Madden Metcalf, who recently signed a major label contract, was headliner and had the crowd dancing. CJ Beach and the Deadmen also performed.
PHOTOS BY GERALD BROWN
Read More …Deadmen Walking Music Festival at Palaver Tree
Historical Society to present program on license plates
Special to The Sun
The Wakulla County Historical Society invites you to attend our Second Tuesday History Talk on April 14 at 6 p.m. at the Wakulla County Public Library, 4330 Crawfordville Hwy.
The topic will be Automobile License Plates presented by Jeff Francis.
Chamber’s annual Low Country Boil draws a crowd
Annie coming to WCT
“The sun will come out tomorrow…” Famous lyrics from a song about optimism. The musical, “Annie” from 1977 is all about being optimistic in the midst of negative things out of your control. Set in 1933, Annie is an eleven-year-old girl who has lived her whole life in the New York City Municipal Orphanage, Girls Annex.
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Hit and run driver gets 15 years
Alfreda Nelson ran over a 9-year-old boy and left scene, sentenced to maximum
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The woman who hit a 9-year-old boy with her car and then left the scene was sentenced last week to 15 years in state prison, the maximum sentence for the charge of leaving the scene of an accident with serious injury, a second degree felony.
The courtroom was packed on Thursday, March 26, for the sentencing hearing of Alfreda Nelson as the case drew widespread attention last year over the concern for the boy, Sawyer Crawley, who suffered traumatic brain injury as a result of the accident.
JQC recommends public reprimand for Judge Smith
In frustration, the judge told attorneys at a hearing he should have the bailiff shoot them
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
A panel at the Judicial Qualifications Commission issued its findings and recommendations that Wakulla Circuit Judge Layne Smith violated judicial canons with some intemperate remarks he made in court to attorneys during a contentious hearing back in September, and recommended he face a public reprimand.
Read More …Posing at the park
PROM PICTURES
Wakulla High’s prom was held Friday night at Wakulla Springs, but earlier in the evening lots of students went to Azalea Park for a beautiful backdrop for photos.
Read More …Local man killed in Bahamas
Staff Report
Cody Castillo was looking forward to flying back to his Crawfordville home last week after working in the Bahamas. He and and wife Makayla were looking forward to welcoming their first child into the world in August.
Castillo never made it back home, and was fatally shot while abroad, according to reports. A GoFundMe was started to support his family and notice was sent to local media outlets which included a link to Daily Mail news story about Castillo being shot by a Bahamian policeman during a bar fight.
Crawfordville man injured in crash
Staff Report
A 34-year-old Crawfordville man was injured when he rolled his SUV while traveling on U.S. Highway 319 in Franklin County south of Sopchopppy, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
He reportedly suffered serious injuries and was taken by Air Ambulance to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, FHP reported.
