Authorities have arrested Jessie Baskin, Benjamin McNamee, Harold Finley, Bryan Jones and Shawn Turner within the past 24 hours, bringing to seven the number of persons held for their alleged involvement in the Nov. 19, 2011, hazing that killed Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion in Orlando.  These men surrendered to […]

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — At least five people will face charges in the hazing death of a Florida A&M University band member aboard a bus after a performance in Orlando last fall, authorities said Tuesday. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings told The Associated Press that multiple defendants will be […]

The state announced Wednesday charges against 13 people in Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion’s hazing death last November. The state has officially ruled the death a homicide. Following a press conference, several individuals were booked at the Leon County Jail, and one in Georgia, in connection with Champion’s death. […]

As President Barack Obama was traveling to speak at several colleges Tuesday about the potential doubling of student loan interest rates, he and his staff took time to ask for help from college journalists. With the current rate at 3.4 percent set to double to 6.8 percent by July 1 […]

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A BP engineer intentionally deleted more than 300 text messages indicating the amount of oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico was much greater than what the company later reported and that BP’s efforts to control the spill were failing, the U.S. Justice Department alleged Tuesday […]

For nearly a month Florida A&M students have not been able to fully utilize the only parking garage on campus. “The third level of the parking garage has been closed due to cracks in the structure,” said Samuel J. Houston director of facilities, planning and construction. “ [It] will remain […]

  Florida A&M has been selected for the second year in a row by The Princeton Review for its list of 322 top green campuses in the United States and Canada. Florida State also made the list, but FAMU is the only historically black college and university to be selected. […]

  Leon County will honor local members of the Armed Forces and Veterans during May’s “Operation Thank You.” The Leon County Board of County Commissioners approved the event on March 13. Friday, May 18, post-Sept. 11 local armed forces members and veterans will be honored in downtown Tallahassee. “When I initially […]

A nonprofit Civil Rights organization that handles discrimination warns that hate-based violence is on the rise in America. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, there are 1,018 hate groups in America, with 55 of them in Florida. Since 2000, the national count has increased by 54 percent. SPLC said […]