With the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University football team’s preseason practice just weeks away, the team’s practice field hasn’t been completely abandoned. Head coach Willie Simmons and FAMU’s Athletic Department held its inaugural Willie Simmons Elite Football Prospect Camp on Sunday. More than 200 high school football players […]

David Nelson believes there are practical ways to approach problems that both individuals and institutions are grappling with.  And he takes pride in making change happen.  “Helping people change their behavior is the core of most problems that we face,” Nelson said.   “Our design of influencer is to try […]

Photo of Richard Garzola Richard Garzola was never interested in politics, but his desire to help others was always important to him.  This led to him making a very big decision. The 23-year-old recent graduate of Florida State University is now one of five candidates running for Tallahassee City […]

Candidates Maggie Butler and Donna Austin listen to questions from the LGBT community.   Capital Equality hosted a school board candidates might featuring all candidates running for the Leon County School Board Wednesday evening at the library’s main branch on Park Avenue. Capital Equality is a […]

Darryl Jones is known by his family, friends and co-workers as “Mr. Tallahassee” because of his passion for his community and all the hard work he has done around the city. Jones, 48. has been a member of the Tallahassee community for 30 years. He graduated from Florida A&M […]

Donna Hayes-Austin Photo By: Tony Leavell Donna Hayes-Austin has served a countless number of schools, students and their families over the last 23 years. Although she is now retired from counseling pre-k-12th grades, Hayes-Austin is determined to serve and lead a community where she obtained all three of her […]

Photo Credit: Carlos Rey Carlos Rey has set his non-party affiliated platform for next month’s primaries with the phrase, “Seeking responsibility, not a title.” Rey comes from a Cuban family and was partially raised in Miami. Now as a Tallahassee local, he has plans to instill trust in the […]

Tallahassee’s clean drinking water. Photo credit: Jade Jacobs The 2018 Water Quality Annual Report has been released and it shows that the standard was met for a high quality of drinking water in Tallahassee.  This standard of clean water has been watched over a 12-month period. More than 16,000 […]

Marcus Nicholas, who oversees academic partnerships at Tallahassee Community College, hopes to bring change to the Leon County School Board. As a child, Nicholas was raised in a single-parent household. He grew up where education was not a priority.  However, over time the former Godby High School teacher, found […]

Cyndee Brown was so devoted to law that she even practiced it in her classroom.  When students raised their hands in class and she called on them, they would say, "May I approach the bench?” Her fascination with law grew with her desire to stand up for those who […]