Most 21 year olds aren’t spending their free time developing policies and ordinances, deciding on local tax rates for businesses, identifying local issues, balancing budgets or setting pay rates for county employees. But 21-year-old Jasmine Ali-Mohammed wants to be the exception. The FSU senior is running for Leon County […]

A dropout prevention class in the fifth grade at an elementary school is what caught Monique Richardson's attention while working as a teacher's aide during her years in college. She was exposed to families with situations that steered her in a different career path. Richardson followed in he footsteps […]

Helping to create a better place to live for not only his family, but also every family that calls this area home, is what drives Kyle Frost’s passion for local government seat. Frost grew up in Tallahassee and grew up enjoying everything Leon County has to offer. After his […]

This past Saturday, Florida A&M grad student Shakira Abney-Wisdom competed in the annual Miss Black US Ambassador scholarship pageant in Atlanta. Though preparing for the pageant was a tedious task, Abney-Wisdom made it look easy.   The Miss Black US Ambassador program is designed to help young African American women […]

Photo credit: Risonistic Photography History was made on the campus of Florida A&M University Tuesday. More specifically,  the magnificent Marching 100 named Cori Bostic the first female drum major in the history of the iconic band. Bostic, an Atlanta native, is a junior in the School of Journalism and […]

Construction workers digging up area for pipes and sidewalk.   Putnam Drive, a narrow, two-lane road not far from the FAMU campus, is getting an upgrade. The city is adding sidewalks to the street from Monroe Street to County Club Drive at an estimated cost of $1 million. “The […]

Primary elections are coming sooner than you think.  Polls will open as early as 7 a.m. Aug. 28, and mail-in voting and early voting will have already taken place. With elections right around the corner, the question is: Who are the candidates? The League of Women Voters is conducting […]

The Carrie Meek-James N. Eaton, Sr. Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum. Photo credit: Jessica Gardner  The Meek-Eaton Black Archives (MEBA) launched its Research Center for Social and Political Justice earlier this month. Co-directors, Darius Young and Reginald Ellis, who work under Florida A&M University’s department of […]

Tallahassee residents gathered at the Leon County Courthouse on Thursday to meet the candidates running for school board.  Residents and concerned parents were given the opportunity to talk to the candidates face to face after the candidates shared their views and explained why they should win the election.  A […]

Poof. Pow. Be gone. In the wee hours of July 19 Florida State University’s maintenance personnel removed the statue of Francis Eppes, one of the founders of the institution that would become FSU. The statue is said to be in the university’s possession, placed in a temporary storage until […]