Candidates Maggie Butler and Donna Austin listen to questions from the LGBT community. Capital Equality hosted a school board candidates might featuring all candidates running for the Leon County School Board Wednesday evening at the library’s main branch on Park Avenue. Capital Equality is a […]
Author: Chasity Hall | Staff Reporter
Darryl Jones, FAMU grad, seeks school board seat
Darryl Jones is known by his family, friends and co-workers as “Mr. Tallahassee” because of his passion for his community and all the hard work he has done around the city. Jones, 48. has been a member of the Tallahassee community for 30 years. He graduated from Florida A&M […]
FAMU alumna Hayes-Austin seeks school board seat
Donna Hayes-Austin Photo By: Tony Leavell Donna Hayes-Austin has served a countless number of schools, students and their families over the last 23 years. Although she is now retired from counseling pre-k-12th grades, Hayes-Austin is determined to serve and lead a community where she obtained all three of her […]
Accomplished attorney, Rey seeks county commission seat
Photo Credit: Carlos Rey Carlos Rey has set his non-party affiliated platform for next month’s primaries with the phrase, “Seeking responsibility, not a title.” Rey comes from a Cuban family and was partially raised in Miami. Now as a Tallahassee local, he has plans to instill trust in the […]
Tallahassee takes pride in its water
Tallahassee’s clean drinking water. Photo credit: Jade Jacobs The 2018 Water Quality Annual Report has been released and it shows that the standard was met for a high quality of drinking water in Tallahassee. This standard of clean water has been watched over a 12-month period. More than 16,000 […]
Fashion show dazzles
New, unusual, fresh and extraordinary: that’s how you can describe the clothing from Thursday night’s show. Novus Racks Mobile Boutique held its Inaugural trunk show releasing its men’s collection “Imperial Man” in collaboration with local designer Morella Frederick. This was a fashion show with networking opportunities. It was held […]
Former Godby teacher vies for school board seat
Marcus Nicholas, who oversees academic partnerships at Tallahassee Community College, hopes to bring change to the Leon County School Board. As a child, Nicholas was raised in a single-parent household. He grew up where education was not a priority. However, over time the former Godby High School teacher, found […]
Mental health becoming a topic within the hip-hop community
Courtney Jamal Dewar, who went by the rapper name Capital STEEZ, committed suicide in New York City on Christmas Eve in 2012 by jumping off a building. Since then, the upcoming New York hip-hop collective and close friends of STEEZ called ProERA, have been conducting the STEEZ Day annual […]
Brown, a high school dropout, running for judge
Cyndee Brown was so devoted to law that she even practiced it in her classroom. When students raised their hands in class and she called on them, they would say, "May I approach the bench?” Her fascination with law grew with her desire to stand up for those who […]
Get connected at the Alley Shoppe
Do you ever get tired of searching the web to find your “inner African vibe?” Don’t you just hate not having attire that you feel connects you to your roots? Imagine there being a place where you can go and purchase “black soap” for your beautiful melanin skin. Or […]