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By the time the suspect, Phoenix Ikner, was 6 years old, court records showed that he had to repeat kindergarten. His parents fought bitterly over every aspect of his care while accusing each other of manipulation and abuse. Judges were forced to intervene again and again as the parents traded allegations of domestic violence and stalking.

Officials were working on “multiple crime scenes” at the Florida State campus and dealing with at least “hundreds” of witnesses, said Chief Lawrence E. Revell of the Tallahassee Police Department, the lead investigative agency.

The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two people and wounding at least six others, investigators said. Officers quickly arrived and shot and wounded the shooter after he refused to comply with commands, said Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell.

Dubbed the “Focus on Florida’s Future Budget,” the proposal asks lawmakers for an additional $5 million to continue a controversial program that has transported undocumented immigrants to Massachusetts and California and to set aside $1 million for potential legal expenses related to Florida State University being left out of the four-team college football playoffs.

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and former Tallahassee bureau chief of the then-St. Petersburg Times, Lucy Morgan, died at 82.

The Florida Supreme Court has rejected appeals by a death row inmate who killed Faye Vann in the Tallahassee Mall parking lot in 1990.

JetBlue is set to start daily, nonstop flights from Tallahassee to Fort Lauderdale come next year. The low-cost carrier is the first to announce its arrival in Tallahassee since United left in 2021.

In a speech delivered on Sunday, the vice president advocated for Congress to take action to protect abortion rights.

Beefed up lobbying restrictions and breaks for motorists who frequently use toll roads are among state laws and other changes that will arrive with the new year.

After a run of successes, the state party is looking for a new leader to succeed outgoing chair Joe Gruters

Dozens gathered in Tallahassee to challenge a rule proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration restricting the way protests can be conducted in Florida’s Capitol Complex.

Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum pleaded not guilty to all federal charges brought against him on Wednesday before he was released pending trial.