With years of experience and a passion for Florida A&M University, longtime head softball coach Veronica Wiggins recently announced her retirement after this year’s season. Wiggins was born and raised in Miami. Growing up, she was the oldest daughter of nine and had responsibilities that everyday teenagers wouldn’t care to […]
Author: Tracey Belizaire | Staff writer
Tallahassee to hold inaugural Glow Run
The inaugural Tallahassee Glow Run 5K is an event run by the Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida. The glow run was created to benefit neighbors in need. Also, ninety one percent of individuals served by the Catholic Charities are not Catholic. Students are excited to attend the event and are […]
Local libraries host escape room event
Leon County libraries are currently hosting the Borne Escape Room, which is based on the science fiction novel “Borne,” by Jeff VanderMeer. It was first located at the Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library but will travel to other library locations throughout the next few weeks. This is the library’s […]
Black Archives hosts noted historian
Students, faculty and members of the community gathered Tuesday evening to hear Paul Ortiz discuss his books, “An African American and Latinx History of the United States” and “Emancipation Betrayed.” The event, hosted by Larry Rivers, a distinguished professor of history at Florida A&M, was held in the Meek Eaton […]
Revell, new police chief, has FAMU ties
Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell is well into his second month as the new police chief. He believes his 28 years on the force has prepared him for what’s ahead. In January, City Manager Reese Goad announced that Revell, a Tallahassee native, as the city’s new chief of police. His […]
Keep Our Graduates Working Act draws support
Senate Bill 356, sponsored by Travis Hutson, is also known as the Keep Our Graduates Working Act. It would prohibits a state authority from suspending or revoking a person’s professional license, certificate, registration, or permit on the basis of a delinquency or default in the payment of his or her […]
Dignity Florida lobbies for incarcerated women
A year ago, Shelby Nixon held her newly born granddaughter for the first time. Little did she know, it would also be the last time. She would soon learn that her daughter Tammy Jackson gave birth to a baby girl, Miranda, alone in a solitary confinement unit of a Broward […]
Black women entrepreneurs in the spotlight
“She Did That” was an event on Tuesday created by Creme of Nature, a natural hair product company, and hosted by members of the sorority Delta Sigma Theta and the fraternity of Omega Psi Phi. This event highlighted Black women and their entrepreneurship, while giving tips on how to […]
Survivors march for justice
More than 400 people marched, hand in hand, to the Capitol building on Tuesday to bring awareness for survivors of crime. The march was coordinated by an organization called Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice. It is an organization made up of victims and survivors of crime including domestic violence, […]
Student Senate finalizes election dates, allocates funds for Carnegie Hall
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s Student Government Association held its weekly senate meeting on Monday. The extensive meeting lasted more than five hours. Natalie Alfonso, a student at the FAMU College of Law, went before the senate to be appointed as an associate circuit court judge. Alfonso was denied the […]