The Florida Center for the Performing Arts board of directors has decided to revisit the 2005 recommendation for a new center. Because of the downturn in the economy, the board has asked the Connecticut-based consulting firm it is working with to come up with a more financially feasible suggestion.   […]

Marshall J. Taggart, Jr. will assist the Tallahassee Regional Airport in reaching new heights as the city’s assistant aviation director.  Appointed to the executive position in the city’s aviation department on Feb. 1, Taggart said he’s eager for his career to take flight with in Tallahassee.    “I feel that […]

Gov. Rick Scott, who describes himself as “Florida’s Chief Economic Development Officer,” is taking control of his position and sparking controversy in the process.  Some state contracts are being approved and others put on hold as Scott and the Office of Fiscal Accountability and Regulatory Reform work to reduce […]

Tallahassee residents may be surprised to find that a hate group calls their backyard home. Nonetheless, the Southern Poverty Law Center has recognized at least one in the city.   The Nation of Islam is nearly invisible around the community. As Black Separatists, their beliefs include black superiority over whites […]

The semester has been in session for three and a half weeks and some Florida A&M students within the social work department have yet to meet their professors, or even start classes.     The FAMU social work department has a total of 127 students who were enrolled in […]

While students and faculty members have had a few weeks to settle with new schedules and meeting new people, one Florida A&M official is just getting started.    Seth Ablordeppey began his first day as the interim dean at the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences yesterday. He succeeds […]

Commuting in Tallahassee via StarMetro will become less bothersome this summer. The city’s public transit service will launch NOVA 2010, decentralizing its bus routes.    Riding the bus can be very time consuming. Today, these buses are running on a hub-and-spoke system. Reminiscent of a bicycle wheel, it requires […]

Florida has put a ban on “bath salts” due to dangerous side effects as a result of improper use of the substance.   Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi banned the distribution of substances containing MDPV, also known as bath salts.   The substance has been moved to the […]

Tallahassee museums are making February a month to remember.  Places such as the Riley House and the Carrie Meek- James Eaton, Sr. Black Archives are creating new exhibits to celebrate and educate for black history month.  The Riley house has been observing Black History Month since it was established in […]

Florida A&M received approval from the Florida Board of Governors to expand its educational reach with a new educational center in Crestview, Fla.    FAMU will offer a Doctor of Pharmacy program in the new center beginning in fall of 2012. The facility, which is located in downtown Crestview, […]