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The Arena Football League announced on Tuesday that Tallahassee will join 16 other cities across the country in the league's relaunch next year.

The Leon County School District has released its report into former Chiles High School Football Coach Kevin Pettis.

Florida Gators backup quarterback Jalen James Kitna is facing five felony counts of possession and distribution of child pornography. Kitna, was arrested Wednesday at his off-campus apartment. He is accused of sharing two illegal images with other internet users over the Discord social media service.

Florida A&M University's Board of Trustees has scheduled a meeting for Friday to discuss the recent dorm issues and athlete eligibility problems that have gotten the Fall semester off to a rough start.

Markquese Bell has made the Dallas Cowboys' 53-man roster. The news has Rattler Nation cheering as the university itself has been mired in housing and athletic woes.

Florida A&M University President Dr. Larry Robinson says the school will hire more compliance officers and academic advisors to work directly with the athletics department. The move comes after about 20 players were deemed ineligible to play at the school’s first game of the season last weekend. In response, football players issued an open letter to Robinson stating they will protest after games until problems around academic advisement and compliance are fixed.

Florida A&M University’s football season got underway in North Carolina this past weekend in a game that almost didn’t happen due to last-minute problems with eligibility that resulted in 20 players, some starters, having to sit out. Now, the team is promising to protest until changes are made in the athletics program, and the university's president is vowing to make that happen.

Rickards played for its first state football championship Friday. The Raiders held their heads high following a loss to nationally ranked Plantation American Heritage.

Doak Campbell Stadium may not be the intimate setting many of the state's best football teams are accustomed to. But, its cavernous stands were the setting the Florida High School Athletic Association sought as it crowned state champions. Will Brown reports on how students their parents and the organization dealt with playing in a pandemic.

The Florida High School Athletic Association will end its centennial year in Tallahassee with this week’s state football championships. Over the next four days, 16 schools from around the state, will compete at Doak Campbell Stadium on the campus of Florida State University.