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Question of the week

Posted onOctober 1, 2025September 30, 2025AuthorLynda Kinsey

Unity in the Community addition

Posted onOctober 1, 2025September 30, 2025AuthorSpecial to The SunLeave a comment

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Porter received the Giving Back Award at the recent Unity in the Community event. They were inadvertently left off of the list of awards presented. (Photo special to The Sun)

Hammond completes training

Posted onOctober 1, 2025September 30, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Cutter Bret Hammond completed Basic Training at Fort Benning, Georgia on Sept. 12, 2025. Cutter will remain at Fort Benning for an additional Advance Individual Training through mid-December, prior to receiving orders and shipping out to a new duty station. Cutter is the son of Bret and Rhonda Hammond. (Photo special to The Sun)

Janice Pelt Brown 90th birthday

Posted onOctober 1, 2025September 30, 2025AuthorGerald BrownLeave a comment

Janice Pelt Brown celebrated her 90th birthday with friends and family at the Seineyard at Wildwood on Sept. 21. The party was put on by her sons Lynn and Dondi, daughters Maria and Deborah and granddaughter Marissa. (Photo by Gerald Brown)

Growth is slowing

Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025AuthorWilliam Snowden

Assistant County Administrator Somer Pell and Property Appraiser Donnie Sparkman.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Property Appraiser Donnie Sparkman and Assistant County Administrator Somer Pell indicated recently that the pace of growth in the county appears to be slowing.

Controversy over school proclamation on ‘civic discourse’

Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025AuthorStaff Report

After the murder of Charlie Kirk, superintendent sees opportunity for education; critics complain of politics

School Superintendent
Rick Myhre

Staff Report

The Wakulla County School Board unanimously approved a proclamation last week designating Oct. 14 as “Charlie Kirk Day of Peaceful Civic Discourse” in Wakulla County Schools.
The proclamation, approved at the Sept. 15 school board meeting wasrecommended by Superintendent Richard Myhre.
Kirk, the conservative speaker, was assassinated on Sept. 10.

HOMECOMING ROYALTY

Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Homecoming festivities at Wakulla High School this weekend included the crowning of the Homecoming Queen and King at halftime during Friday night’s football game. Queen was Abbigail Lawhon, who is already serving as Miss Wakulla, and King was quarterback Owen Klees. (Photo by Ken Fields)

Rotary Boots & Bingo held

Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025AuthorGerald Brown

A big crowd was on hand for Rotary Club of Wakulla’s annual Boots & Bingo fundraiser Saturday night at 3Y for bingo, dancing, and food. (Photo by Gerald Brown)

Sex offender arrested after attending school event

Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025AuthorSpecial to The Sun

Special to The Sun

The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office arrested a registered sex offender last week after he reportedly was on a local school campus for an event while children were present and did not notify school officials prior to his attendance.
Joshua Martin, 39, was arrested on Sept. 16 on a warrant by the WCSO Crime Suppression Unit and booked into the Wakulla County Jail.

Question of the week

Posted onSeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025AuthorLynda Kinsey

Question of the week

Unity in the Community addition

Hammond completes training

Janice Pelt Brown 90th birthday

Growth is slowing

Controversy over school proclamation on ‘civic discourse’

After the murder of Charlie Kirk, superintendent sees opportunity for education; critics complain of politics

HOMECOMING ROYALTY

Rotary Boots & Bingo held

Sex offender arrested after attending school event

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