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Homeless dropoff

Ochlockonee Bay merchants say Franklin County is leaving men there

A screenshot from surveillance video at Tide Creek Coastal Market in Ochlockonee Bay showing a Franklin County deputy dropping off a shirtless, shoeless man on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 5:56 a.m. The man was at the store all day asking store employees for food, customers for money until Wakulla deputies were called at closing.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

The surveillance video shows a Franklin County deputy sheriff’s truck pulling into the parking lot around sunrise and letting off a man in shorts, shirtless though he’s holding a shirt, and shoeless. The deputy drops off the man and then drives away, headed back across the bridge to Franklin County.

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Hurricane Helene misses us

A last minute wobble sent the Category 4 hurricane east of St. Marks into Taylor County

Stan West of Riverside Cafe in St. Marks takes a pause from cleaning out mud from his restaurant. He was all smiles: ‘We expected a lot worse.’ (PHOTO BY WILLIAM SNOWDEN)

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Warned of Hurricane Helene becoming a Category 4 and possible storm surge of as much as 20 feet, Wakulla county commissioners issued a mandatory evacuation order for the entire county on Tuesday, Sept. 24.

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More on Kemp case

Some ask why County Commissioner Ralph Thomas wasn’t questioned

Ralph Thomas
Mike Kemp

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Several people are questioning why County Commissioner Ralph Thomas was not interviewed by Wakulla County Sheriff’s detectives in the case of County Commissioner Mike Kemp drawing felony charges for using a public record to harass.

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Remembering 9/11

The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office held its annual 9/11 Memorial Service on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to commemorate the 2,977 people who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania. (Photos by William Snowden)

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