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Big Lots are closing around the country. Is Tallahassee's on the list?
Big Lots plans to close up to 40 stores this year and at least 11 Florida stores made the list of store closures, according to the store's website. The announcement, made in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said the discount retailer would be shuttering 35 to 40 stores as its financials...
WATCH: ACC Football Media Days Covered by Friday Night Locker Room’s Dr. Terry Spain
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Friday Night Locker Room’s Dr. Terry Spain made his way to Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Football Media Days. Spain had the opportunity to interact with multiple coaches and players. He asked Florida State University head coach Mike Norvell...
REPORT: Florida State and Clemson Not Leaving the ACC (Yet)
Florida State and Clemson may not be playing in the ACC for long, but according to a report by On3, they aren’t leaving immediately. The news comes ahead of today’s ACC Media Days. It is no secret that Florida State and Clemson both want to get out of the conference, but recent reports and rumors seemed like there was a real chance that the two schools were headed to the Big 12.
Florida State football starts practice Wednesday. Here's what to know
If you hear Florida State football head coach Mike Norvell shouting to the city of Tallahassee "good morning'" before the sun rises, that's when you know college football is officially back. The Seminoles will make their way to Dunlap Athletic Training Center for the first day of fall camp on Wednesday, beginning at 9 a.m. Norvell is excited as he enters his fifth season at FSU. ...
Man enters plea in 2022 Half Time Liquors shooting, two others now set for trial
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A man accused in a 2022 shooting outside of Half Time Liquors entered a plea Tuesday afternoon, according to court records. Demario Murray was killed that night in a hail of gunfire and eight other people were injured. William Thomas pleaded no contest to a firearm...
Florida State football, recruiting news: Kickoff is less than five weeks away
Greatness, development, unconquered; FSU’s three representatives at the ACC Kickoff yesterday are a prime example of what Mike Norvell’s CLIMB is all about:. The ACC dies without Florida State and that’s why they’re fighting so hard to keep FSU and Clemson in it:. “I can state...
ACC Commissioner Phillips fires shot at FSU and Clemson as legal drama continues
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WCTV) - Monday’s start to ACC Kickoff was full of on the field chatter. FSU’s quest to repeat as conference champion, the additions of Cal, Stanford and SMU and Week 0′s conference opener between the Seminoles and Georgia Tech were all in the forefront. But...
The Tallahassee Reports Daily Briefs: Monday, July 22, 2024
The Leon County Commission recently approved the semiannual status report regarding curbside waste collection service provided by Waste Pro, Inc. The current contract between the County and Waste Pro, Inc. features stricter quality stipulations and enforcement standards than their prior agreements to “ensure quality performance”. The deadline to...
Retired Pasco-Hernando State College president tapped as interim FAMU leader
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M University trustees agreed Tuesday to bring in retired Pasco-Hernando State College President Tim Beard to serve as FAMU’s interim leader after the resignation of President Larry Robinson. Board of Trustees Chairwoman Kristin Harper, who proposed Beard as interim president, said his hiring depends...
ACC boss Jim Phillips: We will fight suits from Florida State, Clemson
The awkwardness of the legal battle between the Atlantic Coast Conference and member schools Clemson and Florida State continues to simmer with the 2024 season just more than one month away. ACC commissioner Jim Phillips pledged the day-to-day operations remain business as usual while also insisting the league will aggressively fight the lawsuits from the two schools over withdrawal penalties and the grant of media rights deal that runs through 2036. The ACC previously filed its own countersuit against the schools. "I can state that we will fight to protect the ACC and our members for as long as it...
FSU statistician elected Fellow of American Statistical Association
A Florida State University researcher has been elected as a fellow of the American Statistical Association for her outstanding contributions to the field of statistics. Professor of Statistics Hongyuan Cao was recognized by ASA for her research in high-dimensional statistics, longitudinal data analysis and survival analysis, with a strong emphasis on applications in social science, biological science and medical science.
Florida’s only historically Black university names interim president
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s only public historically Black university has chosen an interim leader, after the school’s president announced this month that he intends to resign. As the next executive of Florida A&M University, Interim President Timothy Beard will be tasked with managing the backlash over...
Commissioner Phillips: ‘We will fight to protect the ACC‘
As expected, the opening day of Monday’s ACC Football Kickoff event in Charlotte was dominated by the drama surrounding Florida State’s and Clemson’s threats to exit the league and the ensuing legal battles. Somewhat unexpected was ACC commissioner Jim Phillips’ strong language concerning the distractions that the...
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