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This offseason has been a time of growth for new Florida State QB
The Florida State Seminoles have put a lot of hope and trust in quarterback DJ Uiagalelei.A former five-star recruit ranked as the No. 1 pro-style quarterback in the 2024 class by 247Sports, Uiagalelei didn't work out at his first destination in Clemson, but he experienced a career revival of sorts last season as the starting quarterback at Oregon State.He threw for 2,638 yards and 21 touchdowns with seven interceptions and was good enough to attract the Seminoles' attention in the transfer portal.FSU now is asking him to replace Heisman Trophy candidate Jordan Travis — which will be no small task...
Tallahassee police charge local man with sexually battering 3-year-old child
A Tallahassee man was charged early Sunday morning with having sexual contact with a 3-year-old child. Charles William Hickson, 53, is facing two charges: Sexual battery on a child under 12 by someone 18 or older, and kidnapping a child under 13 with intent to commit a sexual battery. As of Tuesday morning, he was being held at the Leon County Detention Facility without bail. ...
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...
Back in the ACC, DJ Uiagalelei holds the key to FSU's Playoff hopes
CHARLOTTE, NC — Mike Norvell and FSU arrived at ACC Media Days with perhaps the most important player on their team, quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, purposefully absent. Uiagalelei, the fifth-year transfer via Oregon State and Clemson, was offered a spot on the plane with Norvell from Tallahassee. Uiagalelei has the polish and shine to wow the media and say all the right things for a program leading off media days of a conference it doesn’t even care to be in anymore.
Playing as FSU in College Football 25 is great unless you're on Xbox Series S. Here's why
Some Florida State football fans aren't getting the full experience playing College Football 25. The highly popular college football video game received an 8 GB update Tuesday. EA Sports laid out some of its upcoming patches in a Monday post in its Answers HQ page. Not all of what was listed will have been included on Tuesday's update, but the Orlando-based video game company is working on making its highly popular game run more smoothly. ...
2024 Fall Football Training Camp Primer: What to know as FAMU prepares to defend HBCU title
The wait is almost over. The defending Black College National Champions Florida A&M’s 2024 fall football training camp is coming. The Rattlers will have their first practice on Thursday to...
Adultery, a Corpse Eaten by Alligators and a $1 Million Insurance Payout
GUILTY CREATURES: Sex, God and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida, by Mikita Brottman. Were Mikita Brottman’s “Guilty Creatures” a work of fiction, the plot would be deemed clichéd: an affair, a missing body presumed eaten by alligators, a million-dollar life insurance payout and a beautiful widow who quickly finds love in the arms of her dead husband’s newly divorced best friend.
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...
Three Florida universities searching for Presidents, one for the second time in 2 years
University of Florida and Florida A&M University announced candidates Tuesday to tap as interim presidents following resignations by both institutions’ leaders, while Florida Atlantic University will kick off its second presidential search since its most recent president left in 2022. UF President Ben Sasse is set to step down...
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