Tallahassee News Updates: KCCI Mural Project and New Late-Night Newscast

In Tallahassee, the Knight Creative Communities Institute (KCCI) is moving forward with its mural project at SoMo Walls. The project aims to transform stacked shipping containers into a large-scale public art installation. While the project received initial approval for $30,000 in funding, it awaits final approval from the CRA Board. Concerns have been raised regarding the use of public funds, given that SoMo Walls has already received approximately $2.5 million in public dollars. Bugra Demirel, the owner of SoMo Walls, has committed an additional $30,000 to the KCCI project through his Cascades Gardens LLC.

Meanwhile, in Des Moines, KCCI has partnered with KDSM FOX 17 to produce the 9 p.m. newscast, replacing WHO 13. WHO 13 has launched its own 9 p.m. newscast on its streaming platforms. This change allows KCCI to expand access to local news for Central Iowans.

It is a public art installation at SoMo Walls in Tallahassee involving murals on stacked shipping containers.

Because the SoMo Walls site has already received substantial public funding.

KCCI is now producing the 9 p.m. newscast on KDSM FOX 17, while WHO 13 has launched its own 9 p.m. newscast on its streaming platforms.

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