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Talquin donates $6,000 to 4-H

Posted onJuly 1, 2026July 1, 2026AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Wakulla 4-H Youth Development is proud to announce a $6,000 investment from Talquin Electric Cooperative, made possible through Talquin’s partnership with CoBank, to expand hands-on educational opportunities for youth in Wakulla County and the surrounding region.

KWCB Awards set

Posted onJuly 1, 2026July 1, 2026AuthorSpecial to The Sun

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Keep Wakulla County Beautiful (KWCB) is proud to announce its 2026 Environmental Awards and invites the community to join in celebrating the individuals, businesses, organizations, and volunteers who are making Wakulla County a cleaner, greener, and more beautiful place to live, work, and play.

Peacock sightings

Posted onJune 24, 2026June 23, 2026AuthorSpecial to The Sun

BIRD MYSTERY

Bruce Ritchie, a reporter with Florida Politico, was visiting Wakulla recently, and had an unusual experience of seeing a peacock on the side of the road on Spring Creek Highway, and then another a few miles away near Cherokee Sink.

4-H holds safe space dance

Posted onJune 24, 2026June 23, 2026AuthorSpecial to The Sun

4-H teens at the Sunset Social Dance at the livestock pavilion.

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Wakulla County teens gathered for an evening of music, connection, and fun at the recent Sunset Social Dance, a lively event hosted by Wakulla 4-H. Held following the Teen Town Hall, the dance offered youth the flexibility to attend one or both events, empowering them to shape their own experience for the night.

Crawfordville’s Tia Unsell is inMiss Florida competition

Posted onJune 24, 2026June 23, 2026AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Tia Unsell of Crawfordville is in the Miss Florida competition.

Special to The Sun

Tia Unsell, 27, of Crawfordville, will be competing June 24th-27th at the 90th Miss Florida Scholarship Competition in Lakeland.
Currently, Unsell holds the title of Miss Gainesville. Unsell won the title of Miss Gainesville January 17th at Eastside High School in Gainesville, where there were 11 young women in her division.

Gulf Specimen is rehabbing turtle with ‘bubble butt’

Posted onJune 24, 2026June 23, 2026AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Gulf Specimen staff with Robin the Loggerhead Sea Turtle.

From Gulf Specimen

This month, we welcomed our new rehab patient, Robin!
Robin is a Loggerhead Sea turtle, weighing in at a whopping 232 pounds! The length of her shell measures 102 centimeters!

Miller honored for 25 years of Rotary service

Posted onJune 17, 2026June 17, 2026AuthorSpecial to The Sun

On Thursday, June 11, Rotary Club of Wakulla President Angie Bozeman honored Sheriff Jared Miller for his 25 years of Rotary service with a framed letter postmarked Feb. 23, 1955 that features a stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of Rotary.

Sopchoppy naturalist performs at garden club convention

Posted onJune 17, 2026June 17, 2026AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Sammy Tedder of Sopchoppy performs at the state Garden Club convention in Kissimmee.

By LAURA MOOSER
Garden Club President

Attendees at the 99th annual convention of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs in Kissimmee were treated to a uniquely Floridian experience during their luncheon program in April, thanks to Sopchoppy musician and filmmaker Sammy Tedder.

Radio Field Day 2026 set for June 27

Posted onJune 17, 2026June 16, 2026AuthorSpecial to The Sun

By ARMANDO DELGADO
KN4JN

The American Radio Relay League’s first Field Day was held in June 1933. Since that time, amateurs gather every year to practice this emergency preparedness exercise. Yearly, except during the WW2 period when the government did not allow amateur radio transmissions on the air, hams come together in fields, parks, public places and, more recently, EOCs, Red Cross facilities, and other emergency locations to operate simulated emergencies, to prepare for when regular commercial power and communications become unavailable.

Track record-setter

Posted onJune 10, 2026June 9, 2026AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Riversprings’ Sam Harris Jr. is the total package

By WALT JACOBS
Correspondent

“I wasn’t the fastest kid on the block,” said Sam Harris Sr. “So when I started getting these phone calls and talking with Coach Kam, he was like, ‘Mr. Harris, your son is pretty fast.’ I’m like OK, cool. He said, ‘I don’t think you get it, he’s really fast.’ I said, OK, well let’s see. From there it took off.”