The Leon County Commission held its biweekly meeting on Monday. Photo Submitted by Travis Rodney The Leon County Commission held its first meeting of the month on Monday to discuss several agenda items. One of the key items is the action plan to implement the strategic initiative of increasing the quantity […]

Picture by Google Images for Anti Hazing story. Photo Submitted by Alea Williams Florida’s anti-hazing law could be revised in the legislative session. The Senate Criminal Justice Committee this week approved the proposed bill that would make people who organize hazing accountable if someone is seriously injured or dies, even […]

Senator Book pushes for her bill to protect students with disabilities during Tuesday's committee meeting. Photo Submitted by Nya Ramirez. Florida Democratic state Sen. Lauren Book advocated for a bill Tuesday morning during a Senate committee meeting in regard to children with disabilities in a public-school setting. Before proposing the […]

Chris Petley the Leon County School district communications coordinator. Ila Wilborn | The Famuan Leon County, like many school districts in the state, is desperate to hire more teachers in different disciplines. That’s why Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University’s Joanna Atkinson is looking forward to graduating. She is majoring in […]

Jennie Virginia Hilyer, the first registered nurse at the Florida A&M University hospital Photo Courtesy of the Meek Eaton Black Archives. More than one hundred years ago, Jennie Virginia Hilyer dedicated her life to serving others in the FAMU community. Her legacy is emblazoned on the Foote-Hilyer Administrative Center as a […]

One More Child held a rally and press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday. Photo Submitted by Chris Johnson. The Florida-based Christian youth welfare group One More Child held its annual Traffick Stop event Tuesday morning. According to One More Child, an estimated 9,700 children are “coerced, manipulated and victimized […]

A photo of the bus wrap urging pregnant women to get tested for Syphilis. Photo Courtesy of Christopher Titte. Syphilis rates have increased dramatically in Leon County. They were up in all gender, age, race and sexual orientation categories between 2017 and 2018. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that […]

The League of Women Voters promotes awareness, not candidates. Photo Courtesy of Florida League of Women Voters. On Valentine's Day in 1920, a group of women stood together to create an organization centered on bringing justice to every man and woman. The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political […]

Photo Courtesty of Google Images.  In talks about prison reform, one group has been significantly left out of the conversation: women. A bill in the Florida Legislature will require new standards for feminine hygiene products in jails and prisons and put a stop to humiliating treatment by male correctional officers. […]

Jazmin Johnson Photo Courtesy of Jazmin Johnson's instagram (@cleopatrasdaughter) If you went to see “Madea’s Family Funeral” this past weekend, one thing you probably paid little attention to was the extras. However, if you look close and don’t blink, you would see Florida A&M University’s very own Jazmin Johnson there, […]