{"id":407512,"date":"2026-09-22T20:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407512\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:04:15","slug":"midday-update-unexpected-ssa-closure-wakulla-commissioners-ban-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407512\/","title":{"rendered":"Midday Update: Unexpected SSA closure, Wakulla commissioners ban data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) \u2014 Tuesday, September 22nd: Below are the top stories WTXL ABC 27 is following around the Big Bend, South Georgia, nationally, and your forecast.<\/p>\n<p>1) <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/news\/local-news\/tallahassee-social-security-office-temporarily-closes-due-to-business-issue-residents-left-asking-questions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tallahassee Social Security Office closes without warning, leaving residents frustrated and without answers<\/a>. Those without appointments said they had been previously directed to visit the office in person to schedule appointments and drop off paperwork. The office reopened Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Tallahassee Social Security Office closes without warning, leaving residents frustrated and without answers<\/p>\n<p>2) <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/news\/local-news\/in-your-neighborhood\/wakulla-county\/happening-tonight-wakulla-county-moves-to-ban-data-centers-with-new-ordinance-proposal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wakulla County moves to ban data centers with new ordinance<\/a>. The Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the change Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Wakulla County moves to ban data centers with new ordinance<\/p>\n<p>3) <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/news\/state\/jolly-rules-out-debates-with-donalds-setting-off-new-clash-in-florida-governors-race\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jolly rules out debates with Donalds, setting off new clash in Florida governor\u2019s race<\/a>. David Jolly\u2019s refusal to debate Byron Donalds has sparked accusations of dodging scrutiny and could leave Florida without a televised governor\u2019s debate for the first time in more than 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Jolly rules out debates with Donalds, setting off new clash<\/p>\n<p>4) <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/news\/local-news\/in-your-neighborhood\/thomas-county\/on-the-road-why-longtime-neighbors-say-thomasville-and-its-110-year-old-plaza-are-something-special\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ON THE ROAD: Thomasville&#8217;s 110-year-old plaza<\/a>. One neighbor says after nearly 60 years, it&#8217;s the friendships and familiar faces at The Plaza that make Thomasville feel like home.<\/p>\n<p>ON THE ROAD: Why longtime neighbors say Thomasville and its 110-year-old Plaza are something special<\/p>\n<p>5) <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/weather\/first-to-know-weather-changes-come-as-fall-starts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday Forecast<\/a>: Highs this afternoon will remain in the low 90s. It is possible for an occasional shower and some thunder to pop up, but things will start to get drier. Meteorologist <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/ryan-gold\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Gold<\/a> has the details below.<\/p>\n<p>First To Know Weather &#8211; Changes come soon<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more local news? Visit the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTXL ABC 27 Website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in touch with us anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WTXLABC27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wtxlabc27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Instagram <\/a>and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abc27\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) \u2014 Tuesday, September 22nd: Below are the top stories WTXL ABC 27 is following around&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[242,509,445,52520,1813,30462,237,91231,13517,4944,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-407512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-abc-27","tag-big-bend","tag-byron-donalds","tag-data-centers","tag-david-jolly","tag-debate","tag-first-to-know-weather","tag-on-the-road","tag-plaza","tag-social-security","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407512","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=407512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}