Leon County Schools, water fountain. Photo Submitted by Jakeira Gilbert. Florida legislators are aiming to mandate cleaner water systems in public schools through a recently introduced bill in the Senate. The proposal, SB 66, was introduced by Senators Janet Cruz, Lauren Book and Annette Taddeo. SB-66 would require school districts in […]

Photo courtesy of Daily Snark. FSU’s starting quarterback, Deondre Francois, has been dismissed from the football program, head coach Willie Taggart said in a statement released earlier today. Francois was kicked off the team after a video alleging domestic violence surfaced on Saturday and went viral. Taggart said in his […]

Ted Bundy being escorted while in handcuffs. Photo Courtesy Tallahassee Democrat. The Super Bowl is the most watched sporting event on television. Many sports fans wake up eater to see which team will be victorious — and which commercials will be the talk of the country the following day. However, […]

Photo courtesy of FAMU PD. Florida A&M University’s Police Department aims to make sure that FAMU’s campus is as safe as possible. According to the most recently published Annual Security Report & Fire Safety Guide, located on the FAMU Department of Safety & Security website, the total number of crimes […]

DeSantis speaks at his press conference, giving lawmakers a March deadline to repeal the law prohibiting smokeable medical marijuana. Photo Courtesy of Willie J. Allen Jr., Tampa Bay Times.  Major medical marijuana reform may be coming to Florida after Gov. Ron DeSantis said he supported two Senate bills that would […]

Jackie Robinson’s family shared collections of portraits and news paper articles for the event. Photo Submitted by Marie Rattigan.   Jackie Robinson was a dynamic, ground-breaking athlete and a civil rights leader. Seventy-two years ago, Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he took the field for the […]

Photo of hemp leaf. Photo courtesy of Ganesh R on flickr.com. Florida A&M University College of Agriculture and Food Science could potentially receive internship and scholarship opportunities for research on hemp. FAMU’s interim Vice President for Research Charles A. Weatherford has been spearheading the university’s Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Program. […]

Lieutenant Pace and Captain Allen unload and sort boxes of bananas for food drive.  Photo Submitted by Myeisha Gibson.  The Leon County Sheriff’s Office partnered with Farm Share on Thursday for a community food drive. Cars lined up and wrapped the LCSO headquarters for several blocks as area residents hoped to […]

Photo Courtesy of Google Images. In 2018 alone, the National Human Trafficking Hotline received 14,000 calls and 5,147 cases were reported. Cases of sex and labor trafficking have been on the rise for the past decade in Florida. Human trafficking is defined as using people by way of force, fraud […]

Trulieve is a local company with multiple job opportunities available in the medical marijuana industry. Photo Courtesy of Truelieve.  Since the passing of an amendment in 2016 that legalized medical marijuana in Florida, a blossoming industry has led to the creation of a multitude of new jobs. It’s not just doctors […]