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Inmate pleads guilty to murder at prison

Posted onApril 10, 2024April 9, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Joseph Simmons accepts plea offer of 15 years for 2021 murder at WCI

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

An inmate at Wakulla Correctional Institution, already serving a 15-year prison sentence for robbery in Miami-Dade County, accepted a plea deal on Thursday, April 4, to serve 15 years for the murder of another inmate at WCI back in June 2021.

Man found not guilty in arson, animal cruelty case

Posted onApril 3, 2024April 2, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

A six-person jury returned a not guilty verdict against a Crawfordville man who had been charged with burning his girlfriend’s house down and killing a puppy.
Bobby Joe Sampson Jr. was found not guilty of arson and aggravated animal cruelty after a one-day trial on Tuesday, March 19.

Huge crowd visits Panacea for Oyster & Brewfest

Posted onApril 3, 2024April 2, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

A big crowd converged on Panacea and Woolley Park on Saturday for the annual Oyster & Brewfest, a fundraiser for Waterfronts Panacea that helps pay for local projects like activities for local kids.

CLASSES REUNITE

Posted onMarch 27, 2024March 26, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Members of the Wakulla High classes of 1968 and ‘69 get together before demolition

Wakulla High School’s first graduating class of 1968 – with William Payne, who was school superintendent back then, and J. Harold Thurmond, a teacher and interim principal.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

They were members of the first graduating classes at Wakulla High School in 1968 and 1969.

Trump wins Florida, Wakulla

Posted onMarch 27, 2024March 26, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Former president takes 90% of votes locally in Republican Presidential Preference Primary

Canvassing board on Election night: Jessica Welch, Judge Brian Miller and his assistant Brenda Villiard, Commissioner Quincee Messersmith, and Supervisor of Elections Joe Morgan, with an unidentified election worker with her back to the camera.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Former President Donald Trump had already secured the Republican nomination earlier, on Super Tuesday, but had added more delegates to his total by winning Florida on Tuesday, March 19.

Senior center lawsuit settles

Posted onMarch 20, 2024March 19, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Three former employees, released when R.H. Carter was fired, reach settlement with insurance company

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Three former employees of the Wakulla Senior Citizens Center who claimed they were wrongfully terminated back in 2020 after R.H. Carter was fired as executive director of the center reached a settlement agreement, court records show.

Lawyer withdraws in murder case

Posted onMarch 20, 2024March 19, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Joe Bodiford, the defense attorney for Stuart Mauney, who faces a charge of murder, filed a motion with the court to withdraw representation – saying there was a conflict between him and Mauney. Citing client confidentiality, Bodiford did not disclose the nature of the conflict, but said he could no longer represent Mauney.

Highway 319

Posted onMarch 13, 2024March 12, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Complaints about the slow pace of construction prompt BOCC questions

DOT officials acknowledged that the $25 million expansion of U.S. Highway 319 is behind schedule and won’t be finished on time.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Wakulla County commissioners heard from the chief road engineer on the U.S. Highway 319 expansion over concerns about the slow pace of work.

Audit committee sees positive future

Posted onMarch 13, 2024March 12, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

An additional $600,000 in fiscal constrained county payment will likely cover deficit – if approved

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

The county audit committee met last week and discussed the possibility that Wakulla County will receive some $600,000 more than was budgeted for fiscally constrained county payment from the state.

Susan Vickers named county employee of the quarter

Posted onMarch 13, 2024March 12, 2024AuthorWilliam Snowden

Susan Vickers, a senior planner in Wakulla County Planning and Community Development Department, was named the county’s employee of the quarter.