Special to The Sun
The Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) has announced that Wakulla High School Head Football Coach Scott Klees will be inducted into the 2026 FACA Hall of Fame, honoring a coaching career that has spanned three decades.
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By WALT JACOBS
Wrestling Correspondent
On July 12-13, Kendal Haynie competed in the 2025 U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota. The competition, known simply as Fargo in wrestling circles, is the largest wrestling tournament in the world and is widely considered to be among the toughest in the United States. Haynie went 7-2 over the course of the competition, placing 4th en route to achieving All American status.
Read More …Join us on Friday, July 25, for our 28th Annual Christmas in July Fundraiser benefiting the Wakulla Senior Center at the Lodge at Wakulla Springs at 6 p.m. with a Social Hour (cash bar), followed by dinner, dancing, and a silent auction.
Your support helps us continue our work with seniors through transportation, meals, and education programs. We also serve local elementary students with before and after school care.
We’re proud to have Prime Meridian Bank as our Title Sponsor and Cabs and Counters as our Social Hour Sponsor.
For more information or to reserve your table, contact Lara Edwards, Executive Director, l.edwards@wakullaseniorcitizens.com or call 850-212-3184. Or contact Sue Anderson, Fundraising Chair, at andersons1001@yahoo or 850-567-5408.
By VICTORIA POPE
Wakulla Schools
The Florida Department of Education has officially released school and district grades for the 2024–2025 academic year, and Wakulla County School District is proud to announce it has once again earned an “A” rating – for the third year in a row.
Wakulla remains the highest-performing school district in the Big Bend region and is now ranked 11th overall among all 67 Florida school districts, reinforcing its commitment to academic excellence.
Wakulla County Emergency Management held its Disaster Preparedness Expo on Saturday, July 12, at Hudson Park, with vendors and displays to prepare citizens for possible events, like the upcoming hurricane season. (Photos by Gerald Brown)
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While still anticipating above-normal hurricane activity through the end of November, Colorado State University researchers Wednesday trimmed their forecast for the Atlantic storm season.
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Because of an oversight when compiling last week’s story on Wakulla Lady War Eagle softball players named to the All-Big Bend team, sophomore Parker Stubbs was inadvertently left out of the story.
Along with Cylie Long, named Softball Player of the Year, and Charley Butler, named Softball Pitcher of the Year, Stubbs was named to the All-Big Bend First Team.
A sophomore, Stubbs was an infielder for the Lady War Eagles who played 24 games, had a .342 average, with 26 hits in 76 at-bats, with one home run and 18 RBIs.
We regret the error.
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Stuart Mauney, the man found guilty in May of murdering a hunter on the Purify Bay Road portion of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge land in December 2021, was sentenced to life in prison by Wakulla Circuit Judge Layne Smith at a hearing on Thursday, July 10.
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