-
1 week ago | 
wctv.tv | Abby Walton |Caroline Christensen
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - As the confirmation vote for Florida A&M’s president-elect approaches, a group of alumni and students filed a lawsuit Monday against the FAMU Board of Trustees and the Florida Board of Governors, alleging the pick of Marva Johnson was “predetermined in violation of the state Constitution.”Attorneys Mutaqee Akbar and Ennis Jacobs filed the 154-page civil lawsuit in Leon County’s Second Judicial Circuit.
-
3 weeks ago | 
wctv.tv | Jacob Murphey |Caroline Christensen
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The daughter of a man detained by ICE during an immigration raid at a Tallahassee construction site is speaking out days after her father was bussed out of the capital city. Britney Padron said her father, Jose, was at the construction site on Gaines Street Thursday when Florida Highway Patrol troopers and Homeland Security showed up.
-
1 month ago | 
wctv.tv | Caroline Christensen |Jamiya Coleman
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - On Wednesday, Florida A&M University continued searching for its 19th president. This week, the FAMU Board of Trustees is interviewing four final candidates for the role of university president.
-
1 month ago | 
wctv.tv | Caroline Christensen |Jamiya Coleman
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - On Tuesday, Florida A&M University continued searching for its 19th president. This week, the FAMU Board of Trustees is interviewing four final candidates for the role of university president.
-
1 month ago | 
wctv.tv | Matt Hoffmann |Caroline Christensen
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — Verizon customers in Leon County are encountering disruptions to calling, texting and data services on Friday. According to Leon County spokesperson Matt Cavell, the county contacted Verizon about these issues, and the company confirmed that 15 of its towers are experiencing outages. “We are actively working on restoration,” Verizon told the county. 911 calls will continue to route despite the outage, according to Cavell.
-
1 month ago | 
wjhg.com | Matt Hoffmann |Chasity Maynard |Caroline Christensen
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Capital County and City commissioners voted Thursday to give taxpayer dollars to airlines and a quarter of a million dollars to affordable housing funding. The motion passed 10-2 at a Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Board of Directors meeting, on which members of both the Tallahassee and Leon County Commissions sit. Elected officials approved $670,000 in annual funding to incentivize airlines to begin service at Tallahassee International Airport.
-
1 month ago | 
wctv.tv | Nicole Winfield |Chasity Maynard |Jamiya Coleman |Caroline Christensen
VATICAN CITY, Italy (WCTV) - White smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday afternoon, signaling a new pope has been elected. And the new pope is making history in a new way. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope, and he will be called Pope Leo XIV, according to CBS News. He is from Chicago. The white smoke first appeared at about 12:08 p.m. The news comes just over 24 hours after the doors to the chapel closed for the conclave to begin the voting process.
-
1 month ago | 
wctv.tv | Jamiya Coleman |Caroline Christensen
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A Tallahassee man was sentenced to a little over seven years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to defraud retirement accounts of elderly Florida school district employees, according to the Northern District of Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office.
-
2 months ago | 
wctv.tv | Caroline Christensen |Staci Inez
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Big Bend are hosting a youth panel discussion Wednesday evening centered around “ending gun violence and promoting unity in our community,” according to a Facebook post from the organization. The event is open to the community and will be held at the Sunrise Place Boys & Girls Club, 2525 Texas Street, Tallahassee, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.Dinner will be served to those who present an entry ticket for food.
-
2 months ago | 
wctv.tv | Caroline Christensen |Ryan Kelly
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Dick Howser Stadium was packed with people and filled with emotion Tuesday night, as Florida State University hosted its first athletic event since Thursday’s tragic shooting, which claimed two lives and injured several others. The sold-out crowd against Stetson University bathed the stadium in garnet and gold, with many holding signs in tribute to the first responders.
