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Helping homeowners

June 11, 2024

New tool library set up to assist Southside residents Chuck Birmingham, member of the South City Neighborhood Association, was out showing support for a new tool-lending organization.Photo by St. Clair Murraine Gordon Cox By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer When Gordon Cox decided to buy a home, he settled on

Judge rejects FSU bid to dismiss ACC case

June 11, 2024

Judge Louis Bledsoe NSF Staff Report A North Carolina judge rejected a request by Florida State University to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Atlantic Coast Conference in a legal battle playing out in two states. Louis Bledsoe, chief business court judge in Mecklenburg County, N.C., issued a 76-page ruling

Capital City Chamber of Commerce marks 30 years of excellence

June 11, 2024

Al LawsonAnita Favors Special to the Outlook Capital City Chamber of Commerce is celebrating three decades of unwavering commitment to economic development and community empowerment in the North Florida area. One of the celebration events is an anniversary dinner, which will be held on April 26 at 5:30 p.m. in

Parks enters race for Senate District 3 seat

June 11, 2024

Daryl Parks By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer Before his successful career as a civil rights attorney started, Daryl Parks had a passion for using an elected office to affect positive change for people. Almost three decades since he was president of the student government body at FAMU, Parks is

Change is coming

June 11, 2024

City to break ground soon for ‘come alive in 2025’ projects Infrastructure work is underway for construction of the new headquarters for Tallahassee Police Department.Photo by St. Clair Murraine John Powell (left) director of construction for the City of Tallahassee, and city manager Reese Goad.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By

Community groups bring holiday cheer to HOPE Community residents

April 24, 2024

Three organizations volunteered to organize an Easter egg hunt and door-to-door delivery of baskets to families in the HOPE Community.Photo submitted Special to the Outlook Children living at the Family Promise of the Big Bend’s HOPE Community got the Easter season off with an egg hunt in their neighborhood. In

DeSantis signs TCC rebrand

April 24, 2024

Sen. Corey Simon NSF Staff Report Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he signed a measure that will rename Tallahassee Community College as Tallahassee State College. The renaming of TCC follows nearly every other school in the state’s network of 28 colleges shedding the “community college” label in favor of “college”

Virtual mental health help comes to Boys and Girls Club of the Big Bend

April 24, 2024

Kacy Dennis By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer Administrators of the Boys and Girls Club of the Big Bend tout three core area of emphasis in an attempt to help young people live a wholesome life. One of them is a healthy lifestyle, which includes any sign of mental disorder.

Backing Haiti

April 24, 2024

Members of local clergy outraged by treatment of Haitians Members of Tallahassee’s clergy stood in solidarity in a call for assistance for Haiti.Photo by St. Clair Murraine With a Haiti flag in her hand, Rev. Rosalind Tompkins (left) stood with Rev. RB Holmes and other ministers at a prayer vigil.Photo

Elder Chris A. Burney becomes eighth president of Florida State Primitive Baptist Convention

April 24, 2024

Elder Dr. Chris A. Burney Special to the Outlook A standing-room-only crowd inside the Old West Enrichment Center witnessed the installation of Elder Dr. Chris A. Burney as the eighth president of the Florida State Primitive Baptist Convention, Inc. In addition to Old Primitive Baptist members, the audience that packed