Brett Rutherford
News ResearcherBrett Rutherford is a reporter and news researcher at WFSU Pubic Media. From Riverview, Florida, he has earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Florida State University. During his time at Florida State, he was a reporter within the sports department at WVFS, the student-run on-campus radio station. In 2020, he served as Sports Director during his senior year and hosted the weekly talk show Tomahawk Talk.
He is currently the play-by-play and public address announcer at many of Tallahassee Community College’s athletic events. In his free time, he enjoys going to the movies with his girlfriend and playing with his pets. As a hobby, he hosts Rays Your Voice, a weekly podcast covering the Tampa Bay Rays.
Follow Brett Rutherford on Twitter: @bgrutherford99 | Email: brutherford2@fsu.edu
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Dr. Myron Rolle is a former NFL safety, a Rhodes Scholar, and a neurosurgery resident at Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital. In his new book, The 2% Way: How a Philosophy of Small Improvements Took Me to Oxford, the NFL, and Neurosurgery, Rolle chronicles his upbringing in the Bahamas, his football career at Florida State University, and his path to becoming a doctor. -
Tallahassee Courthouse to be named for Joseph Hatchett after Republican Congressman changes his voteA Tallahassee federal courthouse will be renamed to honor Florida’s first Black Supreme Court Justice, Joseph Hatchett, who died last year. -
A ceremonial groundbreaking was held Tuesday morning at Tallahassee International Airport to mark the start of construction on a new International Processing Facility. -
The state is re-testing blue-green algae bloom found in Lake Munson. The re-test comes after the Florida Department of Health issued and later rescinded a notice about toxic algae in the lake earlier this week. -
Blue-green algae has bloomed on Lake Munson on the southeast side of Tallahassee according to the Florida Department of Health. The department is advising people to not swim, wade, use personal watercraft, water ski, or boat in waters where there is visible bloom. Blue-green algae can be identified by discolored water and floating mats that emit unpleasant odors. -
A Tallahassee Starbucks on John Knox and North Monroe became the first Florida location Tuesday to unionize. Employees voted 16-1 in favor of unionization. -
On April 20, FAMU Athletic Director Kortne Gosha resigned without notice. The abruptness of his departure caught many FAMU stakeholders by surprise. Now, public records requested by WFSU show more of what led to Gosha’s exit during what appeared, from the outside, to be a successful tenure. -
Charlie Adelson was transported from Broward County to Leon County this week and made his first court appearance in Tallahassee on Tuesday morning. Due to his charges, he was not assigned a bond, but his attorney, Margot Moss, has requested an Arthur Hearing. In the hearing, the judge will determine whether or not he can be released on bond. -
Mike McLeod is retiring at the end of the season after more than 30 years as head coach of the Tallahassee Community College baseball team. His final home game is Wednesday evening against Pensacola State College. -
A major development in the long-running investigation into the 2014 murder of a prominent Florida State University law professor is being credited to an eight-year-old FBI tape.
