Scott: Encourage students to graduate in four years

Scott: Encourage students to graduate in four years

June 7, 2016

    By Margie Menzel The News Service of Florida ORLANDO — Gov. Rick Scott challenged Florida’s colleges and universities to help full-time students graduate in four years — in part by telling incoming freshmen how much money they’ll save if they do.   “Finish in four, save more,” Scott

Bus boycott serves as backdrop to call for Black history awareness

Bus boycott serves as backdrop to call for Black history awareness

June 7, 2016

  By St. Clair Murraine Outlook writer Derek Steele wasn’t born when his parents’ home was shot up by the Ku Klux Klan, but the bullet holes that were still there years later gave him insight to what Blacks in Tallahassee endured for decades.   He’d also heard conversations between

Will Trump’s use of fear tactics make him president of America?

June 1, 2016

  By Roger Caldwell Special to the Outlook It does not matter what you believe as an American, because the polls indicate that Donald Trump is virtually tied with Hillary Clinton, and ahead in others. This is a scary situation, but everyone forgets that Trump started his campaign, when he

Walker looks to revive boxing career with new trainer

Walker looks to revive boxing career with new trainer

June 1, 2016

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Former top-ranked heavyweight Travis Walker has a new attitude about his career that he believes a new trainer could help him salvage and get back in the top-10 world ranking.   While admitting he might be second-guessed at age 36, Walker insists that

TCC starts to build cross country team with first signing

TCC starts to build cross country team with first signing

June 1, 2016

By Robyn Murrell Outlook writer No matter how this cross country season goes, Jeanna Prisco will always have a place in the athletics history books at Tallahassee Community College.   Prisco is the first runner to sign on as a member of the Eagles’ first- year cross country team coached

Sorority provides scholarships to 17 outstanding students in Tallahassee

Sorority provides scholarships to 17 outstanding students in Tallahassee

June 1, 2016

    Special to the Outlook The Delta Kappa Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and the Delta Kappa Omega Foundation awarded $16,500 in scholarships to 17 outstanding high school seniors at their 2016 Scholarship and Awards Reception held on Saturday, May 7, at the Delta Kappa Omega

Community celebrates emancipation

Community celebrates emancipation

June 1, 2016

    By Haley Proctor Outlook writer The Fourth Annual Walk through Living History Festival Parade and Day in the Park and the sixth Annual Emancipation and Abolitionist Ball praised the colored troops for their service in the Civil War and their role in the Emancipation Proclamation.   The festival