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Leon County to host Created Equal Forum As the country looks at racial inequality, Leon County is taking a look back at the journey African-Americans have taken since emancipation. and last updated 2021-04-22 19:05:07-04 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — As the country looks at racial inequality, Leon County is taking a look back at the journey African-Americans have taken since emancipation. The county is hosting Created Equal on May 20 this year. That's the day slaves were freed in Florida in 1865. The Created Equal forum will discuss the fight for equality in Florida, leading up to issues ma...

City of Tallahassee postpones MLK Day parade for a second time and last updated 2021-02-07 14:19:15-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — On a day meant to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, it was business as usual up and down Monroe Street in Tallahassee. A street that should have been closed for the city's 'reverse-style' MLK Jr. Day parade. A parade postponed one time before due to potential threats inauguration week. "We just kind of had to watch the weather, and as it got closer and closer, it looked like we were going to have inclement weather, and of course we wanted to keep ...

Three more Leon County residents have died because of COVID-19 and 223 more residents have tested positive for the virus, the Florida Department of Health reported on Thursday.  Leon County now has had 224 residents die of the 25,180 residents who have tested positive for the virus since March.  Moreover, two more Jackson County residents and one more Taylor County resident also have died because of the virus, the state health department confirmed. Jackson County has seen 133 residents die of the 5,535 who have tested positive, according to state data.  Taylor County has had 34 resid...