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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – An investigation is underway after a Tallahassee fast food restaurant was hit by a bullet in an apparent drive-by shooting, said a police spokesperson. It happened Saturday night around 8:45 pm at the Burger King near the intersection of East Park Avenue and Magnolia Drive. One person was injured when a vehicle that was driving by opened fire, according to the Tallahassee Police Department. A watch commander said the person was expected to survive, but the extent of their injuries was not disclosed. The bottom half of a window located directly in front of a table for customers had a large hole in it and shards of glass were littered below on Sunday night. The window was parallel to Magnolia Drive. The business, located in the Winn Dixie shopping center, was open for business. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made, said police. WCTV has reached out to Burger King for comment, but has not heard back. Copyright 2022 WC...

LEON COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) — UPDATE: 11:50 pm: The Florida Highway Patrol told ABC 27 a driver died after hitting a pole and a tree, and ending up in a ravine. Nobody else was involved. INITIAL REPORT The Leon County Sheriff’s Office said it is working at the scene of a vehicle accident that occurred Sunday night. According to the sheriff’s office, it is assisting the Florida Highway Patrol with a single-vehicle wreck near Bannerman Road. According to the Florida Highway Patrol’s Live Traffic and Road Conditions report website, the accident type is listed as a fatality occurring at 216 Bannerman Road. FHP responded to the scene at 8:40 pm and arrived 16 minutes later. The sheriff’s office requests travelers to avoid the area as the road is closed in both directions at North Meridian Road and Oak Grove Road. This story will be updated. The post Leon County Sheriff’s Office responds to accident near Bannerman Road first appeared on Daily Florida Pre...

Good Monday morning. A longtime power player in Republican politics — serving under President Ronald Reagan and reaching the Executive Committee of the national party — is retiring from the lobbying firm he built into one of the state’s top 10 firms. But don’t expect to stop hearing from Al Cárdenas, who has been rated the “best in the business” for lobbying, according to The Hill. He’s also been co-Chair of the 2004 Bush-Cheney Florida Campaign and a key force propelling the Institute of Politics’ 2020 founding at Florida State University, where he’s the Chair of the Institute’s first Advisory Board. Al Cardenas may be retiring, but he’s not slowing down. “I like to call it a legacy phase,” Cárdenas said, describing what he will be pursuing after about 20 years spent building The Advocacy Group at Cardenas Partners. Yes, he’s planning to improve his golf handicap and add pounds to his bench press, but, mostly, he’s looking for ways to spread the heft of the insight he’s ga...

Watch above: Lisa Jordan, 54, talks about how her $2,000 Gainesville Regional Utilities bills have affected her business, Nature’s Pet Day Spa, off of West Newberry Road in northwest Gainesville. (Lauren Witte/WUFT News) Hayley Shea is a lifelong Gainesville resident who’s considering moving to another state. Why? Because her utility bills are just too high for someone who bakes cakes for a living. “I feel like they don’t want anybody living here besides college students and old white people,” Shea, 35, said of city officials and especially Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU). Shea said her utility bill averages $550-600 per month for an apartment off of Williston Road. That’s asking way too much of a single mother supporting her seven children, she said. “If there were nine days in a week, I would work nine days” to pay all of her bills, Shea said. Shea is not the only Gainesville native tempted to move because of GRU. M...