Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Courtesy of Destiny Center Tallahassee The Destiny Center will be hosting its second annual Dialogue on Race Saturday at Tallahassee Community College Turner Auditorium, located at 444 Appleyard Drive, from 1-3 p.m. The panel was inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ideology on generating positivity within communities. The event […]
Courtesy of Juliannah Muyiwa Ever wanted to enjoy yourself with a glass of wine while playing with dogs all day? The Animal Shelter Foundation of Tallahassee and The Edison restaurant made it possible Feb. 6 at The Edison’s patio. Valentine’s Bark & Wine was an event from 4-7 p.m. for […]
Courtesy of Word of South Festival The lineup for the second annual Word of South Festival has been revealed, and Grammy-Award-nominee Jason Isbell will be headlining. Jason Isbell is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Green Hill, Ala. His sound fluctuates between Americana, rock, alternative, country, classic country and Southern […]
Courtesy of Tallahassee Democrat City of Tallahassee Commissioners approved the new 4 a.m. sound ordinance Jan. 27. This new time will allow bars to stay open later starting next month. The vote won 3-2 with Commissioners Scott Maddox and Gil Ziffer in opposition. “With Tallahassee leading the state in gun […]
Courtesy of Getty Images Secretary of State Ken Detzner certified the initiative for medical marijuana on Jan. 26 to be on the 2016 ballot in Florida as Amendment 2. The amendment created by citizens received 716,270 valid signatures, well above the 683,149 required to be on the ballot. Florida […]
Courtesy of WCTV Leon County schools operated without incident after multiple threats surfaced on social media Sunday, Jan. 25. Security was heightened and students’ absences were excused. Initially, a threat was only posed for Rickards and Lincoln high school students, but this morning Leon County Schools superintendent Jackie Pons confirmed […]
Courtesy of ESPN Florida State University reached a settlement Jan. 25 with the accuser in the Jameis Winston case for a lump sum of $950,000. Erica Kinsman will receive $250,000 and her attorneys will receive $700,000, according to FSUNews.com In December 2012, Kinsman filed a police report for sexual […]
Courtesy of Stephen Gude Jr. Blue Bell Ice Cream announced that they will be making a comeback in the southeast starting Jan. 25. The company voluntarily suspended operations after a listeria monocytogenes outbreak last year. Three people in Kansas died from contamination. The Center for Disease Control reported that a […]
Couresy of Lewis Museum The national award-winning Kinsey Collection has come to Florida A&M. FAMU hosted the “African American Treasure” exhibit reception, presented by Toyota in FAMU’s Grand Ballroom Saturday. The Kinsey Collection is one of the largest private collections of African-American art spanning back 400 years. The reception was […]
Courtesy of The Kinsey Collection Florida A&M University alumni Bernard and Shirley Kinsey will be launching their national tour for The Kinsey Collection on Saturday at the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery located on FAMU’s campus. They want to give back to the university that has given so much to their family. […]