Maclay School Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. “Week”

Maclay School Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. “Week”

For Maclay K-12 School, celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. was not a day long activity but continued throughout the week of January 14th. Each day there were activities for each grade that helped students understand and appreciate Martin Luther King and celebrate his 90th birthday. The Lower School at Maclay organized specific activities that would […]

DeSantis Suspends Palm Beach County Elections Chief

DeSantis Suspends Palm Beach County Elections Chief

By Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Saying the county conducted its last election like the “Keystone Cops,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday suspended Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher. In his executive order, DeSantis cited a litany of problems with Bucher’s office, such as failing to complete a machine recount […]

Greg Tish- A Stroll Down the Streets of Tallahassee

Greg Tish- A Stroll Down the Streets of Tallahassee

By Greg Tish, Contributing Writer, Tallahassee Reports We drive down the streets of Tallahassee daily but many of us have no idea how the streets got their names. Let’s take a look at two streets in our area that are wrapped around the same family – Fleischmann Road and Welaunee Boulevard. If you have ever […]

Parker’s Perspective: The High Cost of Playing Sports to Earn An Education

Parker’s Perspective: The High Cost of Playing Sports to Earn An Education

With the news that Deondre Francois is returning to Florida State University for his last year, my immediate thoughts regarded how much more damage this young quarterback can endure. Francois not only missed an entire season to injury, a review of the highlight reel will show him being pummeled on numerous occasions, including sustaining concussions. […]

Local College Basketball Updates

Local College Basketball Updates

The Seminoles came up just short of defeating the no. 1 team in the country, Duke, falling 80-78. FSU was able to get big games out of Phil Cofer (21 points) and Mfiondu Kabengele (24 points, 10 rebounds). PJ Savoy made a couple big plays but MJ Walker was almost nonexistent on offense. Kabengele and […]

DeSantis Presses Lawmakers For Pot Changes

DeSantis Presses Lawmakers For Pot Changes

By Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Saying they failed to heed the will of voters, Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered Florida lawmakers Thursday to eliminate a ban on smokable medical marijuana and, if they don’t comply, threatened to drop the state’s appeal of a court ruling that found the prohibition ran afoul […]

Leon County Supervisor of Elections Reflects on the 2018 Election Season

Leon County Supervisor of Elections Reflects on the 2018 Election Season

Mark Earley just completed his first cycle of elections as the Leon County Supervisor of Elections. Tallahassee Reports interviewed Mr. Earley about the challenges and successes his office faced during the 2018 election cycle. Before his election in 2016, Earley began working in 2008 in the Supervisor’s office as the Voting Systems Manager. He oversaw […]

With Eighth Grade Leaders, Deerlake Wins Girls Basketball 2A City Championship

With Eighth Grade Leaders, Deerlake Wins Girls Basketball 2A City Championship

Although Deerlake won the Middle School Girls Basketball 2A City Championship last month, the championship run required years of work. Three eighth graders, Madeline Penney #4, Lindsay Myrick #13, and Raven Hall #30, shared their team’s journey with Tallahassee Reports. For most girls interested in basketball at Deerlake, playing begins in sixth grade on a […]

Study: Later High School Start Boosts Grades, Attendance

Study: Later High School Start Boosts Grades, Attendance

A recent two year long study done by the University of Washington shows that having later high school start-times boosts grades and attendance. And in 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that middle and high schools delay their start-times to 8:30 a.m. or later. However, according to the National Center For Education Statistics, only […]