{"id":70211,"date":"2025-12-03T22:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/70211\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T22:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:05:17","slug":"florida-senate-to-honor-tallahassee-democrat-reporter-bill-cotterell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/70211\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Senate to honor Tallahassee Democrat reporter Bill Cotterell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Florida Senate President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Senators\/s27?pref=full\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ben Albritton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ben Albritton<\/a>&#8216;s office announced he will dedicate a plaque in honor of the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/opinion\/2025\/11\/16\/lawmakers-in-florida-offer-election-year-goodies-opinion\/87257983007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bill Cotterell;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bill Cotterell<\/a>, the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/the-tallahassee-democrat-find-out-more-about-us\/86929706007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tallahassee Democrat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tallahassee Democrat<\/a> reporter and columnist whose decades of political coverage made him a fixture in Sunshine State journalism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The plaque will be installed in the Senate Press Gallery, which is named after another state journalism legend, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/fearless-florida-house-hosts-memorial-205357372.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:late Lucy Morgan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">late Lucy Morgan<\/a>, who retired as Tallahassee bureau chief of what was then called the St. Petersburg Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Expected to attend the ceremony are members of Cotterell\u2019s family, including wife Cynthia Fuller and Carrie Venclauskas, mother of Meagan Cotterell, who is wife of Cotterell&#8217;s son, Chris.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The dedication will take place Dec. 8 in a ceremony where Capitol Press Corps attendees can share their thoughts on Cotterell\u2019s life and legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dignitymemorial.com\/obituaries\/tallahassee-fl\/william-cotterell-12629569\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:separately announced a private memorial service;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">separately announced a private memorial service<\/a> for family, friends and colleagues Dec. 4, at Culley\u2019s MeadowWood Funeral Home, 1737 Riggins Road in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A public remembrance of Cotterell is being planned for sometime next year, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/12\/03\/florida-senate-to-celebrate-bill-cotterells-legacy\/87582339007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida Senate to celebrate Bill Cotterell&#039;s legacy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida Senate to celebrate Bill Cotterell&#8217;s legacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida Senate President Ben Albritton&#8216;s office announced he 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