Tom Flanigan

Until Monday, not many people knew that the oldest Red Lobster Restaurant in America is located in Tallahassee.  

The 43-year-old building has undergone an extensive remodeling and expansion, and Josh Andrews, the eatery’s current general manager, says this is actually the property’s second facelift.  But that makeover, he says, was many years ago.

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Ethanol would no longer be a required part of the fuel Florida motorists buy if a bill passed by the Florida House goes on to become law.  But such a law might not mean much if it’s overruled by federal regulation.

“This is the bill that removes and repeals Florida’s burdensome ethanol mandate,” said Rep. Matt Gaetz (R- Fort Walton Beach).

If you’ve seen people play air guitar or air drums, imagine three-dozen young people rocking out on imaginary trumpets, bassoons and violins.  The scene is the little park across the street from the Council on Culture and the Arts.  The symphonic rendering of the popular Kesha tune was the work of local music producers Joe De La Cruz and Kyle Tesalona.  The maestro waving the baton was famed violinist and conductor Patrice Minor Floyd. 

If you’re not familiar with the term “urban farm”, you can get a good look at one this Saturday.  Tom Flanigan reports the “Ten Speed Greens” farm is located in a quiet otherwise residential corner of Tallahassee’s Midtown Area.

This is really the story of two young entrepreneurs.  One of them is named Claire Mitchell.

A veteran newspaper reporter often called “The Most Feared Woman in Florida” gives her take on the case of former Republican Party of Florida Chair Jim Greer.  Tom Flanigan reports Lucy Morgan shared her thoughts with the Capital Tiger Bay Club on Friday, February 22nd.

The newspaper was called the “St. Petersburg Times” when Lucy Morgan signed on as a reporter back in 1968.  Today the paper is the “Tampa Bay Times” and Morgan told Tiger Bay members she’d sort of hoped to cover one more big story before retiring.