{"id":415411,"date":"2026-10-01T05:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/415411\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T05:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:05:02","slug":"midday-update-hearing-in-child-abuse-case-famu-bot-calls-for-changes-at-drs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/415411\/","title":{"rendered":"Midday Update: Hearing in child abuse case, FAMU BOT calls for changes at DRS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) \u2014 Friday, September 25th: 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\/downtown-tallahassee\/leon-county-judge-to-rule-within-24-hours-on-pretrial-detention-for-man-facing-child-abuse-charges\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pretrial hearing for man facing child abuse charges in Leon County<\/a>. A judge heard testimony from two state witnesses Thursday before making a decision on pretrial detention for Juming Delmas.<\/p>\n<p>Leon County judge to rule within 24 hours on pretrial detention for man facing child abuse charges<\/p>\n<p>2) <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/college-town\/famu-trustees-demand-14-day-fix-plan-for-developmental-research-school-amid-audit-findings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FAMU trustees demand 14-day fix plan for Developmental Research School<\/a>. A third-party audit of FAMU&#8217;s Developmental Research School raised concerns about leadership, finances, and staff credentials. But a source says there is another side to the story.<\/p>\n<p>FAMU trustees demand 14-day fix plan for Developmental Research School amid audit findings<\/p>\n<p>3) <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/news\/capitol-news\/florida-candidates-clash-over-data-centers-as-poll-finds-local-opposition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida candidates clash over data centers<\/a>. A new poll finds majority opposition to projects near home, but Republican leads in the governor and U.S. Senate races.<\/p>\n<p>Florida candidates clash over data centers<\/p>\n<p>4) <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/news\/local-news\/in-your-neighborhood\/thomas-county\/on-the-road-nationally-recognized-and-locally-rooted-how-thomasville-built-a-culinary-identity-on-community\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ON THE ROAD: How Thomasville built a culinary identity on community<\/a>. Thomasville has earned national praise for its food scene. The owners behind it say community \u2014 not just the cuisine \u2014 is what sets the city apart.<\/p>\n<p>Thomasville has earned national recognition for its culinary community and Southern appeal, but local restaurant owners say the food is only part of the story.<\/p>\n<p>5) <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/weather\/first-to-know-weather-an-amazing-weekend-ahead\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend Forecast<\/a>: Sun will shine in full force as we end the day today. We will stay sunny through most of the weekend as well, with only partly cloudy skies to end Sunday. 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; An Amazing Weekend Ahead<\/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 Friday, September 25th: Below are the top stories WTXL ABC 27 is following around&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[242,509,6041,52520,2811,9052,63840,237,28,36264,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-415411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-abc-27","tag-big-bend","tag-child-abuse","tag-data-centers","tag-election","tag-famu-bot","tag-famu-drs","tag-first-to-know-weather","tag-florida","tag-hearing","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415411","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=415411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}