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Hammond completes training

Posted onOctober 1, 2025September 30, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Cutter Bret Hammond completed Basic Training at Fort Benning, Georgia on Sept. 12, 2025. Cutter will remain at Fort Benning for an additional Advance Individual Training through mid-December, prior to receiving orders and shipping out to a new duty station. Cutter is the son of Bret and Rhonda Hammond. (Photo special to The Sun)

HOMECOMING ROYALTY

Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Homecoming festivities at Wakulla High School this weekend included the crowning of the Homecoming Queen and King at halftime during Friday night’s football game. Queen was Abbigail Lawhon, who is already serving as Miss Wakulla, and King was quarterback Owen Klees. (Photo by Ken Fields)

Sex offender arrested after attending school event

Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

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The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office arrested a registered sex offender last week after he reportedly was on a local school campus for an event while children were present and did not notify school officials prior to his attendance.
Joshua Martin, 39, was arrested on Sept. 16 on a warrant by the WCSO Crime Suppression Unit and booked into the Wakulla County Jail.

Annie at WHS

Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Wakulla High School Theatre is proud to bring the beloved Broadway classic Annie.

Church celebrates 50 years

Posted onSeptember 17, 2025September 16, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church was founded in 1975

Jo Ann Daniels speaks on the church’s founding after services on Sunday, Sept. 14.

Story By
JO ANN DANIELS
Photos By
LYNDA KINSEY

Picture Crawfordville with no traffic lights. No McDonald’s. No Hardees. But way less traffic!
Before September 1975, there wasn’t a Catholic Church in Wakulla County.

FWC arrests Sopchoppy man after pursuit

Posted onSeptember 17, 2025September 16, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

From FWC

On the morning of Monday, Sept. 8, following a vehicle and foot pursuit, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officer Will Raker apprehended William Ross Frank of Sopchoppy in the Apalachicola National Forest.
Frank was on his motorcycle when stopped by Officer Raker. Frank abandoned his motorcycle and ran into the forest on foot.

Sopchoppy Homemakers Club celebrates 50 years

Posted onSeptember 17, 2025September 16, 2025AuthorSpecial to The SunLeave a comment

Georgianne Metts, Cheryll Olah, and Dawn Rybski with a display of the club’s historical information.

By BESS DICKSON
Photos By LYNDA KINSEY7

The Sopchoppy Homemakers Club celebrated its 50th year with a special event held in the Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church on Thursday, Sept. 11th. The Sopchoppy City Council and several local businesses were in attendance at the celebration.

Janice Brown 90th birthday

Posted onSeptember 17, 2025September 16, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

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Janice Pelt Brown is celebrating her 90th birthday on Sept. 21st at Wildwood Seineyard from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Janice was born Sept. 12th, 1935, and raised in Crawfordville. She has lived here most of her 90 years. She also lived other places around the globe, such as Tripoli, Libya, due to her now-late husband, Lonnie Brown being in the U.S. Air Force and traveling extensively during his time in Korea and Vietnam.

Can’t stop, won’t stop

Posted onSeptember 3, 2025September 2, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

ANOTHER RIVERSIDE CRASH

On Monday, Aug. 25th, a pickup truck ran past flashing lights, rumble strips and a stop sign and crashed into Riverside Cafe. (Photos Florida Highway Patrol)

TSC gets $10M from Triumph for WEI programs

Posted onSeptember 3, 2025September 2, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Special to The Sun

The Triumph Board voted to advance to term sheet negotiations on Tallahassee State College’s grant request for up to $10,007,946 for healthcare and teacher workforce training programs at the Wakulla Environmental Institute (WEI) campus.