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More on Kemp case

Posted onSeptember 25, 2024September 24, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Some ask why County Commissioner Ralph Thomas wasn’t questioned

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Several people are questioning why County Commissioner Ralph Thomas was not interviewed by Wakulla County Sheriff’s detectives in the case of County Commissioner Mike Kemp drawing felony charges for using a public record to harass.

DOT on U.S. 319

Posted onSeptember 25, 2024September 24, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

File photo of highway construction work from the spring.

County commissioners got an update on the progress of the four-laning of Crawfordville Highway at their meeting on Monday, Sept. 16.

Woman who hit bicyclist in 2021 pleas to vehicular homicide

Posted onSeptember 25, 2024September 24, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

A Crawfordville woman who hit and killed a bicyclist on Shadeville Highway back in September 2021, pleaded no contest to vehicular homicide, a second degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in state prison.

County orders countywide mandatory evacuation

Posted onSeptember 24, 2024September 24, 2024AuthorWilliam SnowdenLeave a comment

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

The Wakulla County Commission ordered a countywide mandatory evacuation ahead of landfall of Tropical Storm Helene, which is projected to be a Category 3 hurricane with storm surge estimated to be 10 to 15 feet.

Remembering 9/11

Posted onSeptember 18, 2024September 17, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office held its annual 9/11 Memorial Service on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to commemorate the 2,977 people who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania. (Photos by William Snowden)

History and coaches

Posted onSeptember 18, 2024September 17, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Historical Society holds program on the history of Wakulla’s coaches

Historical Society President Brent Thurmond, earing referee’s stripes, introduces a panel of coaches and athletes at a program on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Wakulla High School.

Talking tourism

Posted onSeptember 11, 2024September 10, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

At the Leadership Wakulla class, Kinsey Miller leads a panel discussion on tourism with Sanjay Patel of the Magnuson, Commissioner Ralph Thomas, and Sherrie Posey Miller of Waterfronts Panacea.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Last week, members of the Leadership Wakulla class heard from a panel on the challenges and strategies for promoting tourism in Wakulla.

More on Kemp case

Posted onSeptember 11, 2024September 10, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Sheriff’s investigator deemed the matter a ‘criminal conspiracy’ run by Kemp

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

With the release of the full investigative report by the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office late last week into the criminal charges of Commissioner Mike Kemp offered more details of the case:

Mike Kemp arrested

Posted onSeptember 4, 2024September 4, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

He, Becky Whaley and Deputy Don Newsome charged with cyberbullying

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Wakulla County Commissioner Mike Kemp was arrested Friday and charged with cyberbullying and obstruction for his role in trying to release the name of a person he believed was behind a Facebook account that had put up posts critical of him.

Grants for development

Posted onAugust 28, 2024August 27, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

County seeks money to build facilities to bring in high-paying jobs

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Wakulla County is applying for grant funding to build two buildings to bring two manufacturing companies to the county.