Wakulla wins 1A District 2 duals title
By WALT JACOBS
Correspondent
Seneca is credited with saying, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
Read More …Lady War Eagles finish season
Wakulla High School Girls Golf finished their 2025-26 season as District runner up and Regional finalist. Congratulations to Hadley Brown for making 2nd Team All Big Bend. Abbigal Lawhon and Jessalee Core received honorable mention. Pictured: Hadley Brown, Brianna Stephens, Abbigail Lawhon, Raegan Wester, Jessalee Core.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace bed build set
On Saturday, volunteers will build beds for local kids who don’t have a bed to sleep on
By STEVE SANABRIA
SHP & Rotary
Sleep in Heavenly Peace is a nationwide organization that believes that “a bed is a basic requirement for the proper physical, emotional and mental support” that a child needs.
Our local Sleep in Heavenly Peace affiliate is the Tallahassee Chapter (SHPTLH). As a part of this chapter, we launched a distribution center in Wakulla County in June. We started with 40 beds and have depleted our inventory through many deliveries to families in need.
Thanks to our readers
The Wakulla Sun appreciates its supporters and contributors as we enter 2026
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
As we go into the New Year, I want to thank our readers, advertisers and contributors as we start our fourth year as The Wakulla Sun.
We started the newspaper in February 2022 – me, salesperson Lynda Kinsey and graphic artist/production supervisor Eric Stanton along with reporter Riddhi Patel – after leaving The Wakulla News over differences with the new owners. Except for Patel, the others of us had worked at the newspaper for decades.
Apalachicola oystering opened Jan. 1
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
On Jan. 1, the Apalachicola Bay reopened through Feb. 28 for commercial Apalachicola Bay Endorsement holders and Apalachicola Bay Recreational Opportunity Permit holders.
Read More …Borosky makes Dean’s List at Belmont
Special to The Sun
NASHVILLE – Katlynne Borosky of Crawfordville was among over half of Belmont University’s undergraduate students named to the fall 2025 semester Dean’s List. Approximately 55% of the University’s 6,934 undergraduate students qualified this semester.
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War Eagles get to 20-0 at Bobby Stanley Duals
By WALT JACOBS
Correspondent
The Wakulla High Wrestling team traveled to Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale to compete in the Bobby Stanley Duals on Dec. 29th and 30th. The War Eagles went through the tournament virtually untested, as they utterly dominated their pool to advance to the Gold bracket on the last day of competition.
Read More …The pistol in the jail
The .22 caliber pocket pistol and a meth pipe were brought in by an inmate
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The inmate who allegedly smuggled a pistol into a secure area of the jail, also brought in a meth pipe, according to the charging document.
Wakulla County Jail inmate James Hollis was charged last week with smuggling a handgun inside the secure area of the jail, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
