It is National School Psychology Week and districts across the nation are highlighting the important work of counselors and advocates. School psychologists are trained in a variety of skills like special education evaluations, identifying learning needs helping teachers with classroom management plans, and providing counseling to struggling students.
New Student Body President Carrington Whigham is excited to get to work at FAMU, adding to her family's long legacy of contribution to the school and the community.
Chris Gardner, whose life story inspired the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, is coming to Tallahassee to share his story at the Power Forward Speaker Series.
A sea turtle is capturing the hearts of a local rescue group, and really the Big Bend. It was found struggling to survive due to red tide. But, thanks to attentive care the turtle named Hope is back to flapping her flippers at the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab.
Meet Latasha Jones: a third-grade science and math teacher at Astoria Park Elementary School in Tallahassee. She’s worked there since 2018, passionately educating her students and showing them the wonders of STEM.
Valdosta State University partnered with Active Minds, the nation’s leading nonprofit working to change the culture around mental health, to bring Send Silence Packing to campus.
On Tuesday, the Big Bend Homeless Coalition announced that it has named Holly Bernardo, a longtime advocate for the region’s most vulnerable families, as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Florida State University has announced that Jessica Cox, the world’s first licensed armless pilot, will speak at the school Monday night as part of their annual Disability Conversation Series.
On Saturday, 40 of some of the Big Bend’s best basketball players took to the court at Northside Community Center to tryout for Tallahassee’s new professional basketball team, the Southern Kings.
In South Georgia today, the Thomasville Police Department was inundated with donations of stuffed teddy bear toys. The bears were given out to children throughout the community, distributed by TPD officers.
A Florida State University student is riding high this week, returning from fulfilling a life-long dream in Las Vegas where she played on one of poker’s biggest stages.
Florida A&M University reported on Wednesday that the school has joined a partnership with the Chevron Corporation and the Fab Foundation to create a digital fabrication lab at FAMU Development Research School (DRS) for the Tallahassee community.
On Thursday, the nonprofit employment service Employ-u held their grand opening here in Tallahassee as they look to bring their services to the Big Bend area.
Tallahassee Fire Department Lieutenant Sarah Cooksey was killed in an accident last weekend. Friends of Cooksey gathered on Friday to pay tribute, completing a cross-city trek through Tallahassee to honor the fallen first responder.
Teeing off for title one schools. Today golfers hit the links for the Big Bend Minority Chambers annual golf tournament. Groups of golfers each represented a local title one school competing to earn the school extra money in a long-drive competition.
In light of recent events that have targeted minorities on Florida State University’s campus, the Black Student Union held a march on Saturday asking for change.
A member of the Florida State University football team is giving back to the community this season. Offensive linemen Brady Scott organized an online fundraiser this past week, looking to raise money to help a young leukemia patient.
