Good morning, Tallahassee.

Community members gathered Wednesday night outside Chile & Chili's Taqueria to show support for Catherine Rax, who remains in Flagler County Jail after a local enforcement action.

Rax watched the rally via a tablet as friends and neighbors united (reminding her she is not alone).

FSU alumna Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's musical archives were selected among the Library of Congress' top acquisitions, preserving decades of her innovative work in music & marking a milestone in her distinguished career.

Florida's minimum wage increased to $15 an hour+ more than double the federal rate on Sept.

30 after a voter approved gradual raise plan, and comparisons show some states pay less while others offer higher wages; future increases will tie to inflation starting next year.

Tallahassee's Florida State University ranked 19th on Niche.com’s Best College Campuses for 2027 list while UCF (Orlando) placed 21st; the ranking uses student reviews and Department of Education data to assess campus resources.

Florida’s 40 public colleges, including FSU and FAMU, will stop admitting undocumented students for initial enrollment from the academic year 2027–28 following a unanimous Board decision on Sept.

3 (current students are not affected).

Forty-eight beds at Tallahassee Veterans Village in South Tallahassee will shift to Contract Emergency Residential Services (CERS) today, giving homeless veterans 90 days to secure permanent housing instead of up to two years.

Byron Donalds visited FAMU’s Lee Hall (a historic campus venue) to discuss education affordability and economic plans at a town hall on Sept.

29. A fire alarm briefly interrupted the event, but he later resumed answering student questions during a reception.

At Station 16 today, firefighters practiced commercial roof access where parapet walls create an 8- to 10-foot gap between aerial ladders and roofs—focusing on proper apparatus positioning, ladder placement, and safe access techniques for emergency calls.

New research in PNAS warned that if Florida ends school vaccine mandates, measles cases might surge with hundreds of pediatric deaths over the next five years as immunization drops, urging officials and parents to keep vaccination levels high—especially in counties with low coverage.

Today, Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare finalized agreements to create an integrated academic health system—anchored by Tallahassee Memorial Hospital with plans to open a new hospital in Panama City Beach—that aims to improve access to advanced care and enhance medical education.

FAMU football coach Quinn Gray Sr gave his team a D after a 1-4 start, noting issues on offense, defense, and special teams during this bye week; the Rattlers will work to improve ahead of their Oct.

10 game at Alabama State + boost their run game performance.