Curiosity can lead a child to many places. More often than not, those places are not the safest. A 3-year-old boy in Davie, Fla. sent his mother to the emergency room Monday, Feb. 2, after retrieving a gun from her purse and firing a shot into her leg by accident. […]
Lifestyles
Bonds Health Community Center Throws Awareness Party
Bonds Health Community Center (BHCC) encourages the people in the community to be aware and seek testing on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) on Saturday Feb. 7. In observance of the month of black liberation, the Bonds staff collaborated together to celebrated with the community. This week, BHCC had […]
Teen center begins monthly community outreach events
Palmer Munroe Teen Center kicked off its new year of My LIFE events Jan. 31. My LIFE Tallahassee is designed to entertain and inspire the community’s youth between the ages of 13 and 23 who have experienced mental health challenges, substance use, foster care and/ or other challenges. My LIFE […]
Annual Children’s Day celebrated at Museum of Florida History
For the past 32 years, Children’s Day has been an annual holiday in Tallahassee. On Jan. 31, hundreds of children and their parents packed the Museum of Florida History to enjoy the festivities. Admission and parking were free to the public. There were also live performances by the Young Actors […]
Second same sex couple to marry in Florida speaks out
Wedding bells will ring and the court documents will prove that a 36th state has been added to a list of others that now recognize same sex marriage. Florida was the most recent state to wed domestic partnerships on Jan. 6, allowing couples like Jeff and Todd Delmay to officially […]
The Office of International Education & Development informs Rattlers on study abroad
The Office of International Education and Development will begin Education Abroad information sessions, starting on Jan. 26 in Perry-Paige. Monday’s session will introduce of a series of sessions set to continue until Jan. 29. These sessions include the Introduction to Education Abroad and the U.S. Student Fulbright Program. All […]
Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle usher in cookie season
The Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle ushered in the new cookie season on Saturday with the annual Cookie Rally at the Tallahassee Community College Student Union building. Celebrating 40 years of the iconic Samoa cookie, the event resembled a grand birthday bash complete with music, goodies and fun. Coordinators […]
Tyrene Wright provides different perspective on Booker T. Washington
Tyrene Wright visited the Lecture Hall of Meek-Eaton Black Archives Research Center & Museum to speak to Florida A&M University students Thursday. Wright, Ph.D, is a scholar, human rights activist, producer, poet and founder of African Women for Africa, an international non-government organization. Wright’s lecture was focused on Booker T. […]
MLK Day celebrated with community service
Service never takes a holiday. Jan. 19 marks a day of celebration and community relief in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. The Corporation for the National and Community Service and The King Center partnered together to promote the biggest civic engagement to date. The CNCS considers itself to be […]
Cascade Park presents MLK Dare To Dream Festival
The Martin Luther King Dare to Dream Association Inc. gave people a reason to get up and do something different for the MLK holiday by participating in the 3rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Dare to Dream Festival at Cascade Park. Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority, Cumulus Broadcasting, The City of […]