Leon County, FL

ISF Incorporated and Second Harvest of the Big Bend coming together for the second year in a row to hand out food, and hurricane buckets, at New Covenant Holy Temple Church in Tallahassee.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Florida Highway Patrol responded to Aenon Church Road Friday night to assist with locating a stolen vehicle. Upon their arrival, a trooper found the vehicle. When trying to overtake it, the vehicle crashed and the suspect fled the scene on foot into a wooded area. With...

Voting is the foundation of our democracy, but minorities have historically struggled for access to the ballot box. In recent years, more than 400 voter security bills have been introduced in 48 states. While these laws intend to protect voting systems, experts state that measures such as strict voter ID laws, restricted registration, and narrowed voting times disproportionately impact people of color, students, the elderly, and people with disabilities. From policies like Florida’s Senate Bill-90 that restricts...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Tallahassee and Leon County residents came together for several events on Friday in honor of Emancipation Day. On May 20, 1865, General Edward McCook read the Emancipation Proclamation on the steps of the Knott House in Tallahassee. “Those slaves became free, they became a whole person,”...

After adding over 702,000 new cases throughout the last week, the U.S. now has more than 81.9 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 990,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a faster rate. In the past week, there were an average […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - For April 2022, the regional unemployment rate for Gadsden, Leon and Wakulla counties was 2.4 percent, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. This rate is 1.9 percentage points lower than the region’s rate of 4.3 percent a year earlier. At 2.0 percent, Wakulla...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A new lawsuit is now targeting Florida’s insurance commissioner in the latest development in the state’s ongoing homeowners insurance crisis. The suit was filed in Leon County by the Restoration Association of Florida (RAF) and a contractor, Air Quality Assessors. It looks...

The Leon County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday night it arrested a 15-year-old student who attends Godby High School Tuesday.

Two notable witnesses took the stand in the retrial of Katherine Magbanua.

This year's ACC Spring Meetings in Amelia Island marked the first time quite a few Florida State athletics dignitaries have attended the annual event. FSU head football coach Mike Norvell has been atop the program for nearly 2.5 years at this point, but this was the first time he was able to join with...

The Office of Insurance Regulation approved changes to policies that violate state law, the lawsuit from the Restoration Association of Florida contends. A trade group representing contractors and restoration businesses is suing Florida insurance regulators and two property insurance companies over changes to policies regulators approved limiting a homeowners’ ability to resolve disputes with the insurer in the courts.

A Leon County teacher is saying goodbye to the classroom and opening a center for students.

Ever since she can remember, Malissa Willeford has celebrated Florida's Emancipation Day with her family, church and friends. On Friday, she was sitting next to the pastor of her church, St. Peter Primitive Baptist, across from the Knott House on East Park Avenue, waiting for a Civil War reenactor to read the Emancipation Proclamation. ...

A 15-year-old student was arrested Tuesday after being caught with a Taser on the campus of Amos P. Godby High School, according to the Leon County Sheriff's Office.  The student was inside the assistant principal's office when, deputies say, the administrator noticed a Taser attached to a lanyard around the student's neck.   ...

Three Leon girls basketball players and one volleyball player celebrated signing letters of intent Wednesday.

TALLAHASSEE – On the eve of hurricane season, Florida lawmakers are returning to the Capitol to try to stabilize a troubled property insurance market plagued by skyrocketing rates and a parade of companies dropping policies or going out of business. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says “we’re not going to accept anything less than a very significant package” of changes from lawmakers, who will gather Monday for a special session scheduled through Friday. ...