TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll announced her resignation Wednesday, a day after she was questioned by authorities investigating an Internet cafe company that she once represented. Carroll’s resignation letter to Gov. Rick Scott, dated Tuesday, offered no details about her reason for leaving. But Scott’s chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth, said […]
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Famed FAMU Marching Band Suspended Another Year
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University’s prestigious marching band, scarred by the hazing death of one of its drum majors, won’t be taking the field for at least another year. At a school where people attend football games just for the Marching 100 halftime show, where students enroll just for a shot at playing […]
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FAMU Trustees Retain President During Hazing Death Probe
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University’s president will keep his job while authorities investigate the hazing death of a band member. The university’s board of trustees on Monday rejected a call by Gov. Rick Scott that James Ammons be suspended. “We will stand firm against outside interference, no matter how well intended,” Solomon Badger, […]
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Investigators: Possible Fraud Uncovered at FAMU
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities investigating the death of a Florida A&M University drum major say they have uncovered possible employee fraud and misconduct at the school. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement sent letters Tuesday to the head of the FAMU board and the head of the state university system, telling them investigators […]
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Police Charge 3 in Florida A&M Band with Hazing
Three Florida A&M band members were charged Monday in the beating of a woman during hazing rituals that became so severe that her thigh was broken, police said. The beatings came about three weeks before drum major Robert Champion was killed during a band trip to Orlando. Police say hazing was involved. Tallahassee police said […]
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FAMU Dismisses 4 Students Connected to Death
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University said that it’s dismissing four students for their role in the death of a marching band member last month, while audio of an emergency call released Thursday showed that the drum major had vomit in his mouth in the moments before he died. University President James Ammons referred […]
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Hazing Suspected– Entire FAMU Band Shut Down Pending Investigation of Member's Death
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida A&M University’s famed Marching 100 band, which has a history of hazing, has been shut down until investigators find out more about how one of its members died after a football game. University President James Ammons said on Tuesday he suspended all performances and other activities out of respect for […]
