Beginning as the mystery development “Project Mango,” Leon County leaders have finally revealed that a new Amazon fulfillment warehouse will be making its way to Tallahassee. The center is expected to offer more than 1,000 jobs, a $15 minimum wage and extended retirement and healthcare benefits, per a recent press […]

After last year’s virtual meeting, the Transfer Student Pow Wow Meet & Greet event took place in person this Wednesday and welcomed more than 100 incoming transfer and returning students to the event, and over 400 for the Fall 2021 semester. Founded in August 2014 by the Transfer Academic Success […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved the first COVID-19 vaccine, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. With one vaccine finally approved, there are questions on what the future will look like. FDA officials call the full approval of the vaccine a “key achievement for public health.” Approval means the two-dose […]

Delta Air Lines has become one of the latest big employers to hold its employees accountable in getting immunized. The company has told its workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, or pay a $200 monthly surcharge for health insurance, in addition to weekly testing. According to the Delta News […]

The coronavirus pandemic has brought on many changes and introduced new concepts we have never seen before. One is the forgery of COVID-19 vaccination cards. E-Commerce sites such as eBay, Amazon and Etsy have had vendors selling hundreds of blank vaccination cards anywhere from $12.99 to $40 depending on the […]

Paddyfote was built in 1967 on FAMU;s campus. Housing countless students during its time, the co-ed dorm complex is now in the midst of a demolition, later to be transformed into a parking garage. From students to alumni, the FAMU population has mixed feelings about the destruction of a building […]

Monday’s virtual town hall meeting addressed two ongoing natural disasters that may be impacting some in the FAMU community: Hurricane Ida and the massive earthquake in Haiti that took place earlier this month. The meeting was moderated by Keith Miles, the director of communications. He was joined on the panel […]

Set Friday may have been canceled for the rest of the semester, but Homecoming is still a go. At least for now. Carrington Whigham, Student Government Association student body president, said SGA is still planning to have a robust Homecoming. “We are doing everything we can to make sure […]

After one week of school, Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna decided to remove the optional mask opt-out policy due to high positive COVID-19 cases. Instead, he put in place a mandatory mask mandate for students from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade. During an Aug. 22 LCS Facebook Live press event, […]

The Tallahassee Police Department last week introduced the “Tallahassee Bystander,” a mobile app that allows civilians to successfully record any interactions they have with law enforcement and send them to the city. Last summer, cities across the country witnessed protests in response to the mishandling of police authority and […]