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40 years of Myra Jean’s

Posted onMay 7, 2025May 6, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

The Nutting family is handing over the restaurant to the Robinson family

The Nutting family: Rob, Raina, Butch and Myra Jean, with the Robinsons: Zell, Sara, and kids Knox and Zadie.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

It’s been amost 40 years since Butch and Myra Jean Nutting opened Myra Jean’s. It started as a bakery with ice cream and sandwiches back in 1985.
Myra Jean recalled that people encouraged them to offer hamburgers – and the restaurant side eventually took over.

Join us to celebrate three years of The Wakulla Sun

Posted onMay 7, 2025May 6, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

It doesn’t seem possible, but The Wakulla Sun has been around for three years.
Our first issue came out in late February 2022.
We are going to celebrate that accomplishment next week, Thursday, May 15, at our office on the courthouse square from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Stop by if you’re able. Enjoy some food and beverages and help us celebrate.

Pat Jones retires after 50 years with the school district:

Posted onApril 30, 2025April 29, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

‘Blessed’

Pat Jones, center, retired as transportation director for Wakulla County Schools the first of the year. She had worked under six superintendents in her 50-plus year career and gathered with the four surviving superintendents last week: William Payne, David Miller, Bobby Pearce and current Superintendent Rick Myhre.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Pat Jones ran buses for Wakulla schools for 50 years, finally retiring at the beginning of this year.
“If people ask me to use one word to describe my career,” she said. “It would be ‘Blessed.’”

Girl killed in car crash, sister critically injured

Posted onApril 30, 2025April 29, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

An 18-year-old Crawfordville girl was killed in a car crash last week, and her 13-year-old sister, who was a passenger in the car, was critically injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Man injured in jet ski explosion

Posted onApril 30, 2025April 29, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

A 76-year-old Tallahassee man was injured and transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, April 22, after a personal watercraft he was on exploded and caught fire.

Carson Falk signs fishing scholarship

Posted onApril 30, 2025April 29, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

Wakulla High School’s Carson Falk signed the school’s first-ever college fishing scholarship with Tennessee Wesleyan’s new bass fishing team.

Duke presents check

Posted onApril 30, 2025April 29, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

Scott Mixon of Duke Energy presented a $6,000 check to Wakulla Emergency Management Director Jennifer Nagy on April 23 for storm preparation. A portion of the money will go towards the planned expo at Hudson Park on May 10. (Photo by William Snowden)

Spring Towards Peace

Posted onApril 23, 2025April 22, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

Wakulla Interact Club holds an event to raise awareness about violence

Mckenna Sanders and Sophia Kamal of Interact.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

The Wakulla High School Interact Club held a Spring Towards Peace event on Saturday at the community center, part of an effort to raise awareness about violence.

Civil lawsuit settled inhit-and-run

Posted onApril 23, 2025April 22, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

Back in January, Alfreda Nelson hit a boy on a bike and left him in the road with serious injuries

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

The family of a boy struck by a hit-and-run driver back in January filed a civil lawsuit in Wakulla Circuit Court seeking unspecified damages and then shortly settled the case for a lump sum.
Alfreda Lashon Nelson, 44, was arrested by law enforcement shortly after the incident and charged with felony hit and run. She was released on $50,000 bond.

LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN

Posted onApril 23, 2025April 22, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

Special Olympics

Sheriff Jared Miller spoke. (Photos by William Snowden)

The Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run was held on Tuesday, April 15, with Special Olympian athletes and officers carrying the torch from the sheriff’s office to the courthouse.