Local officials and community members gathered for Saturday's dedication ceremony. Photo Submitted by Sharon Washington. In the wake of the 51st celebratory Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, Florida’s capital city dedicated a highway to local civil rights leader Curtis Kenzie “C.K.” Steele. West Orange Avenue at Capital Circle SW […]

Keyana Jackson and her daughter Ashari McClinton.  Photo Submitted by Keyana Jackson.  Keyana Jackson was shot in broad daylight at a Tallahassee apartment complex on Jan. 6, the day before the semester started. Yet the FAMU student feels fortunate. Her friend, who was with her, was also shot — but […]

Logo courtesy of Netflix. The popular streaming service Netflix is raising its prices in order to invest in new original movies and series. Netflix announced Tuesday that it is raising monthly subscription prices by 13-18 percent, the biggest increase since its debut in 2007, when the monthly price was $8. […]

Tallahassee School of Math & Science is on the charter schools in Leon County. Photo Submitted by Asia Collins. While Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna is strongly opposed to charter schools, a new charter school is in the works in Tallahassee and several other charter schools appear to be […]

Courtesy of Pexels Free Images. Every day the government is shut down is likely to affect the food you buy or consume at restaurants. Hitting the four-week mark, the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history continues to affect the everyday lives of citizens. One aspect of the closure that is […]

Kelly Tompkins, Security Guard for Paragon System Inc. and Dr. Larry D. Simmons Sr. an Outreach Specialist and Army Veteran from Gadsden County.  Photos Submitted by Julious Lowe A new bill introduced in Congress last week would expand background checks for the sale and transfer of nearly all firearms. This […]

Abandoned house in Southside Tallahassee. Photo Submitted by Kristian Thomas. Tallahassee’s south side neighborhood will be continuing its facelift in the new year, specifically in the Bond community. As of December, Tallahassee’s Community Redevelopment Agency has launched The Greater Bond Neighborhood First Program serving the south side and greater Bond […]

Courtesy of Google Images. Full-time college and high school students in the state of Florida could be excused from jury duty, according to a bill filled Tuesday. Jury duty is a vital aspect to the U.S. criminal justice system, giving citizens a say in how laws are being sustained. However, […]

Members of FAMU's ROTC honored Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest living survivor of the Tuskegee Airmen, Thursday at Lee Hall. Photo Submitted by Maya Dubois. For many, it takes stirring words to command the attention of a filled auditorium, but not for Lt. Col. George Hardy. One of the last […]

Located on Capital Circle, Trulieve is a medical marijuana dispensary in Tallahassee. Photo Submitted by Brandon Jones. The state of Florida still has strict restrictions on the use of marijuana. The area where some leniency has developed is for medical purposes. Back in 2016 voters approved an amendment that would […]