An investiture ceremony for new Leon County Judge LaShawn Riggans will be held Friday at 3 p.m., according to the Court Administrator's Office for the 2nd Judicial Circuit. The ceremony will be in ...

Former prosecutor, FDLE legal advisor and Leon County Judge Jason L. Jones is returning to his first courtroom in Jefferson ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' ban on mask mandates in schools will not remain in place, Leon County's 2nd Judicial Circuit Court Judge John Cooper ruled Friday. The court said that under the law the ...

A bright-eyed, 10-year-old Augustus "Gus" Aikens Jr. decided he wanted to be a lawyer in front of a boxy television set in his grandmother's living room. The way Perry Mason, the title character of ...

Leon County Clerk of Court Gwen Marshall Knight, whose office has been the talk of courthouse circles for months over major performance problems, was notified by the chief judge of the 2nd Judicial ...

The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission filed formal charges against Leon County Judge Judith W. Hawkins for allegedly using her judicial office to promote a private interest that consists of ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Outside the public library, supporters of George W. Bush hollered at the eight judges inside: “Enough is enough! Bush won!” Inside, the judges sorted quietly through 9,000 disputed ...

An alleged error by the Leon County Clerk of Court led to the release of a man who was supposed to remain in jail after he was charged with sexual activity with an ...