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NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP: Fort Walton Beach will pick up your unwanted household items in August
The City of Fort Walton Beach is set to hold its August Neighborhood Clean-Up event, offering residents a free opportunity to dispose of large household items. Throughout August, trash collection crews will pick up unwanted household items such as furniture, appliances, and mattresses at no charge. These items, typically too large for normal trash collections, can be placed on the curb for removal.
FSU football stuns South Carolina for commitment of 4-star wide receiver
Florida State football added a surprise commitment to its 2025 recruiting class. Rock Hill High School (South Carolina) product Malik Clark was heavily expected to commit to the University of South Carolina during his Thursday afternoon commitment ceremony, but in a last-second turn, the 4-star wide receiver chose the Seminoles. ...
‘It’s very shocking’: Data shows spike in illicit fentanyl found at Florida state prisons
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Officials with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have called it, “the deadliest drug threat facing our country.”. WCTV has shared many stories of families, locally and spanning nationwide, being impacted by fentanyl. The synthetic opioid can be used medically to treat patients with severe...
Four Seminoles Begin Athletes Unlimited Championship Season on Friday
- Four former Florida State softball players will begin the Athletes Unlimited Softball Championship Season on Friday. The season will run through August 25. Kalei Harding, Josie Muffley, Kathryn Sandercock and Jessi Warren have all signed contracts with Athletes Unlimited. FSU's four former players in Athletes Unlimited are the third-most of any college program.
Summer Scheming ‘24: Florida State Seminoles
The Florida State Seminoles started the season 13-0 including an ACC Championship Game victory. Then the tide turned. With quarterback Jordan Travis injured the College Football Playoff Committee decided to send the ‘Noles to the Orange Bowl but not the playoff. In Mike Norvell’s fourth season in Tallahassee, FSU...
Sharpen the Point: Group of 5 playoff contenders, conference realignment rundown recap
College football keeps creepin’ closer. And that means the Sharpen the Point podcast, where Tomahawk Nation’s Brian Pellerin talks with his friend and avid daily fantasy player Chris Tyndall in-depth about the greater college football landscape and FSU football, is back. With the 2024 season comes expanded playoffs...
Florida Tech, Three Additional Florida Universities Launch Joint Effort to Boost Space Manufacturing
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – In an ambitious move to support the rapidly expanding space manufacturing sector, Florida Tech and three additional Florida universities have joined forces to establish the Center for Science, Technology and Advanced Research in Space, or C-STARS. Researchers from Florida Tech, the University...
Attorney General Moody Announces Victory in Case Against Members of Jane’s Revenge
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody is announcing a victory in Moody v. Freestone involving criminal activists who threatened and vandalized crisis pregnancy centers in Florida. In March 2023, Attorney General Moody pursued civil action against the defendants for vandalizing and intimidating multiple centers in Florida. Due to the civil action and securing a settlement, several of the defendants pleaded guilty to felonies in federal court. The defendants will also be permanently banned from being within 100 feet of crisis pregnancy centers and will be ordered to pay restitution.
JetBlue's abrupt departure plans from Tallahassee take city officials by surprise
With only a few hours notice, the city of Tallahassee was largely caught off guard by JetBlue Airway's sudden decision to discontinue non-stop service from Tallahassee to Fort Lauderdale after a mere seven months in the market. Yet, it took more than a decade to get JetBlue to Tallahassee. In January, after snail-pace...
HBCU national champion Florida A&M ranked in preseason college football poll
Florida A&M football is coming off one of their most historic seasons after winning an HBCU National Championship. And despite not being favored to win the SWAC East in 2024, the Rattlers earned respect elsewhere as they are ranked No. 20 in Lindy’s Sports preseason football poll. “It’s a...
The Battle's End Collective inks new deals with several FSU football players
Redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Aaron Hester was the first new addition TBE announced this week:. "Fall Camp is underway and we are excited to announce the addition of @theaaronhesterr to The Battle's End! Welcome to the family, big man!" It felt like many had written off Hester as a potential...
Local business association forum sheds light on superintendent candidates' views
Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna and challengers Joe Burgess and Star Swain Tuesday addressed issues affecting the school district during a candidate forum hosted by the Network of Entrepreneurs and Business Advocates. The forum was attended by local taxpayers, candidate supporters and NEBA members, all looking for answers to some of the most pressing questions about the future of public schools, which equip students for the workforce in the business community. ...
School grades are out for 2024. Here's how Leon County Schools fared
The Leon County School District is just three points shy of an A grade, according to the Florida Department of Education's assessment of the state's public-school districts for the 2023-24 school year. “While there is still a lot of hard work ahead of us, we know we are on the right...
Florida abortion amendment: Financial statement fight heads to state Supreme Court
Abortion-rights advocates are asking the Florida Supreme Court to throw out the latest financial statement related to a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to ensure abortion access in the state. Floridians Protecting Freedom, the group pushing the abortion amendment, filed a writ of quo warranto on Thursday, petitioning the state to explain...
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