By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla War Eagles faced a tough Taylor County Bulldog team on Friday night that bested Wakulla with a 27-21 win.
It was the second straight year the Bulldogs have beat Wakulla, the first time that’s happened in at least 20 years.
For more footall stories and photos see Football
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News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE – Florida heads into the Labor Day weekend amid swirling questions about the state’s immigrant-detention efforts.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that federal immigration officials are deporting detainees “very quickly” from a controversial Everglades facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” DeSantis made the comment when asked about reports that the Everglades facility would soon be empty.
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla County commission voted 3-2 not to increase fees for players at the Medart Recreation Park.
The proposal to increase fees for kids playing sports by $5 drew outrage from representatives of a couple of youth associations, saying the increased costs posed a threat to the existence of their organizations.
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
A year ago, in August 2024, Major Dale Evans became the subject of a criminal investigation after another deputy received a text from a burner phone alerting her that she was being investigated and was going to be fired.
The deputy who received the text, not knowing who it was from, went to the department’s internal affairs department to report it. A criminal investigation was opened the next day.
On Friday August 8th The Wakulla Senior Center Chartered a bus and took a day trip to Destin.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
A woman who allegedly sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant for the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office between April and August 2024 was sentenced to 17 years in state prison.
Angel Palmer made an open plea to two cases of possession of meth within 1,000 feet of a church, a second-degree felony, and use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony, a third degree felony.
By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent
After engaging in a heated St. Marks City Commission meeting last week, citizen Mike Rogers had his water meter fixed the very next day after initially being installed incorrectly in the past.
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Larry Weeks of the county’s Road & Bridge Department was named Wakulla County’s Employee of the Second Quarter at the county commission meeting on Aug. 4. Weeks has been with the county for six years. (Photo by William Snowden)
The Wakulla County Historical Society is asking property owners to be aware that old cemeteries may be on their land.
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Editor
County commissioners went through the exercise of what a 10% cut to the county budget would look like at a workshop last week.
County commissioner Valerie Russell requested the board look at the cuts to county departments – excluding the sheriff’s office and public safety.
County staff presented the information at a budget workshop on Monday, Aug. 18.
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