Local sailor Jerry Griffin returns from maritime route around eastern U.S.
By LEGION TAYLOR
Reporter
After nearly nine months underway, Wakulla resident Jerry Griffin has returned home, completing the Great Loop.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
A man from Clermont with illegal drugs in his system crashed and rolled a car while traveling in Wakulla County back on New Year’s Day 2020. A 17-year-old girl, also from Clermont and also with drugs in her system, was killed in the rollover crash.
Continue readingBy WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The St. Marks City Commission held a special budget meeting this week to pass resolutions to correct some problems with budget advertisements than ran in September.
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Arrested for sexual battery on a child, investigation indicates he was allegedly going to the dark web to access child porn
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
It appears former Wakulla deputy Kenneth Malphurs may be the subject of ongoing investigation dealing with him accessing child porn on the dark web. That conclusion is based on The Wakulla Sun going through the criminal investigation file on Malphurs current charges of lewd and lasicivous sexual assault on a child younger than 12.
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Vote of 4-1 to allow new radio tower for county communication system in residential area
By LEGION TAYLOR
Reporter
The Sopchoppy City Commission voted 4-1 last week to approve the construction of a 300-foot emergency communications tower at last week’s meeting, after studies showed that the location at the corner of Park and Gulf streets is the only viable location.
Continue readingHe murdered the mother of his child, Chelsea Bramblett, back in January 2020
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Chad Westerlund, who murdered the mother of his child as she sat nursing the child on a sofa, was sentenced to life in prison at a hearing last week.
Westerlund had entered a plea to second degree murder and a felony count of child neglect several months ago. At a hearing on Thursday, Nov. 2, Wakulla Circuit Judge Layne Smith ordered Westerlund to serve life in prison and to have no contact with his daughter.
City commissioners express concern that he exceeded powers of office
By Legion Taylor
Reporter
St. Marks Mayor Paul Sheddan was removed from office at the city commission meeting last week, as a result of a 3-0 vote from the members of the commission who were present. They selected Steve Remke to take over as Mayor of St. Marks in a following vote, which also passed 3-0.
Commissioners Dan Albers and Sheddan were absent from the meeting, leaving Mayor Remke, Commissioner Paula Bell, and Commissioner Sharon Rudd to decide on these issues.
