PlayBig Fights Back and Wins
TALLAHASSEE — PlayBig Therapy Center, a Tallahassee treatment center for children with autism and other neurological disabilities, was recently awarded $52,000 to…
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.
Schack Stirs the Pot in City Commission Race
TALLAHASSEE — Bill Schack is someone not afraid to stir the pot, either literally in his professional life as the Food Services…
School Board Member Alva Striplin Becomes a Democrat
TALLAHASSEE— Leon County School Board member Alva Striplin said even though she recently changed her party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, nothing…
County Commissioners: Full- or Part-Time?
TALLAHASSEE— The jobs of Leon County Commissioners are often considered to be part-time commitments with pay dictated by Florida statute. But is…
Killearn Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens Soon
TALLAHASSEE – Within the next couple of months, a medical marijuana dispensary will open in Killearn. Construction is ongoing at 1639 Village…
Plan Slated to Bring Solar Power to City of Tallahassee Utilities Customers
TALLAHASSEE — Customers of City of Tallahassee Utilities can soon use solar power without dealing with the complications and high costs of…
Arbor Crossing at Buck Lake Taking Shape
TALLAHASSEE – In an area which has seen a lot of growth and change in the last few years, a new apartment…
BREAKING NEWS: Sheriff McNeil Appoints Beasley to Lead Gillum Investigation
TALLAHASSEE — Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil has assigned Criminal Investigations Bureau (CIB) Chief Investigator Jeffery Beasley to lead the investigation of…
Gillum Complaint Filed by Retired Law Enforcement Officer
TALLAHASSEE — State Attorney Jack Campbell has launched an investigation into the alleged actions of the Tallahassee Mayor after receiving a complaint…
State Attorney’s Office Waiting on Complaint To Investigate Gillum Email Controversey
TALLAHASSEE — State Attorney Jack Campbell said he is waiting for someone with first-hand knowledge of the Tallahassee Mayor’s possible misappropriation of…
Body Camera Deployment Complex/Costly Says Local Law Enforcement
TALLAHASSEE — Local law enforcement is taking steps to equip officers with body cameras, however, the process is more complicated than just…
Bringing the Shine Out
J.J. Jimenez has a rapidly growing shoe shine business in Tallahassee. “When I do a shoe, the more I rub it, I…