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Unified support is vital to Tallahassee's small businesses | Opinion
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (201+ words) As National Small Business Week approaches, it offers a timely reminder of what many of us already know: small businesses'defined as firms with 499 employees or fewer'are the backbone of the Big Bend region, including Tallahassee'Leon County. They are our job…...
Teacher Appreciation Week 2026 offers freebies and discounts
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (294+ words) Teacher Appreciation Week 2026 offers food freebies and discounts'Tallahassee Democrat Teacher Appreciation Week 2026 offers freebies and discounts Shine those apples and gear up your students " May 4 to May 8 is National Teacher Appreciation Week, a time to celebrate everyday heroes who continuously…...
Judge in Missy Mogle case recuses herself from murder trial
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (129+ words) Leon Circuit Judge Tiffany Baker-Carper recused herself from the murder trials of the man and woman charged with the murder of 5-year-old Missy Mogle " an explosive case in which the judge herself became a focal point....
Tallahassee rejects proposal for hotel, vertiport at TLH airport
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (487+ words) Tallahassee rejected the lone proposal for a luxury hotel and air taxi vertiport at TLH airport, citing a lackluster response....
Cap City Video Lounge leaving Railroad Square for new home
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (29+ words) Cap City Video Lounge announced it's outgrown Railroad Square Art Park and is moving to new home, where it will be able to make it weirder and bigger....
Leon County judge qualifying: Who's running, who was re-elected?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (169+ words) Two Leon County judges face challengers in November elections, while three others were re-elected without opposition....
Florida A&M issues 'all clear' after 'shelter in place' alert
2+ week, 2+ day ago (516+ words) Florida A&M University issued a 'shelter in place' warning due to police activity near FAMU Villages and Bragg Stadium....
FAMU active shooter scare a 'traumatic experience"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (19+ words) A mother describes the 'traumatic experience' after fears of an active shooter rattled FAMU's campus during a robotics competition....
As measles cases rage in Florida, vaccine resistance persists. Why?
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (942+ words) In the eight months since Florida's leaders grabbed headlines by calling vaccine mandates "slavery" and prescribing that Florida become the first to eliminate such school-entrance requirements, 1, 622 Floridians were diagnosed with potentially fatal, vaccine-preventable diseases. The Sunshine State's 2025-26 outbreak of measles…...
Tallahassee poet Michael Trammell plays with Burt Reynolds in 'Chiefs"
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (694+ words) At a critical point in Tallahassee writer Michael Trammell's new novel-in-verse, "Chiefs," (Hysterical Press, Tallahassee, 2026) the phantom of Burt Reynolds rides a stolen Mustang convertible into Tallahassee's Mission San Luis amidst a heated stickball game. Soon after, the adventurers'Chief Crow,…...