MEAC preseason voting
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:30:00 EST
Florida A&M was picked to finish in second place in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in voting conducted by the conference's head coaches and sports information directors. - Four arrested in connection with Lincoln High burglary
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:00 EST
Early this morning the Leon County Sheriff's Office responded to a burglary call at Lincoln High School. - Heat advisory issued for NW Florida
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:58:00 EST
The National Weather Service has declared a heat advisory in effect from 2 p.m. today until 7 p.m. for all of north Florida, southeast Alabama, southwest and south central Georgia. - Perry fisherman rescued in Carrabelle River
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:30:00 EST
CARABELLE - A Perry resident spent a frightening night clinging to a fishing net after his boat was sunk by rough seas near Dog Island. - Bob Gabordi's blog: NCAA-FSU case sends message media still engaged
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:12:00 EST
- Handicappers, oddsmakers see eight or nine wins for FSU football
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:33:00 EST
The folks who make their living on both sides of a pointspread are as curious as anyone when the subject is Jimbo Fisher's debut season as Florida State's head football coach. - WCSO, FWC teach students outdoor skills
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:39:00 EST
The Wakulla County Sheriff's Office Firearms Safety and Outdoor Skills Program began its first day on July 26, aiming to teach students outdoor skills including map and compass reading, observation of wildlife signs, field first aid and safe use of rifles, shotguns and archery equipment, said Keith Blackmar, the public information officer for Wakulla County Sheriff's Office. - Free pet adoptions this weekend
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:14:00 EST
The Tallahassee-Leon Community Animal Service Center will waive pet-adoption fees this weekend, beginning with a special overnight event from 10 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday. - Audit: Gadsden County sheriff approved loans with department's money
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:15:00 EST
Several "significant deficiencies" were reported in an audit of the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office, including loaning money to employees in the amount of $2,500 and $1,500. - LeRoy Collins Jr. dies in Tampa crash
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:13:00 EST
LeRoy Collins Jr., the son and namesake of a beloved Florida governor, was killed while riding his bicycle Thursday morning in Tampa. Collins, 75, was the executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs. - Ready, set, STOP: Red-light camera fines go into effect this weekend
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:17:00 EST
Starting midnight Sunday, no more automatic warnings will be given to red-light runners at two of Tallahassee's busiest intersections. Residents will have 30 days from when a notice of violation is mailed to pay the fine. - Education chief discusses FCAT review
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:08:00 EST
Education Commissioner Eric Smith met with a group of school officials on Thursday to discuss the ongoing FCAT review. - Ken Armstrong a candidate for TCC president
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:09:00 EST
He's had 20 years' experience as a college administrator. But that's not how Big Bend residents know Ken Armstrong, president of the United Way of the Big Bend. - League of Women Voters offers candidate guide
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:10:00 EST
The League of Women Voters of Tallahassee held a news conference Thursday to announce an online voters' guide for the upcoming elections. - Air Force staff sergeant dies on duty in Idaho
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:05:00 EST
A woman with Tallahassee ties who was serving in the U.S. Air Force has died, according to Al Hall, director of Tillman Funeral Home. - Prosecutor Robin Lotane to be honored
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:14:00 EST
The popular Red Cross Hurricane Run is getting a new name. - Eagle Scout finishes cemetery project
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:07:00 EST
Benches and gardens, typical Eagle Scout projects, are nice. But when Dylan Spann went looking for his Eagle Scout project, he wanted something more substantial that "I could learn from and others could learn from." - Cafe Cabernet breaks out Wine for Dimes with ladies in mind
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:05:00 EST
Jay Burleson, co-owner of Cafe Cabernet, wants to expose more of Tallahassee to the fruitful world of wine — while keeping the ladies in mind. That's how he came up with Wine for Dimes.
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