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Changing the dial

February 4, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Darius “Doc” Baker stood in front of a crowd that included government officials who came to help celebrate the launching of Tallahassee’s newest radio station. Baker’s comments were uncharacteristically short for a man who has big goals for making Hallelujah 95.3 FM Tallahassee’s

Activists recall students’ lunch counter sit-in

February 4, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Sixty years later, Rev. Henry Steele still believes that when he and other young people followed the lead of two sisters and staged a sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter it was the right thing to do. In fact, Steele, the son of

Sharpton joins in protest for increased teachers’ pay

January 28, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Reminding Florida politicians that a recent rally led by Florida Education Association was big enough to get the nation’s attention, Rev. Al Sharpton decried the salary that the state pays its teachers. Most of the 15,000 public school personnel were at the Capitol

Plans for renovation of Kleman Plaza underway

January 28, 2020

By Oldens Lafortune Outlook writer Big changes are coming to Kleman Plaza. Potentially Proposals for changes were presented at a meeting last Thursday morning with the intention of making Kleman Plaza more appealing and functional. Some of the changes include adding retail stores, renovating a small park that fronts the

Blue Print Panel Committee set to assist TPD

January 28, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer The first of two committees that are expected to make crime-fighting recommendations to new Tallahassee police chief Lawrence Revell was formed last Thursday at a meeting where the panel’s focus was outlined. Rev. RB Holmes, minister at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, announced that

Organizers hope youth rally brings change in crime

January 28, 2020

By Oldens Lafortune Outlook writer By the end of last year, Tallahassee had seen almost 75 shootings, some taking lives. At about the same time, FAMU head football coach Willie Simmons and his team was putting the finishing touches on a successful season. Although it was a season unlike any

Crump delivers stirring speech during book signing

January 28, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump showed up at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church for a book signing. He ended up giving his audience a history lesson and an update on issues that Black people face daily. The seldom mentioned concerns and some of the

Chief Revell wants law enforcement partnership

January 21, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer For as long as Lawrence Revell has been a police officer, he’s established relationships with just about every law enforcement agency in the state. As the new chief of Tallahassee Police Department, Revell plans to call on every agency to help him curb

Clergy shows support for TPD chief Revell

January 14, 2020

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer From his left to his right and behind him, too, members of Tallahassee clergy stretched their hands during a prayer for the city’s new police chief. Essentially, they’d gathered at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on New Year’s Eve to literally give Lawrence Revell

FHP reaches ‘enforcement time’ on texting motorists

January 14, 2020

By Jim Turner News Service of Florida “Enforcement time” has come for motorists caught texting and driving by Florida Highway Patrol troopers. The arrival of the 2020 brings a handful of changes stemming from the 2019 legislative session, including final pieces of enforcing a new law that cracks down on