‘Invasion of the G-Nats’
Cast and crew of the new film short ‘Invasion of the G-Nats’ – a 1950s sci-fi comedy-horror by filmmakers Stacy Brown and Joey Badia – got underway at the Palaver Tree Theater on Friday night.
Read More …$4,000 donation for 4-H shooters
A donation of $4,000 was made to the UF Foundation from St Marks Powder to help support the travel costs of Wakulla 4-H members Emiliano Cadena and Parker Smith and their parents to attend and participate in the National Shooting Sports Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Read More …Wakulla Sun to host candidate forum
Staff Report
The Wakulla Sun will host a candidate forum for the two Republican candidates for the county commission seat – incumbent Quincee Messersmith and challenger Carrie Hughes – on July 28 at the public library beginning at 6 p.m.
Additionally, the Sun is inviting the candidates for Congress, Republicans and Democrats, to appear at the forum to introduce themselves and speak on their views.
The Sun will livestream the forum on our YouTube page.
The primary election day is Aug. 18.
Lightning and thunder – are they good or bad?
By SAM HAND
FAMU Extension
Many, many years ago, Ben Franklin proved lightning was electricity. Franklin and his son flew a kite into a violent storm with a key attached to the kite’s string while he held on.
Luckily only the key was charged by the high voltage strike. Today we know a lightning strike’s temperature is hotter than the sun’s surface. It is no wonder Franklin’s key glowed in the aftermath of the storm.
Keep that thought in mind as we answer my wife’s question asked after an unusually loud thunderclap. “What is that and what causes thunder? Is it dangerous?”
The Old Pro: It’s hot
By AL HARTMAN
Hot enough for you? It’s gonna’ get worse. I just can’t wait. The ticks this year are horrible. I pick five or six off me every day just being in the yard.
But here is the good news. Talk about hot, the scallops are in, and I have never seen them in so many numbers. A person can get their limit in no time at all.
The parking at the boat ramps is really nearly impossible. If you are going, get there early.
I thought I was early enough and found only three places left, and I had to hunt for them.
Ask Judge Smith: Dangerous crimes
By JUDGE LAYNE SMITH
Q. Judge Smith, a few years ago, the State of Florida charged my cousin with murder. He was jailed from the date of his arrest through his trial, two years later, when the jury convicted him. What happened to his pretrial presumption of innocence? – Jacqui
A. Although I don’t know the details of your cousin’s case, I can explain why some defendants are held in custody before trial despite their presumption of innocence.
Courts usually don’t confine defendants before their trials. More often, courts impose less restrictive means than jail. For example, in battery cases, courts often order defendants not to have any pretrial contact with their victims.
TIME CAPSULE OPENED
Several hundred on hand for event at courthouse
PHOTO BY GERALD BROWN
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Days before the America 250! event at the courthouse, county Road and Bridge Director Mike King had equipment on the grounds to pull up the solid concrete mass that held two time capsules from 1976.
Read More …Jones son dies in diving accident
Kyler Jones, a student at Wakulla High School, was 16 years old
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
KylerJones, the 16-year-old son of Kyle and Susan Jones, died in a diving accident on Friday, July 3.
Read More …Springs 3-D cave map to be shown
Staff Report
Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park and Wakulla Environmental Institute will present a program on the Sunfish, the underwater robot that has been 3-D mapping the underground cave system of Wakulla Springs.
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