Category: Community (Page 18 of 25)

The 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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More than 75 tables for the planned Ducks Unlimited Banquet sold out in less than 48 hours, according to Sara Clark, the county chair for Ducks Unlimited in Wakulla.

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The Tallahassee Collegiate Academy (TCA) application window is now open for the 2024-25 academic year. TCA will accept 100 ninth-grade and 25 tenth-grade students for 2024-25.

By ED BRIMNER
Property Appraiser

It’s time! If you are a full-time Wakulla County resident, you should file for homestead exemption if you haven’t already.

By TAMMIE NASON
KWCB Director

The recent Keep Wakulla County Beautiful Tire Amnesty Event, held on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, was a resounding success, made possible through the generous funds from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

By LEGION TAYLOR
Reporter

At the Sopchoppy city commission meeting last week, Lara Edwards stepped down as the city’s mayor.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

The winning word was “avens.” As in “plants of a genus of perrenial herbs with pinnate or hyrate leaves and flowers with long plumose persistent styles.”
And Kendyl Byrd, a 5th grader at Shadeville, won the district spelling bee by spelling it correctly.

Emergency Management reports tracking the tornado on radar but it didn’t touch down

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Contractors installing fiber optic cables down the right-of-way on Arran Road reportedly broke a sewer line on Saturday, Jan. 13.