Chamber holds After Hours Christmas Party at Seineyard
10 legal issues to watch in 2026
By JIM SAUNDERS
News Servie of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Alligator Alcatraz. Guns. Social media.
Legal battles about those and myriad other Florida issues remain unresolved heading into 2026. Here are 10 big legal issues to watch in the coming year:
Service of Remembrance
Family Funeral Home hosts the event, a benefit for Big Bend Hospice
Inmate charged with smuggling gun into jail
James Hollis is charged with smuggling contraband and possession of a firearm by a felon
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Wakulla County Jail inmate James Hollis was charged last week with smuggling a handgun inside the secure area of the jail, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The Sun first reported on the situation a couple of weeks ago, but did not name the inmate under investigation because criminal charges hadn’t been filed.
Visiting Mr. Christmas
IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
Photographer Perry Dissmore visited the nearest thing to the North Pole in Crawfordville – 6 Cardinal Court – and got a picture of Mr. Christmas (Jerry Boler), Lorelei, Shannon, Logan and Nick Chisler.
Read More …Judge Flury is assigned the Mike Kemp case
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Circuit Judge Ron Flury has been assigned to the case of former County Commissoner Mike Kemp after Wakulla Circuit Judge Layne Smith recused himself.
Kemp, who faces felony charges of using a public record to harass and tampering with a witness, has been set to go to trial in March.
Ribbon cutting held for STIX
The Wakulla Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting on Friday, Dec. 19 for STIX, Wakulla’s brand-new state-of-the-art training facility!
Read More …4-H Clover Gala fundraiser is Jan. 29
Volunteer, Business/Organization of the Year to be named for support of local 4-H
By RACHEL PIENTA
4-H Director
4-H agent Rachel Pienta announced that Wakulla 4-H will honor the 2025 Volunteer of the Year and Business/Organization of the Year nominees at the Clover Gala on Jan. 29.
Read More …Remembering Divemaster Gregg Stanton, who was honored by FSU Marine Lab
By FRANK STEPHENSON
Special to The Sun
One of most revered members of the worldwide scientific diving community and prominent Wakulla citizen and entrepreneur Gregg R. Stanton has been paid a lasting tribute by the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory.
Stanton, a Massachusetts native who settled in Wakulla County in the late 1970s, succumbed to a brief illness while living in Hawaii in 2024. He was 76.
