By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Guerry Wayne Hertz was sentenced to death last week by Wakulla Circuit Judge Layne Smith.
Hertz was convicted in 1999 of the home invasion murders of Keith Spears and Melanie King back in 1997.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla County Historical Society presented a program last week on the old Shadeville School, the historically black school that transitioned into the Wakulla Education Center after integration.
Continue readingBy WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
To commemorate the third anniversary of The Wakulla Sun, this is a repeat of the column from the first issue on Feb. 24, 2022, about how the newspaper got started:
I didn’t set out to start a newspaper, but I didn’t like the changes that the corporate owner intended to make with the newspaper I had been with for 26 years.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla County Christian Coalition kicked off its annual weekend of events commemorating African-American Heritage with the Arthur Lee Andrews Memorial Scholarship Gala on Friday night, Feb. 14, at the community center.
Continue readingCounty commissioners commit to moving forward with improvements
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
After years of battles over the fate of the Wakulla County Airport, a grass airstrip between Panacea and Ochlockonee Bay, the county commission voted unanimously last week to sign a letter to the state committing to own and maintain the airport.
Continue readingHeaded city through recent transitions, but says he needs to devote more time to his career
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
St. Marks Mayor Steve Remke submitted his resignation – effective immediately – on Tuesday, Feb. 4 in an email to fellow city commissioners.
Continue readingGuy Harvey Foundation teams with Gulf Specimen to work with educators
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Dozens of educators from around the region gathered at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab in Panacea on Friday and Saturday to get training from the Guy Harvey Foundation on resources for marine education.
Continue readingAfter controversy a couple of years ago, school board votes 4-1 to take another look
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Two years after rejecting hiring foreign teachers, the Wakulla school board decided to go forward with interviews for foreign teachers for the 2025-26 school year for vacant teaching positions.
Continue readingJury at resentencing finds for life; was originally sentenced to death for 1997 murders of Melanie King, Keith Spears
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Jason Looney, one of three men convicted of the 1997 home-invasion double murder of Melanie King and Keith Spears, will be sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.
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Wakulla County Administrator David Edwards led a lunchtime program put on by the Wakulla County Chamber of Commerce on what’s happening in the county.
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