PHOTOS BY GERALD BROWN
Year: 2024 (Page 5 of 36)
Company that’s buying refinery site claims Richard Chichetti illegally trespassed at Gadsden facility, then defamed the company to city officials
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
A Gadsden-based company, CDS Manufacturing, has filed a lawsuit against former St. Marks City Commissioner Richard Chichetti claiming he and his wife went to the company’s Gretna facility and took photos – and then warned city officials of possible problems if the city went through with selling the old Seminole Refinery site to CDS.
Continue readingDepartment of Revenue cites ‘selective reappraisals’ in report
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The state Department of Revenue has issued a post-roll analysis that found issues with the 2022 and 2023 tax rolls and “selective reappraisals” for improved residential properties.
Continue readingThe Wakulla Sun’s next candidate forum will be held on Tuesday, July 16, at the public library beginning at 6 p.m. for candidates for for superintendent of schools and the school board.
Another forum for county commission candidates will be held Tuesday, July 30, at the library at 6 p.m.
Crews with James Stidham & Associates have been working in the area around the courthouse square for the past couple of weeks, installing monitoring wells in the area for the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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From Sheriff’s Office
On Wednesday, July 3, Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office Detectives and the Crime Suppression Unit, alongside investigators of the North Star Multijurisdictional Drug Task Force, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Agents of Homeland Security Investigations executed a residential Search Warrant as part of “Operation Ice Storm” Phase One.
Continue readingBy WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
By the time you read this, we will have already held our first candidate forum – it’s set for Tuesday, July 9 at the Wakulla County Public Library.
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By LYNN ARTZ, DAVID RODDENBERRY & SANDY TEDDER
With its abundance of native plants (nearly 200 species), Sopchoppy Depot Park attracts a variety of wildlife.
Continue readingBy JIM SAUNDERS
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE – More than three years after Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers approved a plan to place restrictions on social-media platforms, a preliminary injunction continues to block major parts of the law.
But the court fight isn’t over.
