The Wakulla Christian Coalition held its annual Martin Luther King Jr. observance on the courthouse grounds.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Aaliya Willliams, an 8th grader at Wakulla Middle School, won the district spelling bee on Friday, Jan. 17, with the word “sorbet” followed up by the word “university.”
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Editor
A proposal to allow digital billboards in Wakulla County got approval from the Planning Commission on Monday, Jan. 13 – the first step in the process.
Continue readingShe struck a 9-year-old boy on a minibike; he was hospitalized in critical condition, mother reports slow improvement
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Alfreda Leshon Nelson, 44, was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 9, and charged with leaving the scene of a serious bodily injury.
Nelson is charged in the hit-and-run of a 9-year-old boy riding a minibike in his neighborhood. He was hospitalized with critical injuries, including a brain bleed.
Christy Wales hit, killed bicyclist Chesterfield Smith in 2021
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The woman who struck and killed a bicyclist on Shadeville Road back in September 2021 was sentenced to five years in state prison for vehicular homicide.
Continue readingSecond straight year of state Department of Revenue warning property appraiser of ‘sales chasing’
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The state Department of Revenue has issued an advisory letter to the Wakulla Property Appraiser’s Office that the 2024 tax roll showed signs of selective reappraisal.
The office also received an advisory letter the year before, for the 2023 tax roll, also citing selective reappraisal.
County commissioners set appropriation requests before start of session in March
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Wakulla County Commissioners approved a list of priorities for the upcoming legislative session at a workshop back in December.
Some of the projects that commissioners will be seeking state funding for include:
Wakulla, Leon deputies were at woman’s Sopchoppy home last week
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that occured when deputies responded to a call about a woman in Sopchopppy on Dec. 22.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Former Wakulla County Sheriff Charlie Creel died at his home in Moultrie, Ga., on Christmas Day. He was 71.
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