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Cats About Town

Under the bushes, around the corners, perched on branches overhead. The campus cats are everywhere. It started with a few feral cats around Florida State University and a few kind professors feeding them. It progressed when alumna Megan McEnery established…

January-February 2026 Calendar

Jan. 10  World Athletics Cross Country Championships For the first time in over 30 years, the World Athletics Cross Country Championships return to the United States with Tallahassee as the chosen site. This prestigious competition will be held at Apalachee…

Pulling Together

Music rises through the air at Cascades Park where vibrant fabrics, rhythmic drums, and smiling faces energize the space. This is the Harambee Festival, a Tallahassee tradition celebrating unity through African art and culture.   The festival is a warm…

Strolling Through the Past

As a child, Stephanie Chandler never groaned in disgust when her parents booked family vacations at historical sites. As far as she was concerned, stories about Revolutionary-era Boston, Amish Country, and other locales held as many exciting twists and turns…

Taking a Fresh Look

The technologies and methods used by police to solve cases  are constantly evolving. Databases like the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) become more valuable as they are more widely used. DNA can be extracted from smaller and smaller samples of…