By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The county commission voted 4-1 to approve the proposed millage rate of 7.9 mills, and 4-1 to approve the tentative budget.
The lone dissenting vote was cast by County Commissioner Valerie Russell, who repeatedly told other commissioners that she wanted to give citizens a tax break.
By JIM TURNER
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Florida grabbed national headlines this week as an appellate court injected new life into a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades and the state’s top doctor vowed to end vaccine mandates for schoolkids.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla War Eagles went down in a tough defeat to the Chiles Timberwolves on Friday night, 23-21, falling to 1-2 on the season.
It was a mistake-prone game with penalties that severely affected the War Eagles: penalties for holding negated three Wakulla touchdowns.
Without those calls, Wakulla would have won easily.
For more footall stories and photos see Football
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
A 22-year-old Crawfordville man was sentenced to 20 years in state prison last week for human trafficking a young girl for sex.
The man, Sky Skidmore, entered a plea of guilty to the negotiated sentence on Tuesday, Aug. 26 before Wakulla Circuit Judge Layne Smith.
If it appears we’ve shuffled pages around, sorry – our printer had problems with one of its presses, and in reaction we’ve had to change up where certain pages appear.
The Editor
All the pages are here, just some in a different order.
The press problems are expected to be resolved in time for next week’s Sun to resume its normal look.
On Monday, Aug. 25th, a pickup truck ran past flashing lights, rumble strips and a stop sign and crashed into Riverside Cafe. (Photos Florida Highway Patrol)
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The Triumph Board voted to advance to term sheet negotiations on Tallahassee State College’s grant request for up to $10,007,946 for healthcare and teacher workforce training programs at the Wakulla Environmental Institute (WEI) campus.
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By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent
Leadership, international borders, and Covid did not stop true love from growing for Wakulla County’s Travis Parks and his wife, Terezka Parks.
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Correspondent
City of St. Marks held a workshop on Tuesday, Aug. 26th to discuss the upcoming budget.
With a 5.24 roll back millage rate for 2025-26, there was discussion to possibly roll back the millage rate to 4.61 – and 4.5 mills is on the table.
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