By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
A large crowd gathered on the courthouse lawn on Monday morning for a Memorial Day observance led by Wakulla Veteran Service Officer Winston Murphy.
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Year: 2024
Someone stuck a knife in a pelican’s beak
Florida Wild Mammal rescued the bird at Shell Point
Story & Photos By
SUE DAMON
Special to The Sun
On the evening of May 15, a pelican was spotted on a Shell Point dock with a hunting knife lodged in its bill.
Read More …Correction
Last week’s Question of the Week did not update the previous week’s question. We are re-running the Question from last week with the correct question and answers.
We regret the error.
Multiple drug arrests by sheriff’s office, task force
Special to The Sun
Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office Detectives and the Crime Suppression Unit, alongside detectives of the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, the North Star Multijurisdictional Drug Task Force, and Agents of the Homeland Security Investigations executed two residential Search Warrants as part of “Operation Heartbreaker” on Thursday, May 23.
Read More …Wakulla to host human trafficking conversation
From the Survive and Thrive Advocacy Center
Wakulla community members are invited to participate in an interactive discussion with local experts on how to disrupt human trafficking and create a strong and healthy community.
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Wakulla County War Dead since World War I
World War I
Private Walter McClary
Private David Harris
World War II
PFC Joseph Anderson
Tech Sgt. Idus F. Coleman
Sgt. Lawrence E. Council
PFC Tobard E. Clover Jr.
Lt. William H. Green
PFC Waldon G. Grimes
Cpl. John Hardcastle
PFC Arthur Johnson
PFC Edgar M. Pigott
Pvt. Guy Strickland
Vietnam
Staff Sgt. Arthur Lee Andrews
Gulf Wars
CPO Matthew Bourgeois
Sgt. Javier Garcia
Lance Cpl. Charles Hanson Jr.
Legion holds flag ceremony
Weekly Roundup: ‘Tis the season
By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE – Florida is in for a whopper of a hurricane season, according to experts who rolled out predictions during a week in which state officials also begin to repeal renewable-energy goals as they carry out a law recently signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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