Many of us have adopted the COVID-19 virus into our everyday routines. Since restrictions have lifted many have attended parties, stopped wearing a mask and even called the virus a hoax. With death tolls reaching new daily heights and the amount of positive results appearing across the U.S., the virus […]
Author: Heaven Jones | Staff writer
This local lawyer has a side hustle: Cottontail Cookies
Attorney and FSU graduate Kathryn McCain has always been a crafty person. While in law school, she took up crocheting and even made hats for children who were victims of domestic violence. So, it was no surprise when she decided to give baking and decorating cookies a try, which was […]
Sleep and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has shuffled and changed many aspects of life that we once considered simple. It has totally flipped our normal day to day lives including when and how long we sleep. Dr. Amara Emenike, medical director of the Tallahassee Memorial Sleep Center, spoke with The Famuan about how […]
Kimbria’s Kreations develops a following
Several months in quarantine have inspired many to rediscover passions, do a lot of self-reflection, and pick up new skills. New YouTube channels, hobbies, and self-care routines finally had the time and opportunity to blossom as we’ve all been stuck at home. Kimbria Michel, a freshman psychology student at FAMU, credits […]
A normal spring semester may be too good to be true
While the fall semester has just about come to a close, most of us are left dissatisfied with the modified version of a college experience. Though many remain hopeful that things will be different by the spring, a normal spring semester may be too good to be true. Florida A&M […]
New skatepark coming to FAMU Way
A new skate park designed by Team Pain Skateparks is making its future appearance in Tallahassee on the northeast corner of FAMU Way and Pinellas Street. A video that surfaced on Facebook last Friday showed the preliminary design of the park and shared information about the two public meetings for […]
Celebrating Thanksgiving in Tallahassee? Here’s a few restaurants that are open
With very scarce dining options in Tallahassee for Thanksgiving, there are some local restaurants offering catering and dine-in options. Big Cory’s Country Kitchen, located at 1812 S Monroe St, near FAMU’s campus, is solely offering catering options ahead of Thanksgiving. Patrons can place an order of good ole’ southern food […]
Sentence reduced for FAMU ‘bathroom bomber’
Lawrence M. Lombardi was sentenced to life plus 39 years in federal prison for setting off two pipe bombs in the bathrooms of Lee Hall and Perry Paige in 1999, but his sentence was reduced this afternoon to 54 years. Due to COVID-19, the re-sentencing hearing was held through a […]
FAMU DRS hopes to reopen Nov. 30
Cassandra Warner has mixed feelings about FAMU DRS switching to online instruction two weeks before Thanksgiving. FAMU announced last week that the school’s superintendent ,Micheal Johnson, informed all stakeholders at FAMU DRS that the campus will be closed until November 30 following two positive COVID results. “During this time, all […]
Most of city’s south side a food desert
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, about 23.5 million people live in food deserts and approximately 2.3 million people live in low-income, rural areas that are more than 10 miles from a supermarket. Food deserts are areas where people have limited access to a variety of healthy and […]