Author: Akilah Winters | Staff writer

News

City to audit TPD’s use of force policy

City commissioners unanimously approved a motion to audit the Tallahassee Police Department’s use of force policy during Wednesday’s meeting. Also known as “General Order 60,” it was not expected to face opposition from the mayor or commissioners. The audit would include a review of TPD’s use of force policy and […]

Lifestyles

Relay for Life team spreads awareness

October is the month selected to honor those who battled, conquered or lost their lives to breast cancer. Relay For Life is a nonprofit organization that aims to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. Worldwide, people host relay for life events on behalf of the American Cancer Society.  “Our […]

News

Partnership to boost FAMU’s COVID testing

FAMU has continued to provide coronavirus testing resources for students, faculty, staff and the Tallahassee community. The Bragg Stadium testing site has been operating since April 25, testing more than 50,000 people to date. Now FAMU is taking the initiative to go beyond that; the university has partnered with Thermo […]

Lifestyles

Instagram updates leave users frustrated

For many, Instagram is a staple social media platform. It’s nearly essential for any business or organization; and with COVID-19 minimizing many events to Instagram Live, you can guarantee this app isn’t going anywhere any time soon. However, recent updates to the app have users a little less than satisfied. […]

Opinions

Yelp’s new feature to make dining in safer

Eating in Tallahassee is becoming easier for people of color and harder for businesses that have been mentioned with racist and discriminatory reviews on Yelp’s newest feature. Yelp, a local search review and social networking site, will now mark restaurants with a “business accused of racist behavior” alert. All alerts […]

Lifestyles

Ready for the iPhone 12?

Apple CEO Tim Cook and his team hosted a virtual event Tuesday via YouTube to talk about the highly anticipated release of the iPhone 12. This will be Apple’s first 5G enabled smartphone, which is said to enable a faster data flow. 5G may not be a high priority to […]

Sports

Dillard, FAMU captain, wins tournament

Mulbe Dillard IV has got game. The Chicago native and Florida A&M University golf teamcaptainearlier this month won first place at the Championship Flight, Golfweek amateur tournament at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. “The course was set up extremely tough. The conditions that we had for the first day […]