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Water rates to go up for Sopchoppy

Posted onApril 17, 2024April 16, 2024AuthorLegion Taylor

City will also set residential connection fees at $7,200

By LEGION TAYLOR
Reporter

The Sopchoppy City Council passed two ordinances to increase water rates and capacity fees inside and outside of the city limits of Sopchoppy.

Ryan Ladwig’s Eagle Scout project at Shell Point

Posted onApril 17, 2024April 16, 2024AuthorLinda Ann McDonald

Parents Glenn and Crystal Ladwig with their son Ryan at his Eagle Scout project at Shell Point Beach.

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.

Post office works to Beat the Heat

Posted onApril 17, 2024April 16, 2024AuthorSpecial to The Sun

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.

Cadena wins Best Youth

Posted onApril 17, 2024April 16, 2024AuthorSpecial to The Sun

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.

Question of the Week

Posted onApril 17, 2024April 16, 2024AuthorLynda Kinsey

Congratulations to Wakulla High School Honor Court

Posted onApril 17, 2024April 16, 2024AuthorLegion Taylor

This year’s Honor Court for Wakulla High School: top row, Georgia Gumphrey, Joy Li, Taylor Thorne, Lily McMillan, Andriss Stallings, Zamora Travis, Jordyn Hatfield, and Haley Perry; bottom row, Riley Carraway, Robert Bunch, Wyatt Ayers, Murray Breithaupt, Parker Lawhon, Salutatorian Noah Alford, Valedictorian Hayden Peacock, Nathan Braverman, Legion Taylor, Matthew Ayotte, and Owen Mercure.

Weekly Roundup: Pronouns and pedagogy

Posted onApril 17, 2024April 16, 2024AuthorNews Service of Florida

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.