January 2024 – Page 4 – Capital Outlook

Annual Zora! Festival celebrates its 35th year with food and fun for everyone!

January 26, 2024

Live entertainment is one of the features events at the ZORA! Festival.Photo by Thaddaeus Watkins/Distinct Images. Attendees at the ZORA! Festival will have plenty of art work to chose from.Photo by Thaddaeus Watkins/Distinct Images. Special to the Outlook The 35th annual ZORA! Festival, taking place in Eatonville, Fla., is shaping

Leon County Supervisor of Elections announces busy election cycle

January 26, 2024

Mark Earley Special to the Outlook Like in most states around the country, voters in Leon County will have a busy election cycle, beginning in March. Mark S. Earley, Supervisor of Elections for Leon County, last Thursday announced the start of the 2024 Election Cycle. “2024 is going to be

Leon County celebrates Arbor Day with tree planting

January 26, 2024

Community members turned out on Saturday to participate in the annual Arber Day Tree Planting at Anita L. Davis Preserve at Lake Henrietta Park.Photo submitted Special to the Outlook Dozens of community volunteers celebrated Florida’s Arbor Day by successfully planting hundreds of native trees Saturday at the annual Arbor Day

Health officials say global deaths were related to COVID; signal deepening crisis

January 26, 2024

Tedros AdhanomGhebreyesus By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia The World Health Organization reported a staggering total of nearly 10,000 global deaths in December, raising alarm bells about a worsening worldwide health crisis stemming from the continued threat of COVID-19. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also noted pressing humanitarian

Concerns raised by Democratic leaders over Biden-Harris campaign’s Black voter support and MAGA wall challenge

January 26, 2024

Rep. James Clyburn By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia In a critical assessment of the Biden-Harris reelection campaign, South Carolina Democratic Rep. James Clyburn, a key party influencer, and former President Barack Obama have each expressed reservations regarding the campaign’s struggle to secure robust backing from Black voters and

Federal prosecutors seek death penalty for White man who fatally shot 10 Black people in Buffalo grocery store

January 26, 2024

Benjamin Crump By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Federal prosecutors announced their intention to pursue the death penalty for Payton Gendron, a 20-year-old White man responsible for a racist rampage that claimed the lives of 10 Black shoppers at a Buffalo grocery store in May 2022. Prosecutors revealed

Swift search for FAMU football coach down to five candidates

January 26, 2024

Quarterback Jeremy Moussa hoist the SWAC championship trophy after FAMU beat Prairie View for the title last December.Photo special to the Outlook By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer A search to find the next head coach for FAMU’s football program has been moving at warp speed. A committee that was

Focusing on issues

January 26, 2024

Town hall meeting sheds light on bills in legislative session Despite chilly conditions, a crowd started to form before the start of last Wednesday’s town hall meeting.Photo by St. Clair Murraine Rev. James Morris, president of Council of Florida Churches, chats with Rev. James Golden and Rev. Joe Parramore last

Pay hike raises starting salaries to $60K for FAMU police officers

January 17, 2024

FAMU Police officers on duty at Bragg Memorial Stadium.Photo by Glenn Beil/Office of Communications Special to the Outlook The Florida A&M University Board of Trustees unanimously approved a contract with the police union for a $9,000 raise that will increase the starting salary of campus police officers to $60,000. The

FAMU announces Iris A. Elijah as deputy general counsel

January 17, 2024

Iris A. Elijah By Andrew J. Skerritt FAMU Office of Communications Making a return to Florida A&M University, attorney Iris A. Elijah recently began to serve as a deputy general counsel. She previously worked as an assistant general counsel in the FAMU General Counsel’s Office nearly a decade ago, before returning