Leon County officials and residents celebrate new playground installation at Fort Braden Community Park Photo credit: Leon County Board of County Commissioners    Tallahassee residents celebrated the opening of a new playground and other beautification efforts on Feb. 15 at Fort Braden Community Park. Fort Braden Community Park, which is […]

Students speaking with HBCU representative at a previous HBCU Generation event.  Photo credit: Kiffani Browning  With graduation, for many high school seniors, just three months away, the anticipation of college can be frightening. To help take the edge of this intimidating transition, Generation HBCU (Historically Black College and University) will […]

Program participants engage in discussion about science model.  Photo credit: Zaychina Nance  Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Upward Bound Math Science (UBMS) program is changing the lives of high school students by increasing student’s participation and success rates in mathematics and science pre-college courses. UBMS, also known at FAMU as the […]

A local veteran has done the unfathomable. Erick Moody, 38, has created a catering company that serves gourmet food, and allows other veterans to gain employment. Chef Moody is a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Kosovo war, attended Keiser University and received the licenses to become […]

Marvel Studios is set to release its highly anticipated film “Black Panther” to major theaters around the country on Friday. Black Panther, an African superhero, is generating considerable attention since the first trailer was uploaded to YouTube last June. The movie is projected to make $165 million its opening […]

Terrell Nelson, third year sociology major, journalism minor student at Florida A&M University   Terrell Nelson started cooking in the fourth grade. Now a third-year sociology major, journalism minor at Florida A&M University,  Nelson knew since that day that culinary was his true passion. “Cooking is one of those things […]

In 2001, Alonda Thomas, a public relations major at FAMU, completed the last leg of her undergraduate career. With skills and goals in hand and heart Thomas started her post-undergraduate journey. Little did she know, she would be the Rattler to watch. Now almost two decades later, Thomas has ventured […]

Katherine Harding, full-time professor of theatre, and playwright of "Between Goodbye and Hello," Wednesday in Tucker Hall.                         If Kimberly Harding limited herself to the third time’s the charm effort, who knows if she would have witnessed her vision manifest. Harding […]

Photo credit: southernshakespearefestival.org   The Southern Shakespeare Company is doing something different this year. It is presenting “A Town Divided,” an original play designed to plumb the topic of race relations in Tallahassee. Tallahassee Community College is sponsoring the event in honor of African-American History Month. This performance will be […]