Year: 2024 (Page 3 of 60)

By WALT JACOBS
Correspondent

PT Barnum’s circus was once billed as the Greatest Show on Earth. After last Thursday night’s wrestling event, Coach Nate Litwosky and company may have taken the title. War Eagle Wrestling is a weekly feature included under the Sports tab at the top of our home page.

Sponsored by Talquin Electric Cooperative, the 20th annual award ceremonywas held Nov. 21 at Wakulla Springs Lodge

Sentenced to death in 1999 for a 1997 double murder, the two men return for resentencing this week

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Guerry Wayne Hertz and Jason Looney, convicted of a double murder of a Crawfordville couple after a home invasion in 1997 and sentenced to death in 1999, will face resentencing in the coming week.

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The Tallahassee Alumnae Chapter (TAC) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. proudly partnered with the Buckhorn Masonic Lodge #354 for their annual Thanksgiving Turkey Give-Away on Sunday, Nov. 24th, at the Palaver Tree in Crawfordville. This collaborative effort brought holiday cheer to local families in need.

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In January 2025, Big Bend Hospice will open the Oak Tree Treasures thrift store at the Moon Plaza Shopping Center, 3260 Mahan Drive, to support the compassionate care provided by Big Bend Hospice to their patients and families. There are three ways the community can make this mission a success – shop, donate, and/or volunteer.

Several thousand people did not let the cold stop them from holiday shopping and came out to the Coastal Christmas shopping event Saturday, Nov. 30th held at the Apalachee Bay firehouse in Shell Point.

By JIM TURNER
News Service of Florida

TALLAHASSEE – State senators are off to a quick start filing bills as they gear up for the 2025 legislative session, which begins March 4.

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During the 2024 grant cycle, the Capital City Bank Group (CCBG) Foundation reinvested $5,000 into the Wakulla County community, awarding grants to Florida Wild Mammal Association, Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratories, Panacea Waterfronts Florida Partnership and Paws of Wakulla.