Special to The Sun
On Oct. 7, 2025, the Wakulla County Commissioners entered into a Federal Agreement with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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District is an A and all district schools are an A
By VICTORIA STEPHENS
Wakulla Schools
Wakulla County Schools is proud to announce a historic achievement following the release of school grades by the Florida Department of Education. For the first time in district history, every traditional school in Wakulla County Schools earned an “A” rating.
Read More …Judge Lee Marsh seeks re-election
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
By LEE MARSH
Special to The Sun
Greetings, residents of Wakulla County. I am Judge Lee Marsh, and I am running for re-election as one of your circuit judges for the Second Judicial Circuit.
As a retired United States Navy Officer, I have dedicated my life to public service and to my community. I was born and raised just up the road in Tallahassee and graduated as Leon High School’s valedictorian. It was there that I met my wife of over 30 years, Karin.
After graduating with distinction from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Karin and I married and started our Navy adventure where I served on submarines. The Navy then sent me to law school where I got my law degree and became a career Navy judge advocate.
‘Invasion of the G-Nats’
Cast and crew of the new film short ‘Invasion of the G-Nats’ – a 1950s sci-fi comedy-horror by filmmakers Stacy Brown and Joey Badia – got underway at the Palaver Tree Theater on Friday night.
Read More …$4,000 donation for 4-H shooters
A donation of $4,000 was made to the UF Foundation from St Marks Powder to help support the travel costs of Wakulla 4-H members Emiliano Cadena and Parker Smith and their parents to attend and participate in the National Shooting Sports Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Read More …Lightning and thunder – are they good or bad?
By SAM HAND
FAMU Extension
Many, many years ago, Ben Franklin proved lightning was electricity. Franklin and his son flew a kite into a violent storm with a key attached to the kite’s string while he held on.
Luckily only the key was charged by the high voltage strike. Today we know a lightning strike’s temperature is hotter than the sun’s surface. It is no wonder Franklin’s key glowed in the aftermath of the storm.
Keep that thought in mind as we answer my wife’s question asked after an unusually loud thunderclap. “What is that and what causes thunder? Is it dangerous?”
The Old Pro: It’s hot
By AL HARTMAN
Hot enough for you? It’s gonna’ get worse. I just can’t wait. The ticks this year are horrible. I pick five or six off me every day just being in the yard.
But here is the good news. Talk about hot, the scallops are in, and I have never seen them in so many numbers. A person can get their limit in no time at all.
The parking at the boat ramps is really nearly impossible. If you are going, get there early.
I thought I was early enough and found only three places left, and I had to hunt for them.
Ask Judge Smith: Dangerous crimes
By JUDGE LAYNE SMITH
Q. Judge Smith, a few years ago, the State of Florida charged my cousin with murder. He was jailed from the date of his arrest through his trial, two years later, when the jury convicted him. What happened to his pretrial presumption of innocence? – Jacqui
A. Although I don’t know the details of your cousin’s case, I can explain why some defendants are held in custody before trial despite their presumption of innocence.
Courts usually don’t confine defendants before their trials. More often, courts impose less restrictive means than jail. For example, in battery cases, courts often order defendants not to have any pretrial contact with their victims.
$1,000 donation to VFW
At last week’s Salute to Veterans event at the community center to bring services to military veterans, Michael and Cathy Harris of Wakulla made a donation of $1,000 to the event sponsor Veterans of Foreign Wars. VFW Post Commander Sean Golder is seen with the Harrises. Cathy Harris stated that “We believe we need to give it away in order to keep it.”
Frances Casey Lowe law firmjoins Ausley McMullen
SPECIAL TO THE SUN
Ausley McMullen, one of Florida’s oldest and highly respected law firms, today announced Lowe Legal & Title will be joining their firm, creating an expanded legal team that combines more than a century of trusted legal counsel and broadens the services and resources available to clients throughout North Florida.
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