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Staff Report

The state budget includes $3.7 million for Conservation Florida to buy 224 acres at the intersection of U.S. 319 and Bloxham Cutoff, the site of a planned 16-pump gas station, car wash and convenience store located over the underground Chip’s Hole Cavern to flows to Wakulla Springs.

Staff Report

All alumnus of Wakulla High School’s original classes of 1968 and ‘69 are invited to take part in a photo at the school on March 22 at 4 p.m.

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

County commissioners hosted a public meeting on Songbird intersection improvements on Thursday, March 7, at the Wakulla County Community Center.

Special to The Sun

Wakulla High School Student Kaylie Kosec, right, took first place in the Optimist Club Essay Contest. Kaylie, a ninth grader, won $100 for her essay.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

A lawsuit filed back in 2020 against the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office claiming a deputy was negligent in failing to properly investigate an alleged shooting was dismissed last week.

By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida

TALLAHASSEE —The 2024 session came to a close on time, with lawmakers approving a $117.46 billion spending plan to finalize a session that the Senate president touted as targeting “kitchen-table issues” and the House speaker said “addressed the real needs of Floridians.”