By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
After years of battles over the fate of the Wakulla County Airport, a grass airstrip between Panacea and Ochlockonee Bay, the county commission voted unanimously last week to sign a letter to the state committing to own and maintain the airport.
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Sawyer Crawley, the little boy injured in a hit and run while riding a mini-bike and hospitalized for weeks, returned home to Crawfordville on Friday.
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Editor
St. Marks Mayor Steve Remke submitted his resignation – effective immediately – on Tuesday, Feb. 4 in an email to fellow city commissioners.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Dozens of educators from around the region gathered at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab in Panacea on Friday and Saturday to get training from the Guy Harvey Foundation on resources for marine education.
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A 37-year-old Tallahassee man was killed in a motorcycle crash on U.S. Highway 319 on Wednesday, Feb. 5, around 9:20 p.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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The Wakulla County Christian Coalition will host its annual African-American History Festival with events this weekend:
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Students with Wakulla County Legacy Boutique donated stuffed teddy bears to the Wakulla Fire Rescue Department in celebration of Kindness Month in February.
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Florida School Boards Association (FSBA) successfully concluded its FSBA/FADSS 79th Annual Joint Conference, held December 3–6. The event brought together over 425 school board members, superintendents, and educational leaders from across the state for four days of collaboration, learning, and inspiration under the theme “Game Changers.”
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Georgia Gumphrey of Crawfordville was named to The University of Alabama Presidents List for Fall Semester 2024.
A total of 14,631 students enrolled Fall Semester 2024 at The University of Alabama were named to the dean’s list with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the president’s list with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). These driven students are making waves across UA’s more than 70 undergraduate programs and 12 colleges and schools.
The UA dean’s and president’s lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. The lists do not apply to graduate students or undergraduate students who take less than a full course load.
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Valdosta State University congratulates Kendal Cook of Crawfordville for earning a spot on the Fall 2024 Dean’s List.
Dean’s List honors are reserved for the highest achieving students at VSU. Cook is one of more than 2,000 distinguished and accomplished students recognized for exemplifying excellence in the attainment of their educational goals.
To qualify for Dean’s List at VSU, students must achieve a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on nine or more semester hours with an institutional grade point average of 3.00 or higher.