Author: Shay Simon | Staff Reporter

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Hurricane victims make Leon County schools their new home

Leon County Superintendent, Rocky Hanna, and two assistant superintendents held a press conference about incoming students. Photo submitted by Shay Simon. Leon County students returned to school and their normal routines on Monday after an unexpected four days off because of Hurricane Michael. As Preston Harris walked his daughter to […]

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Local study shows female CEOs a distinct minority

Michael Holmes is a Jim Moran Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Florida State University. Photo submitted by Kallen Lunt. Beyoncé proclaimed that women run the world in her 2011 award-winning song, featuring the famous line “Who runs the world? Girls!” – a mantra that was chanted worldwide by fans and feminists. […]

Lifestyles

Barb’s Brittles brightens Tallahassee

Barbara McGarrah has cultivated a loyal following at her shop in The Cottages at Lake Ella. Shay Simon |  The Famuan “This came about through the grace of God. I never thought I would ever be in business, especially not for something like peanut brittle,” Barbara McGarrah, a black female entrepreneur, […]

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Local students welcome school safety bill

Some high school students in Leon County welcome the changes to school safety following the approval of The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act.  The Florida Senate passed Senate Bill 7026, following the mass shooting on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The legislation provided $400 million […]