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Tallahassee is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida,then the Florida Territory,in 1824. In 2022,the population was 201,731,making it the eighth-most populous city in the state of Florida. The population of the Tallahassee metropolitan area was 385,145 as of 2018. Tallahassee is the largest city in the Florida Big Bend and Florida Panhandle region,and the main center for trade and agriculture in the Florida Big Bend and Southwest Georgia regions.
Gadsden County is a county located in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census,the population was 43,826. Its county seat is Quincy. Gadsden County is included in the Tallahassee,FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Gadsden County is the only majority African-American county in Florida.
Gretna is a city in Gadsden County,Florida,United States. It is part of the Tallahassee,Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The majority of the population is African American,and as of the 2020 census,had 1,357 residents.
Havana is a town in Gadsden County,Florida,United States,and a suburb of Tallahassee. The population was 1,753 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Tallahassee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town was named after Havana,Cuba,located about 530 miles (850 km) to the south.
Midway is a city in Gadsden County,Florida,United States. It is part of the Tallahassee,Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 census,the population was 3,537.
Quincy is a city in and the county seat of Gadsden County,Florida,United States. Quincy is part of the Tallahassee metropolitan area. The population was 7,970 as of the 2020 census.
WFSU-TV is a PBS member television station in Tallahassee,Florida,United States. It is owned by Florida State University alongside NPR members WFSU-FM (88.9) and WFSQ. The three stations share studios at the Public Broadcast Center on the Florida State campus;WFSU-TV's transmitter is located near Bloxham,Florida.
WCTV is a television station licensed to Thomasville,Georgia,United States,serving the Tallahassee,Florida market as an affiliate of CBS and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Live Oak,Florida–licensed MeTV affiliate WFXU. Both stations share studios on Halstead Boulevard in Tallahassee,while WCTV's transmitter is located in unincorporated Thomas County,Georgia,southeast of Metcalf,along the Florida state line.
Lake Talquin is a reservoir located on the Ochlockonee River between Leon County and Gadsden County in north Florida. The lake,located about 10 miles (15 km) west of Tallahassee,is south of Interstate 10 and bordered by State Road 20 on the east and State Road 267 on the west.
The Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) is the municipal police for that provides public safety services for the city of Tallahassee,Florida,United States. Within the department,there are twelve primary divisions:The Chief of Police,Internal Affairs,Development Bureau,Investigations,Traffic Enforcement,Crime Analysis Unit,Public Information Office,Towing Administration,Property &Evidence,Operations Bureau,Technology,Records,and Special Operations.
WTXL-TV is a television station in Tallahassee,Florida,United States,affiliated with ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. The station's studios are located on Commerce Boulevard in Midway,Florida,and its transmitter is located near unincorporated Fincher,along the Georgia state line.
Andrew Demetric Gillum is an American former politician who served as the 126th mayor of Tallahassee,Florida,from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a Tallahassee city commissioner from 2003 until 2014,first elected at the age of 23.
The City of Tallahassee's Downtown Getdown is a seasonal festival in fall that happens in the central business district in the City of Tallahassee,Florida. The festival involves concerts,stands for food,dancing,street entertainers,make up artist,clowns,grilling,and fun for everyone. The city attracts people from all over the area,including Gadsden County,Wakulla County,Jefferson County,Jackson County,Gulf County,Liberty County,Madison County,Taylor County,and even south Georgia counties,including Thomas and Grady counties.
Gadsden County High School,known as East Gadsden High School (EGHS) until 2016,was a public high school in unincorporated Gadsden County,Florida,operated by Gadsden County School District. It is between Havana and Quincy,and it has a "Havana,Florida" postal address. Starting in fall 2017 it is the zoned high school of all of Gadsden County. It closed in 2018 and was succeeded by Gadsden County High School with a student body 70 percent African American and about 25 percent Hispanic.
The Orchard Pond Parkway,also known as County Road 0344,is a privately built,two-lane toll road,covering a distance of 5.2 miles (8.4 km) in the northern part of Leon County,Florida,acting as a partial bypass of Tallahassee and providing the only connection north of Interstate 10 between the northeastern and northwestern parts of the city. Replacing a dirt road that formerly covered the route,it opened in 2016;using open road tolling,it is considered to be the first privately built toll road to be constructed in the state of Florida. A multi-use trail parallels the road along the old dirt roadway.
West Gadsden High School was a public secondary school in unincorporated Gadsden County,Florida,operated by Gadsden County School District. It is adjacent to the city of Greensboro,and served grades 5–12. Its building now houses West Gadsden Middle School.
Kathy L. Garner is a judge for Gadsden County,Florida,and is the county's first black female judge. She has been noted for her work with juvenile cases in the county,and has been credited with helping reduce the number of juvenile arrests and re-offenders.
John Evans Dailey is an American politician from the state of Florida. He is the mayor of Tallahassee,Florida,serving since November 19,2018. Dailey previously served for twelve years on the Leon County Board of County Commissioners,representing northwestern Leon County,FL from 2006 to 2018.
On May 27,2020,after 11 a.m.,a 38-year-old African-American transgender man,Tony McDade,was fatally shot in the Leon Arms apartment complex by an officer of the Tallahassee Police Department,following the fatal stabbing of Malik Jackson on nearby Saxon Street. Early reports of the incident misgendered McDade as a "woman",and on May 28,the police department described McDade as a woman who "identified as a man". On September 3,a Leon County grand jury found that the police use of force against McDade was justified. Police body camera showing McDade pointing a firearm at one of the police officers before being shot was also released.
Nick Finch is a former sheriff of Liberty County,Florida. He is a member of the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association as well as the Posse Comitatus group,who believed that sheriffs are the ultimate arbiters of constitutionality in the United States.
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