Murder Suspect Released on Bond Days Before Victims Disappeared
The man recently arrested and accused of murdering two victims, 75-year-old AARP volunteer Victoria Sims and the 19-year-old Black Lives Matter protestor…
Karen Murphy
Freelance reporter Karen Murphy is an award-winning journalist covering the North Florida and South Georgia Area. Formerly with the Thomasville Times-Enterprise in Thomasville, Georgia, Murphy provided comprehensive news, investigative, feature and business reporting of Grady and Thomas County, including the cities of Thomasville, Cairo, Meigs, Pavo, and Boston. She won a 2016 Georgia Press Association Award for feature writing and was part of the news team that recently earned awards for overall excellence and excellent local coverage from the Georgia Press Association. She has also written for several local and regional lifestyle and business magazines. Murphy is married, with two children.
Protests in Tallahassee Not All Peaceful
Tallahassee protests were not as “peaceful” as reported in local media, unless rocks or bricks thrown through downtown business’ windows are allowed…
Lisa Brown Brings World View to County Commission Race
Lisa Brown stood before the African Development Educators Program in Nairobi earlier this year as their very first woman graduation speaker. As…
Leon County Parent Contradicts Homeschool Status of Son
Discrepancies between statements from the mother of a local student murdered in Tallahassee and information provided by Leon County Schools (LCS) raises…
LCS Success Academy Helping Students Rebound
The Success Academy’s new leadership team, trained in trauma-informed care and certified in youth mental health, is helping struggling students who have…
Bond Elementary School’s New Principal Hopes to Right the Ship
Bond Elementary School is in a dire situation, like a ship stuck in a storm. For the last two consecutive years it’s…
Maddox, Carter-Smith Plead Guilty
It was the guilty plea that almost wasn’t. Journalists, political hacks and interested citizens packed the Federal Courthouse in Tallahassee Tuesday morning…
Pineview’s “EPIC” Move from an F School to a C
Pineview Elementary School, one of five Leon County Schools in the Florida Department of Education’s (FDOE) list of the state’s lowest performing…
Despite Ongoing FDOE Investigation, Solz Appointed Astoria Park Principal
Leon County School (LCS) board members, during the July 9th LCS Board Meeting, unanimously approved the appointment of David Solz as the…
FAMU Fights To Out Alleged Rape Victim in Court
Is Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) trying to intimidate sexual assault victims? One FAMU alum is asking that question and recently…
Scott Maddox Used “Carrot and Stick” to Influence Media Coverage
As former Mayor/City Commissioner/Florida Democrat Party Chairman Scott Maddox faces a 44-count indictment for political corruption, Tallahasseans wonder how does such a…
Forgotten Already?
One month later, the survivors of a direct hit from one of the worst hurricanes in U.S. history are still living in…