Sunday, July 20, 2025
Haleigh Porter is between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Porter is a graduating senior at Florida A&M. She is also the No. 1 singles player on the Rattlers’ tennis team. Her dilemma: FAMU has moved up the dates for spring commencement to April 23-25, the same weekend that […]
Florida’s strong return to consumerism as the coronavirus pandemic appears to wane has allowed the travel business to prevail. In Tallahassee specifically, there has been a steady increase in travelers over the past few months, according to the Leon County Division of Tourism. Dionte Gavin is the senior operations manager […]
New, expanded eligibility rules for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine will go into effect Monday. The new protocols will allow K-12 school employees, fire, and law enforcement officers ages 50 and older to receive the vaccine. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the new plans for the vaccine rollout and the expected […]
Finding a business that helps you close on a home is one thing, but having that business be owned by two African American women is another. Businesswomen Danielle Andrews and Tamara Tedder have partnered to form Capital Hills Title Service — Florida’s first Black-owned and woman-owned title company. The company […]
Tallahassee city staff recommended earlier this month that City Urban Mission on Mahan Drive not be allowed to open a full-time homeless shelter. On Monday, the city’s Development Review Committee met and seconded the staff’s recommendation, denying City Walk’s homeless shelter permit. City Walk’s homeless shelter started in December and […]
The Tallahassee Police Department and Florida State University Police Department responded to a shooting at Potbelly’s early Sunday morning, after several altercations left a student at Florida A&M University wounded. Officers were dispatched at around 2:30 a.m. to the nightclub located at the corner of West College Avenue and North […]
You would not be able to tell from looking at her. Her appearance is seemingly unthreatening…… until you piss her off. A short, ample, butterscotch colored woman standing about five feet tall with short silver hair, hazel eyes and a husky voice is not the poster child for a revolution. […]
Almost six months ago, on Sept. 5, a group of approximately 100 people, led by the Tallahassee Community Action Committee, walked to the state Capitol to protest a Leon County grand jury ruling. The grand jury failed to find fault with the three police officers involved in the shooting deaths […]
While this month is commonly known for the color green, leprechauns and four leaf clovers, many women recognize March as a month-long reflection of history. Every day, women of color, religion and ethnic groups are continually breaking barriers and making history. Women have played a massive role in advancing America’s […]
The eighth senate meeting for the 2020-2021 academic year shed light on the events that are taking place this week in celebration of women’s history month, resources that may be present in the near future and the fiscal budget for this year’s allocation period. Sophomore senator Artise Lewis introduced the […]