By RACHEL PIENTA
4-H Agent
Wakulla 4-H Agent Dr. Rachel Pienta announced the results of the 2025 4-H Hay Bale Decorating Contest last week:
Read More …4-H Hay Bale winners announced
Help sought in efforts to preserve Donalson Cemetery
By LINDEARA
JEFFERSON
The remarkable story of Nathan Donalson, born into slavery in 1840 before the Civil War near Fowlstown (now Donalsonville, Decatur County, GA), serves as a testament to resilience, Determination, and triumph over adversity. Now efforts are underway to honor his legacy and preserve the resting place of this inspiring ancestor and his family using modern technology.
Read More …Theatre competition
On Oct. 3rd Wakulla High School Theatre took 33 students to Bay High School in Panama City for this year’s District One Thespian Competition. On Friday, 10 schools across the panhandle competed with one-act plays with WHS performing Annie the Musical.
Read More …Stone Crab season opens
Story & Photos By LYNDA KINSEY
The Lynn Brothers welcomed the newspaper to come and take photos of the opening day of Stone Crab Season on Wednesday, Oct. 15 and show the process.
Read More …Sopchoppy offers deal on park honeysuckle
By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent
Sopchoppy City Commissioner Mary Katherine Westmark offered a proposal to remove the coral honeysuckle from the city owned boundary fences within the Depot Park native garden.
Read More …‘Tate’ screening held
The Wakulla County Historical Society held a screening of the locally produced movie “Tate” on Saturday night at the Sopchoppy auditorium. (Photos by Gerald Brown)
Read More …‘No Kings’ protest held in Sopchoppy
Wakulla County had a “No Kings” protest in Sopchoppy on Saturday. Robert Seidler, one of the organizers of the event, reported about 35 people largely from Sopchoppy and Panacea attended. (Photos by Robert Seidler)
Read More …Missing woman found
Special to The Sun
The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office invited citizens to join in a search party on Friday morning to look for Ellen Ashdown, 80, who had been missing for two days.
More than 60 citizens turned up to help and within hours, Ashdown was found in the woods.
Two in critical condition in separate crashes
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
There were two crashes last Tuesday, Oct. 7, hours apart,that resulted in critical injuries to people.
The first crash was around 1:25 p.m. near Hudson Park on U.S. Highway 319 when a pedestrian walking along the highway reportedly stepped out in front of a box truck and was hit.
