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The Wakulla Sun will host a candidate forum for the three candidates seeking the District 4 seat on the Wakulla County Commission: Republican Carrie Hughes, Democrat Beverly Keister, and independent Patricia Dyszer.
All three candidates have committed to attend.
The forum will be held on Thursday, Sept. 24 at the Chamber of Commerce office (the old courthouse) on the second floor beginning at 6 p.m.
Sun readers are encouraged to submit questions for the forum – send them to editor@thewakullasun.com or mail them to the Sun office, 12 Arran Road, Crawfordville FL 32327 or drop your questions off at the office.

By JIM TURNER
News Service of Florida

TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to express increased support for the property tax cut measure the Legislature put before voters on the November ballot.
But he still isn’t going to be at the forefront pushing the proposal to voters and believes his approach lawmakers modified was better.

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The Wakulla News has closed.
The newspaper, which had been the oldest continuously operated business in Wakulla County, reportedly shut down two weeks ago.
News Editor Steve Steiner sent out emails to contributors announcing the closure.
The Wakulla Sun, the staff of which are all former employees at the News, began four years ago with a goal of being a locally owned, locally controlled source of news.

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Musicians are invited to participate in the 5th annual Crawfordville Seventh Day Adventist Church gospel sing on Sept. 26.
The church welcomes new vocal, instrumental or group participants. The church requests each special music presenter lead a song from a list to be provided.

Presentation of $1,500 recently from Wakulla Moose Lodge 2510 to local VA in honor of Paul Peters, a veteran member who passed away recently. The Pool players collected these funds for this donation. A big thank you to our Pool players! (Photo submitted)