{"id":333133,"date":"2026-07-08T14:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333133\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:18:11","slug":"the-tr-daily-briefs-wednesday-july-8-2026-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333133\/","title":{"rendered":"The TR Daily Briefs: Wednesday, July 8, 2026 \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img width=\"650\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WEDNESDAY1-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>                                            <\/p>\n<p>Tallahassee Reports<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, July 8, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-cf95c857-7ea9-41df-a963-6e080a90f52e\">Weather: Today, a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high near 95. Tonight, a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm, with a low around 76. Thursday, a 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm, with a high near 94. Thursday night, mostly clear, with a low around 76. <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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-cddbf048-c6ef-45fb-9ee8-d99bbde682ce\">US stock markets close lower (S&amp;P 500 -0.5%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq -1.2%) amid sell-off in semiconductor sector (<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/46483429.1843368\/aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5hbmNlLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9tYXJrZXRzL2xpdmUvc3RvY2stbWFya2V0LXRvZGF5LXNwLTUwMC1uYXNkYXEtZnV0dXJlcy1zbGlwLWFmdGVyLXNhbXN1bmctcmVzdWx0cy1zcGFyay1jaGlwLXNlbGwtb2ZmLTIyMzAxNTI5NC5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9am9pbjE0NDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fcGxhY2VtZW50PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cBc65717ad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">More<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Local &amp; State News<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three men convicted in a violent 2023 crime spree that left a Tallahassee police officer critically wounded were each sentenced Monday to mandatory life in prison. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/07\/08\/three-men-receive-mandatory-life-sentences-in-2023-shooting-of-tallahassee-police-officer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WFSU General Manager David Mullins talks retirement, layoffs, and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wfsu.org\/wfsu-local-news\/2026-06-25\/wfsu-general-manager-david-mullins-talks-retirement-layoffs-and-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal appeals court Tuesday kept in place a district court\u2019s preliminary injunction on Florida\u2019s law banning \u201cwoke\u201d instruction at public universities. <a href=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/07\/08\/federal-court-halts-florida-law-banning-woke-instruction-in-universities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/p>\n<p>National News<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple blocks in New York City\u2019s Midtown East were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/46483429.1843368\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hYmM3bnkuY29tL3Bvc3QvbWlkdG93bi1lYXN0LWJ1aWxkaW5ncy1ldmFjdWF0ZWQtY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLXdvcmtlcnMtZmluZC1idWNrbGluZy1iZWFtcy0yMXN0LWZsb29yLW55Yy8xOTQ2MzY0MC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1qb2luMTQ0MCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9wbGFjZW1lbnQ9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1c2VyX2lkPTY2YzRjNzNhNWQ3ODY0NGIzYWJiYTk5Yw\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cBf95ad040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cordoned off<\/a>\u00a0yesterday and several buildings were evacuated after officials discovered a high-rise building was unstable and at risk of collapse. See footage from inside the complex, where two support beams were found to be buckling,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.join1440.com\/click\/46483429.1843368\/aHR0cHM6Ly9waXgxMS5jb20vbmV3cy9jb2x1bW5zLWJ1Y2tsZS1hdC1taWR0b3duLWJ1aWxkaW5nLWZkbnkvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9am9pbjE0NDAmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fcGxhY2VtZW50PW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXNlcl9pZD02NmM0YzczYTVkNzg2NDRiM2FiYmE5OWM\/66c4c73a5d78644b3abba99cB323b3ae0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>\u00a0(scroll to see photos and videos).<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783520291_556_6d6a83762c62672642cf1fbc842a8c1afc1630aadc645705ee21fa300c8ea1c0.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Reports Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Weather: Today, a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-333133","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\/333133","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=333133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}