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Jason DelgadoJune 20, 2020

Harry’s Seafood Bar & Grille near the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee announced Friday it will close its doors after several team members tested positive for COVID-19. The announcement came, however, only hours after a former employee took to social media to warn the public that the restaurant is “not providing crucial public health information […]

Noah PranskyJune 19, 2019

What could go wrong? Well, another Jameis Winston situation, for starters ...

Scott PowersJune 17, 2019

'I am MOVING FORWARD.'

Noah PranskyJanuary 2, 2019

Not all proceeds from specialty tag fees go to the same place.

Scott PowersNovember 19, 2018

Vacation rental homeowners marketed by Airbnb in Tallahassee and Gainesville combined to welcome nearly 14,000 visitors during the seven weekends of Florida State and University of Florida home football games, the company announced Monday. It means, Airbnb stated in a news release, that Tallahassee vacation rental home guests in its system earned $840,000 during Seminole […]

Jim RosicaNovember 3, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, also the Democratic nominee for Governor, said Friday’s mass shooting at a yoga studio “has no place in civilized society.” Gillum released a statement Saturday morning in response to the attack that claimed three lives, including the shooter’s. Five others were wounded, according to reports. “I am deeply appreciative of our law […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2018

The University of Florida and Florida State University are bitter rivals, but their jerseys in this weekend’s football games both bore the same logo: the iconic Nike swoosh. Nike was not a controversial manufacturer for most fans until this weekend, when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took center stage in the athletic gear giant’s latest […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 17, 2018

Jacksonville’s tradition of hosting neutral site, destination college football games continues, with city officials announcing an Aug. 31, 2019, clash between Boise State and Florida State. FSU has made a habit of neutral site games, and the game against Boise State is a compelling interconference matchup between the perennial ACC power and the perpetual Mountain […]

Peter SchorschNovember 20, 2017

The indefinite ban on Greek activities at FSU, precipitated by the tragic death of a fraternity pledge, has two intertwined problems — pledges and excessive alcohol use. Nearly all of the recent deaths around America that involved fraternities had two common themes — the first was they were pledges and second was the excessive use […]

Joe HendersonMay 8, 2017

Florida State Senate President Joe Negron continues to insist there was no dark conspiracy to deny pre-eminent status to the University of South Florida. He swears on a stack of legal briefs that state graduation guidelines weren’t changed at the last minute just to make sure USF wouldn’t qualify. As we now know, this is […]

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Harry’s Seafood Bar & Grille in Tallahassee closes after former employee warns public of COVID-19 mishandling

FSU privatizing its athletics department is so shady, not even Seminoles fans should support it

Despite questions about her background, Elizabeth McCarthy vows to stay in HD 28 race

These are Florida’s most-popular specialty tags at the start of 2020

Airbnb claims $840K in Seminole football business, $700K for Gators

Andrew Gillum on Tallahassee mass shooting: ‘Senseless violence’

Rick Scott won’t tell colleges how to handle controversial Nike deals

Boise State vs. FSU game illustrates intersection of Jacksonville politics, policy

Pledges, safety and Greek life; time for a culture change

Joe Henderson: Bottom line for USF — Close, but no pre-eminence status