School board, COAST settle
The St. Marks charter school submits new application, pays district’s legal fees
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla County School Board and the Charter School for Arts, Science and Technology (COAST) in St. Marks have reached a settlement, it was announced at the school board meeting on June 15.
The school board voted at the meeting to accept COAST’s newly submitted charter application.
On the recommendation of Superintendent of Schools Rick Myhre, the school board voted to reject the application from COAST back in March.
Charge against Kemp dropped before trial
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Days before former County Commissioner Mike Kemp was to go to trial on a felony charge of tampering with a witness, the state attorney’s office dropped the charge.
The state attorney’s office appealed another felony charge against Kemp, dismissed by the judge in the case, for using a public record to harass. That matter is still pending before the 1st District Court of Appeal.
Preparedness Expo
EMERGENCY READINESS
A good crowd turned out for the Emergency Preparedness Expo held on Saturday and got a tour of the new multi-million dollar Emergency Operations Center, scheduled to open in mid-July.
Read More …Noreen Britt retires
By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent
Noreen Britt is the face of the Wakulla County’s rec park. After 34 years as Wakulla’s trusted “go to” for all recreational athletic related programs, Britt is retiring.
Alongside her duties at the rec park, Britt has also been dually employed with the Wakulla School Board. “I worked 37 hours a week at the school board alongside the rec park for 35 hours a week – for a 72 hour every week – for 22 years. I worked weekends too, but it is something that I love. The personal satisfaction is simply great.”
Fourth of July celebrations set
Staff Report
Fourth of July celebrations are set for St. Marks and Sopchoppy on Saturday:
- Sopchoppy Fourth of July Festival will begin with the annual parade at 4 p.m. through downtown, then music and fireworks at the City Park.
- St. Marks Fourth of July Celebration will be held beginning at 4 p.m. with vendors and food trucks. Fireworks over the river at dark.
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.
Read More …Talquin donates $6,000 to 4-H
Wakulla 4-H Youth Development is proud to announce a $6,000 investment from Talquin Electric Cooperative, made possible through Talquin’s partnership with CoBank, to expand hands-on educational opportunities for youth in Wakulla County and the surrounding region.
Read More …America 250! – We’ve come a long way, baby!
By LINDA KINSEY
Staff
Putting the America 250 special section together for all of you in the future has been my pleasure. Wish we had more time and space to share more.
Here we are in 2026 wondering what life will be like in 2076 so I’m going to go over a few changes we have had in the past 50 years.
I remember when we only had land line telephones and it was long distance to call about anywhere, even Wakulla Station. Many of us still had Tallahassee addresses until the E911 addresses were implemented in the mid 1990s. After the land lines came the cordless phone, you could actually talk on the phone and pull weeds from your flower garden, prep food and other time saving projects.
VFW holds Salute to Veterans event
Story by LINDA ANN McDONALD/Correspondent
Photos by GERALD BROWN
Wakulla Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary Post 4538 hosted the 3rd annual A Salute To Our Veterans event at the Wakulla County Community Center on Friday and Saturday, June 26-27th.
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