LOCAL NEWS
On Wednesday, October 22, the Tallahassee City Commission voted 3-2 to hold a final public hearing about transferring the city owned hospital assets to Florida State University. Get the details.
HCA Florida Capital Hospital recently announced the appointment of Jack Atwater, MD, board-certified anesthesiologist/intensivist, to the position of chief medical officer.
LOCAL SPORTS
On Oct. 26, Maclay hosted the Ladies Big Bend Golf Tournament at The Golf Club of Quincy located in Quincy, FL, with 10 schools competing. Get the details.
FLORIDA NEWS
All three members of the Florida Cabinet are questioning the legality of the state voucher system that has steered taxpayer-funded scholarships to private Islamic schools that they contend undermine “Western” values.
NATIONAL NEWS
Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica today as a Category 5 storm, with sustained winds of more than 157 miles per hour. If it does, it will be the strongest system to have hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851.
Amazon reportedly set to announce largest corporate layoffs in company history, potentially impacting as many as 30,000 people, starting today; roughly 27,000 workers have been laid off since 2022 (More).
US stock markets close up (S&P 500 +1.2%, Dow +0.7%, Nasdaq +1.9%), with all three indexes notching record highs over potential US-China trade truce (More)
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