Tallahassee Reports<\/p>\n
Friday, April 17, 2026<\/p>\n
Weather: Today, sunny, with a high near 89. Tonight, a low around 59. Saturday, a high near 89. Saturday Night, a low around 64. \u00a0NWS<\/a><\/p>\n US stock markets\u00a0close up (S&P 500 +0.3%, Dow +0.2%, Nasdaq +0.4%) after Israel and Lebanon agree to temporary ceasefire (More<\/a>).<\/p>\n Local Sports: On April 13 and 14, Chiles hosted the FHSAA 3A District 2 tournament involving six total teams at Tom Brown Park. Chiles won both district titles as a team for boys and girls while Leon finished runner-up in both the boys and girls divisions as well.\u00a0Details<\/a><\/p>\n Local & State News<\/p>\n On Monday, April 13, the Leon County School Board received a presentation outlining the current and projected residential growth patterns across Leon County, highlighting the geographic distribution of new housing, development approvals, and long-term population trends that will influence school enrollment and facility planning.\u00a0\u00a0Details.<\/a><\/p>\n LCS Seeks Renewal of Half-Penny Sales Tax, $500M in Revenue:\u00a0The half-penny sales tax has been a longstanding funding source for local schools, first approved by voters in 2002 and renewed again in 2012. Since the last renewal, the tax has generated approximately $397 million in revenue to support school facilities and capital improvements. The current voter-approved funding authorization is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2027.\u00a0Details.<\/a><\/p>\n Undocumented immigrants would be barred from admission to state colleges under a proposed rule by the Florida Department of Education. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n Justice John Couriel will be Florida\u2019s next chief justice, after he was unanimously elected to the post Thursday by his fellow justices on the Florida Supreme Court. Details.<\/a><\/p>\n National News<\/p>\n Israel and Lebanon agreed to a\u00a010-day ceasefire<\/a>\u00a0starting at 5 pm ET yesterday, which may aid efforts to extend the fragile US-Iran truce.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump\u00a0nominates retired Coast Guard officer and former deputy surgeon general\u00a0Erica Schwartz to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u00a0(More<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Reports Friday, April 17, 2026 Weather: Today, sunny, with a high near 89. Tonight, a low around…\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-235588","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\/235588","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=235588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235588\/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=235588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}