{"id":218294,"date":"2026-04-04T03:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/218294\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T03:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:40:34","slug":"friday-april-3-2026-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/218294\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, April 3, 2026 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tallahassee Reports<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Friday, April 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-cf95c857-7ea9-41df-a963-6e080a90f52e\">Weather:  Today, a slight chance of showers between 11am and noon, with a high near 83. Tonight, a 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm with a low around 65. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Saturday night, mostly clear, with a low around 61.  <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=30.4407&amp;lon=-84.2783\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"block-cddbf048-c6ef-45fb-9ee8-d99bbde682ce\">US stock markets close mixed (S&amp;P 500 +0.1%, Dow -0.1%, Nasdaq +0.2%) (<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/45045325.2857682\/aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5hbmNlLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9uZXdzL2xpdmUvc3RvY2stbWFya2V0LXRvZGF5LWRvdy1mYWxscy1zcC01MDAtYW5kLW5hc2RhcS1zaGFrZS1vZmYtZWFybHktbG9zc2VzLW9uLXN0cmFpdC1vZi1ob3JtdXotaG9wZXMtMjAwMDA5NjM1Lmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1qb2luMTQ0MCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9wbGFjZW1lbnQ9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1c2VyX2lkPTY2YzRjNzNhNWQ3ODY0NGIzYWJiYTk5Yw\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB19a515ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">More<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Local &amp; State News<\/p>\n<p>TPD makes arrest in fatal shooting on Faringdon Drive. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/04\/02\/tpd-arrests-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-on-faringdon-drive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On March 30, Dr. Benny L. Bolden, Jr., the Director for Interdivisional Support Services and Secondary Schools for Leon County Schools, notified students and parents about changes to graduation criteria.<a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/04\/02\/parents-notified-of-changes-to-graduation-criteria-under-florida-law\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Local, state and federal law agents have wrapped up a major probe into human trafficking in and around Tallahassee. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wfsu.org\/wfsu-local-news\/2026-04-02\/operation-cupids-cleanup-nets-18-human-trafficking-suspects-and-provides-help-to-the-victims\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>State general revenue collections for February exceeded expectations by $154.5 million, according to the Legislature\u2019s Office of Economic &amp; Demographic Research. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/04\/02\/february-revenue-tops-forecast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Labor estimated 4,936 initial unemployment applications were filed last week in Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/04\/02\/unemployment-claims-down-in-florida\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">down from a revised count of 5,398 the week ending March 21.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>National News<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/45045325.2857682\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS91cy1uZXdzL2xhdy90cnVtcC1vdXN0cy1hdHRvcm5leS1nZW5lcmFsLXBhbS1ib25kaS05ODc0YjAyZD9zdD1KbnJCcFMmbW9kPTE0NDAmdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB337795ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">fired Attorney General Pam Bondi<\/a>\u00a0yesterday, removing the country\u2019s top law enforcement officer after a 14-month tenure. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve as acting attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>The UK convenes\u00a041 countries\u00a0to pressure Iran to reopen\u00a0Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump said the US would not play a lead role in restoring the waterway during prime-time address Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Reports Friday, April 3, 2026 Weather: Today, a slight chance of showers between 11am and noon, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-218294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}