Here's your local news at a glance for Monday, the 2nd of November.
Good morning, Tallahassee.
The inaugural Canopy Oaks Storytelling Festival will offer interactive programming for all ages exploring history, heroism and hope on Nov.
7 at the Tallahassee Museum (3945 Museum Road) from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with family sessions, adult folktales at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, and a final concert.
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory will build a new facility in Tallahassee to house a 23.5 tesla nuclear magnetic resonance magnet, funded by an $18 million NSF grant.
Installation will begin in 2028, with researcher access starting in 2029 to advance studies in biotech, energy, and health.
Elizabeth Navarro Carr, the former FAMU librarian who founded the School of Business and Industry Library, turned 101 on Nov.
1. Her grandchildren will sign a family endowment with FAMU on Nov. 14 to fund scholarships, with the gift exceeding the university’s $25,000 minimum.
FSU unveiled its $137.5 million Health Research and Collaboration building Friday in Tallahassee, and construction is complete.
The facility will house clinical research labs, a family residency practice, and medical student learning space, but an opening date has not been set.
Florida State hired Daniel Parker of Parker Executives to lead simultaneous searches for a new athletic director and head football coach (announced Nov.
1). Parker has already begun the AD search, and interim AD Bruce Warwick will take part in selecting the next coach.
FSU linebacker Chris Jones said after Saturday's loss to Clemson (36-24) that the Seminoles must stay unified and make stops as they prepare to play at Boston College on Nov.
7 at noon and at Pittsburgh on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m., with four games left to salvage the season.
With the Rattlers at 2-7, coach Quinn Gray says he wants to see fight in the final three games, which begin Saturday, Nov.
7 at Alcorn State at 3 p.m., continue Saturday, Nov. 14 vs. Mississippi Valley State at 3 p.m., and end Saturday, Nov. 21 vs. Bethune-Cookman at 3:30 p.m.
Florida State is searching for a new head football coach after Mike Norvell's departure, with names like Jimbo Fisher, Deion Sanders, Jack Dickert, Brian Kelly and others being discussed, and a concurrent search for a new athletic director could shape the hiring timeline.
Florida State fired defensive coordinator Tony White on Nov.
1, a day after the Seminoles lost 36-24 to Clemson at Doak Campbell Stadium, and the program also fired head coach Mike Norvell earlier that day and safeties coach Evan Cooper.
Florida State landed a commitment from 2028 wide receiver Treiy Crenshaw on Nov.
1 after he visited Doak Campbell during the Clemson game, and he said relationships with receivers coach Tim Harris Jr. and recruiter Devin Rispress plus proximity for his family drove his decision.
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