Category: Community (Page 17 of 31)

Story & Photos By
LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent

Ryan Ladwig is a Troop 5 Boy Scout who identified a need in his Wakulla County community and by demonstrating leadership skills and upholding the Boy Scout Promise of Duty to Other People, Ryan worked with his team to build pathways that lead to the two pavilions and connect to the sidewalk and parking lot of Shell Point Beach.

By AMY GERLEMAN
Crawfordville Post Master

This year as our carriers prepare for delivering in our hot summer weather, we entered the Southern Area’s Beat the Heat Competition.

Special to The Sun

Wakulla 4-H Shotgun Club member Emiliano Cadena participated in the 16th Annual Bustin’ Clays event with Sheriff Grady Judd fundraiser on Saturday, April 6, at Tenoroc Sporting Clays in Lakeland.

By RYAN DAILEY
News Service of Florida

TALLAHASSEE – A federal judge this week rejected arguments by the state that a law restricting teachers’ use of their preferred pronouns is a “pedagogical” decision and blocked enforcement of the measure against one educator, saying it violates the First Amendment.

Sopchoppy’s annual event drew a huge crowd for fun and festivities on Saturday.

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.

Story & Photos By
LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent

Elvira Hamilton hosted a hand-knitted fashion show for family and friends on Sunday, April 7th at her home in Crawfordville. In the fashion show, two models presented 21 hand knitted outfits showcasing scarves, dresses, suites skirts and berets.

Special to The Sun

On Thursday, April 4th, the Wakulla Coastal Optimist Club held its annual Oratorical Contest. The topic for the speech was: “How to Change the World with Optimism.”

By DARA KAM
News Service of Florida

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court this week issued explosive decisions that rolled back decades of legal precedents and set in motion a dramatic restriction on abortion while paving the way for an electoral clash over abortion rights in November.

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Alvin Hall, author, BBC broadcaster, contributor to magazines and newspapers, and financial educator, was born and raised in Wakulla County and is back in town to record his hometown early life for a podcast he is producing for the BBC in London.