By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
State Rep. Jason Shoaf, R-Port St. Joe, credits the controversy a couple of years ago over a gas station that planned to locate over a recently mapped underground cave with water that flowed to Wakulla Springs as a catalyst.
Read More …Diesel instructor Eric Kasheta is facing first degree felony charges for malicious punishment for hitting students with a bungee cord
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
A former Wakulla High School diesel mechanic instructor is facing four first-degree felony charges for allegedly whipping students in his class with a bungee cord.
Eric Kasheta, who was fired as an instructor in March 2025 after the allegations came to light, was initially charged with four counts of misdemeanor battery, punishable by up to a year in jail. The state attorney’s office dropped those charges and refiled in August as felonies, each of which is punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
By LEE MARSH
Special to The Sun
Greetings, residents of Wakulla County. I am Judge Lee Marsh, and I am running for re-election as one of your circuit judges for the Second Judicial Circuit.
As a retired United States Navy Officer, I have dedicated my life to public service and to my community. I was born and raised just up the road in Tallahassee and graduated as Leon High School’s valedictorian. It was there that I met my wife of over 30 years, Karin.
After graduating with distinction from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Karin and I married and started our Navy adventure where I served on submarines. The Navy then sent me to law school where I got my law degree and became a career Navy judge advocate.
Staff Report
A three-car crash on U.S. Highway 319 near Songbird Avenue resulted in only minor injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Keep Wakulla County Beautiful held its annual awards ceremony last week to honor volunteers, businesses and civic groups that support the organization’s mission.
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Cast and crew of the new film short ‘Invasion of the G-Nats’ – a 1950s sci-fi comedy-horror by filmmakers Stacy Brown and Joey Badia – got underway at the Palaver Tree Theater on Friday night.
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A donation of $4,000 was made to the UF Foundation from St Marks Powder to help support the travel costs of Wakulla 4-H members Emiliano Cadena and Parker Smith and their parents to attend and participate in the National Shooting Sports Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska.
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The Wakulla Sun will host a candidate forum for the two Republican candidates for the county commission seat – incumbent Quincee Messersmith and challenger Carrie Hughes – on July 28 at the public library beginning at 6 p.m.
Additionally, the Sun is inviting the candidates for Congress, Republicans and Democrats, to appear at the forum to introduce themselves and speak on their views.
The Sun will livestream the forum on our YouTube page.
The primary election day is Aug. 18.
By SAM HAND
FAMU Extension
Many, many years ago, Ben Franklin proved lightning was electricity. Franklin and his son flew a kite into a violent storm with a key attached to the kite’s string while he held on.
Luckily only the key was charged by the high voltage strike. Today we know a lightning strike’s temperature is hotter than the sun’s surface. It is no wonder Franklin’s key glowed in the aftermath of the storm.
Keep that thought in mind as we answer my wife’s question asked after an unusually loud thunderclap. “What is that and what causes thunder? Is it dangerous?”
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