Tallahassee News & Articles

Most people know Wakulla Springs for the glass-bottom boats, the swimming, maybe an alligator or two lounging on a log. What they don't know is there's a prehistoric graveyard down there. And the best thing that ever came out of it was a ten-foot-tall mastodon named Herman.

Tallahassee residents handle heat fine but act like 30°F is an emergency. If this week feels cold, though, consider what happened in 1899.On February 13 that year, Tallahassee dropped to −2°F. It remains the only time temperatures have gone below zero anywhere in Florida.The Great Arctic OutbreakThe cold came from what newspapers called "The Snow King,"...

Tallahassee has had its fair share of characters over the last 200 years. But none of them hold a candle to Prince Achille Murat.If you think your neighbor is eccentric because he mows the lawn in a bathrobe, wait.Achille was Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew. He was the Crown Prince of Naples. He grew up in European palaces with servants and velvet everything....

Long before the Mayflower anchored at Plymouth, the red clay hills of Tallahassee served as the backdrop for the first recorded Christmas in what is now the United States. In the winter of 1539, Spanish explorers and priests celebrated a solemn Mass at the village of Anhaica, establishing a holiday legacy that predates the founding of our nation's most famous colonies by nearly a century.

FSU legend Charlie Ward has officially broken ground on "Champions Ranch," a massive 109-acre sports and wellness complex in South Tallahassee designed to empower the next generation. Get the details behind this unique $26.9 million "barnyard"-style facility and its ambitious vision for the community.

Smokey Hollow, named for the perpetual haze generated by wood-burning stoves and a nearby municipal incinerator that settled in the low-lying topography, was a tight-knit African American community established in the 1890s just east of the Florida State Capitol. This centrally located neighborhood, which recorded high levels of employment and homeownership, was systematically demolished starting in the 1960s when state urban renewal policies used eminent domain to clear the land for the Apalachee Parkway and government expansion.

Former Tallahassee Tiger Sharks player Cory Paterson is currently leading the major effort to revive the franchise, confidently stating, "I am a thousand percent confident that hockey’s going to be back". Working continuously with supportive city leaders like Mayor John Dailey, who sees the return as a way to diversify the local economy, Paterson is targeting an official announcement for the team's return by or before March 2026, with season tickets potentially available for the 2027 or 2028 seasons.

Nineteen academically talented seniors from Tallahassee are now competing for nearly $26 million in National Merit Scholarships, offered as part of a highly selective competition managed by the privately funded National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). This distinction means these students rank among the highest-scoring entrants in their state, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors.

Hidden in plain sight in Cascades Park is Florida's own Prime Meridian Marker, the initial point for the grid system upon which virtually all land surveying in the Sunshine State is based. Visitors to the park can find this crucial spot marked by a round metal disk set into a granite map of Florida near the amphitheater.

Tallahassee State College (TSC) has been named among the top 200 community colleges in the nation by the Aspen Institute and is now eligible to compete for the prestigious $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.