City and County Commissioners met Thursday afternoon at St. John’s Episcopal Church for a forum sponsored by The Village Square, Leadership Tallahassee and The Tallahassee Democrat. The purpose of the forum was to give community members the opportunity to meet with commissioners and voice their concerns on issues affecting them. […]

Hollywood actor Lamman Rucker introduced Florida A&M University’s Presidential Lecture Series Monday at the Charles Winter Wood Theatre in Tucker Hall with a master class for theatre students and other related majors. Rucker encouraged students to follow their dreams while straying true to themselves and to give back now to […]

Three male students at Bethune-Cookman University received graze wounds from a shooting Monday night on campus before 7 p.m., according to The Daytona Beach Police Department. Investigators said a confrontation between two students could have led to the shooting. According to the Daytona police, the gunman drove up next to […]

Monday night, Delta Kappa Omega Providence Community Center hosted their second annual Black History Month event. The center was named  for  its location in the center of the Providence Community on Lake Bradford Street.   The event started with the soulful singing of the black national anthem. The walls were […]

Kate Brown made history for the Oregon and LGBT community after being sworn in as the first openly bisexual governor in the country. The ceremony took place Wednesday afternoon in Oregon’s Capitol with Brown’s family by her side, while she took an oath of office. Brown is replacing fellow Democrat […]

The Florida Department of Education has recommended that the state reduce the amount of assessment tests students take. The recommendation came after Education Commissioner Pam Stewart reviewed a testing investigation. Governor Rick Scott agrees with Stewart’s recommendation. “As I have traveled the state, I have heard from parents and teachers […]

Tameka Funny, an infectious disease specialist, visited Florida A&M University Wednesday to serve as keynote speaker of the School of Nursing’s Spring Convocation. Funny referred to the recent Ebola virus outbreak to stress the importance of staying safe and aware in all practices. “The Ebola outbreak has taught us much […]

The United States Justice Department is in talks of suing the Ferguson, Missouri police department due to mistreatment of minority civilians. Attorney General Eric Holder, in a press conference Feb. 19, said he will announce the results of the department’s findings of the investigation of the Michael Brown shooting as […]

The Hispanic and Latino Media and Marketing International Conference took place Feb. 19-21 at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. The event was hosted by the College of Communication and Information Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication at Florida State University. The conference aims to develop and provide better ways to […]

Five women stood in the cold for approximately an hour around the eternal flame Friday afternoon. The women each held a paper with a quote and were not allowed to speak. They were members of the National Council of Negro Women playing a part of the Silent Journey. “Our Silent […]