By Kathleen Haughney, FSU News Florida State University President Richard McCullough has named Jeremy Slaga as the university’s first Vice President and Chief Clinical Operations Officer to help lead FSU Health. In this new position, Slaga, a seasoned healthcare executive, will be instrumental in shaping FSU’s health enterprise and expanding clinical opportunities and community engagement […]
Lively Technical College, in partnership with Leon County Schools, recently announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art welding facility at Chiles High School, made possible through a $631,000 grant from the Florida Department of Education (DOE). “This new facility at Chiles marks a significant step in modernizing education and addressing workforce needs,” said BJ Van […]
Hugh Max Jordan died peacefully October 11th, 2025, surrounded by his family in Tallahassee, Florida. He was born November 29, 1940, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was the third eldest of twelve children born to the late Ross Allen Jordan and Vivian Dyal Jordan. In his youth, his parents started several businesses, such as a gas […]
Tallahassee State College (TSC) has been named the 2025 Entrepreneurial College of the Year by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), North America’s leading advocate for entrepreneurship education. The award was presented, October 7, during the NACCE 2025 Annual Conference in Coronado, California. The award was accepted by Shelly Bell, Vice President for […]
Leon County Government recently celebrated a new chapter with the grand opening of the newly renovated second floor of the Leon County Main Library, 200 West Park Avenue. The renovation transforms more than 30,000 square feet into modern, flexible, and inspiring spaces for learning, collaboration, and community connection. “The Main Library’s transformation marks an exciting […]
The City of Tallahassee recently announced the winter sports schedule. Winter sports registration is now open at Talgov.com/Parks. Youth SoccerSoccer is offered for kids of nearly all ages, with coed teams available for ages 4-17 and all-girls teams available for ages 7-17. Practices begin on Monday, Nov. 17, at convenient locations around the city. Games will […]
Florida State Women’s Basketball Coach Brooke Wyckoff will share her inspiring story of overcoming breast cancer as the 2025 Cards for a Cure honoree. Hosted by the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) Foundation and presented by Electrotech, Cards for a Cure will celebrate 17 years of honoring local breast cancer patients and survivors at 7 p.m. […]
Michael Partin, 75, of Tallahassee smoked his last doobie on September 1, 2025, following a brave battle with cancer. Michael was born November 18, 1949, in Miami, Florida, the second of four boys, to John and Leona Partin. He moved to Tallahassee in 1961, attending Blessed Sacrament School and serving as an altar boy at […]
Tallahassee’s Capital Conservatives club recently announced that Keith Gross would speak at the September 16th dinner meeting. The event begins at 6:00 p.m. at the Elks Lodge 276 North Magnolia. The club’s press release is provided below:
William Paul Sawyer passed peacefully from this world with his wife by his side on Sunday, August 31, 2025 in Tallahassee, FL. Paul was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 5, 1949 to Charles Glenn and Betsy Ivey Sawyer. The oldest of four children, Paul was raised in Winston-Salem, NC. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa […]