The Wakulla Sun

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

A 15-year-old Wakulla High School student suffered critical injuries in a crash on Wednesday, Aug. 14, around 2:20 p.m.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Riley Attridge pleaded to a second degree murder charge on Monday, Aug. 19, for the shooting death of Preston Gage Pitman at a graduation party on May 19, 2018.

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The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies conducted a raid on two homes and arrested eight people as part of “Operation Ice Storm - Phase Two.”

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This summer, a group of elementary teachers from the Wakulla, Gulf and Santa Rosa counties participated in a one-of-a-kind professional learning course offered by Florida State University’s InSPIRE initiative, part of a $98M grant from Triumph Gulf Coast.

Wakulla Supervisor of Elections Joe Morgan noted the turnout for the Aug. 20 primary was less than 40%.

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By JIM TURNER
News Service of Florida

TALLAHASSEE – Florida received some positive economic numbers this week. But as university students get ready to return to class, controversial spending at Florida’s flagship university drew widespread attention.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office and state Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis on Thursday raised the possibility of looking into spending under former University of Florida President Ben Sasse.