Trees, ripped from the ground by their roots narrowly miss damaging a home. Ila Wilborn | The Famuan QUINCY – Sunday night at 7:44 p.m., the National Weather Service released an area-wide Emergency Alert for Tallahassee, Quincy and Midway. “Tornado Warning in this area til 8:15 pm EST. Take shelter […]
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2018 Mid-term elections: If we vote, we win
Voting booths set up at the Leon County Supervisor of Elections Office. Ila Wilborn | The Famuan It was around 10 p.m. on Election Day in 2016 and I was sitting on my bed watching election numbers pour in. My room was quiet. My mind was at ease and in […]
Can Christians celebrate Halloween?
Comic made in Pixton by Ila Wilborn. At the beginning of October, decorations of ghouls, goblins, and pumpkins can be seen in retail stores around the country. These signal what is the unspoken beginning of the “Holiday Season” to end the year off. Halloween, the first holiday of this mostly […]
Students return back to school post-Hurricane Michael
A home after Hurricane Michael hit Tallahassee. Ila Wilborn | The FAMUAN Florida A&M students are getting back into the swing of things after an unforeseen break from school due to Hurricane Michael. The university announced its plans last Monday, Oct. 8, to close the university’s main campus, FAMU […]
FAMU is in my DNA
Ila as a young girl. Ila Wilborn | The Famuan As a young girl, I can remember playing around on the campus of Florida A&M University during Homecoming. Every year around the beginning of autumn, my parents would check my sister and I out of school and we’d ride down from Atlanta to Tallahassee for […]