As protests rage, Obama has urged Trump to reach out

As protests rage, Obama has urged Trump to reach out

November 29, 2016

  By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney News Wire President Barack Obama, in his first press conference following the election of Donald Trump as president, declined to assess President-Elect Trump in the same manner as he did during the campaign. As protests continue around the country Obama has advised Trump

Convictions upheld in ‘Marching 100’ death

November 29, 2016

By Jim Saunders The News Service of Florida Almost exactly five years after Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion died of injuries suffered in a hazing incident, a state appeals court Friday upheld the manslaughter and hazing convictions of another former member of the school’s “Marching 100” band.  

McNeil plans to engage deputies as sheriff

McNeil plans to engage deputies as sheriff

November 29, 2016

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Walt McNeil ran a campaign for sheriff of Leon County mostly on his experience and two weeks after becoming the first Black in the modern era to run the law enforcement agency his mantra hasn’t changed.   McNeil, who served almost 10 years

Lunch Box patron reports spit in drink

Lunch Box patron reports spit in drink

November 29, 2016

[subtitle]Local NAACP president warns of hate crimes[/subtitle]   By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer While it’s not clear how to define a reported incident of a restaurant employee saying that he spat in a customer’s drink, the president of the Tallahassee chapter of the NAACP didn’t hesitate to issue

Rickards’ IB student, Taylor, excelling in boxing ring

Rickards’ IB student, Taylor, excelling in boxing ring

November 22, 2016

  By St. Clair Murraine Outlook writer   Darnell Baker had a hunch about Johnny Taylor the moment the lanky teenager walked into the Brick House Boxing Club.   Taylor’s eagerness to go through the demanding workout grind was enough to let Baker, owner and trainer at Brick House, know

Raiders outlast Bay in playoffs

November 22, 2016

      By St. Clair Murraine Outlook writer   There are many reasons that coach Quintin Lewis could have given to explain why his Rickards High School football team had an easy time defeating Bay 42-7 in the first round of the state football playoffs.   For example, the

Stanley rallies Rattlers past Morgan, 22-21

Stanley rallies Rattlers past Morgan, 22-21

November 22, 2016

[subtitle] Fight mars one-point win for FAMU [/subtitle] By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Quarterback Ryan Stanley walked out of the FAMU locker room after halftime with a sense of urgency, following a first-half performance that wasn’t close to what he’d promised to deliver to his senior teammates in

Election’s biggest losers: Blacks

Election’s biggest losers: Blacks

November 22, 2016

By Clearance McKee Donald Trump’s upset victory over Hillary Clinton is a devastating blow to the Democratic Party and its allies: academia, teachers’ unions, advocates of abortion on demand, secularists, radical environmentalists, and a biased elitist “ivory tower” liberal media establishment.   It was a total rejection of the progressive

Spiritually Speaking…Eternity is real, according to whom?

Spiritually Speaking…Eternity is real, according to whom?

November 22, 2016

By James Washington Special to the Outlook In many a biblical instance, whenever someone in the bible begins to accept and acknowledge Christ, change is inevitable, fear of the unknown ensues and faith gets severely challenged. If we’re honest with ourselves, walking by faith and not by sight is kind

Questionable Christians

November 22, 2016

By Rev. Dr. Tyree A. Anderson Special to the Outlook This morning people other than Conservative Christians, White Supremacy supporters, and mostly uneducated White America woke up to a reality that seems more like a living nightmare. The greatest fear a free-thinking and conscious reflecting person could ever imagine happened.