Author: Gayla Bush | Staff Reporter

Opinions

Signs of a toxic friendship

When people think of toxic relationships, they may automatically think about male and female relationships.  What about the relationship between two women or men who call each other friends — or even best friends? I went through a toxic friendship with a woman I declared to everyone was my […]

News

Forum focuses on school board candidates

Tallahassee residents gathered at the Leon County Courthouse on Thursday to meet the candidates running for school board.  Residents and concerned parents were given the opportunity to talk to the candidates face to face after the candidates shared their views and explained why they should win the election.  A […]

News

Fritz running again for Leon County Commission

After witnessing the changes Tallahassee has endured, Emily Fritz has decided it was time for her to act and help reshape it into the great city she once knew.  This led to the 64-year-old retiree running for the Leon County Commission District 3 seat.  Fritz grew up in Alabama […]

Lifestyles

FAMU grad starts ‘Rate My Station’ website

Photo of Rate My Station website. Valeria Sistrunk felt like she had been blindsided two times in a row. She decided she needed to prevent that from happening to others. Sistrunk, a 2013 graduate of Florida A&M”s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication, had unpleasant experiences at two different news […]

Lifestyles

Belk event benefits local non-profits

Belk in Tallahassee Mall.  ​Photo credit: flickriver.com Belk, located at the Centre of Tallahassee mall, is looking for non-profit organizations and charities for their charity day sale event on Aug. 25.  The event aims to raise money for organizations and charities as well as saving customers money when they come […]

Lifestyles

Fenton enjoys role in local deaf community

Photo of Stevie Fenton.   Stevie Fenton learned sign language when she was young because she had deaf friends. “It was an accident. In the time before people could become interpreters just because they knew some sign language,  I knew sign language because I had deaf friends as a child,” […]