By JOE MORGAN
Elections supervisor
Joe Morgan, Supervisor of Elections for Wakulla County, announces the start of the 2024 Election Cyle with the Presidential Preference Primary Election on March 19, 2024.
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Community news from around Wakulla County
Special to The Sun
Please mark your calendars for the 6th Annual Memorial Poker Run “Remembering Jubel, Run for Hospice” event to be held on Saturday, March 9, 2024. This event is sponsored by the Wakulla Free Riders, in memory of Jubel Bissonnette.
Continue readingWorkshop on caring for loved ones with dementia
A free workshop will be offered on behavioral skills training and hospice services in caring for loved ones with dementia at Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church #2 on Saturday, Feb. 3.
Continue readingBy RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House this week passed a bill that would prevent minors under age 16 from having social media accounts — but Gov. Ron DeSantis indicated he might want to see some changes.
Continue readingCandidates who have filed as of Jan. 29:
Sheriff
- Armand Reyes – $0.
- Jared Miller – $0.
By LYNN ARTZ
Special to The Sun
Wakulla County Garden Club joined garden clubs across Florida by planting two southern live oaks to celebrate Florida Arbor Day and the 100th anniversary of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. Nearly 150 garden clubs from Milton to Miami simultaneously planted trees at 11a.m. on Friday, Jan. 19th.
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By LYNN ARTZ
Special to The Sun
Fifty volunteers braved frigid weather to give away free trees at the 20th annual Crawfordville Arbor Day celebration. More than 1,500 native trees found homes at the drive-through giveaway outside the County Extension on Saturday, Jan. 20th.
Continue readingThe Wakulla native is working in South Florida and was featured in a story on invasive caimans
Staff Report
Wakulla native Libby Sutton was featured in the Science section of the New York Times back in October for her work helping corral invasive caimans in South Florida.
Sutton was a 2016 Wakulla High School grad, and graduated from FSU in 2020.
Special to The Sun
2008 Wakulla High graduate, Stuart Brimner, the son of Ed and Tina Brimner, was promoted to Major at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
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