Final budget hearing is set for Sept. 8 at 6 p.m.
BY WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla County School Board held its first public hearing on its proposed budget and millage on Monday, July 25.
Read More …Nichols holds town hall
By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent
County Commission Chair Fred Nichols held a town hall meeting in Panacea to listen to issues of local concern.
The town hall was held Tuesday, July 29, at the Panacea Community Center.
A productive hour and a half of meaningful dialogue covered important topics including the upcoming budget, grants, the one-cent sales tax, community growth, and FEMA floodplains.
Another crash at 98 and Spring Creek Highway
Staff Report
An SUV hit a pickup truck in the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and Spring Creek Highway on Friday, Aug. 1, around 7:45 p.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Read More …Changes to school zone at Medart Elementary
Staff Report
Just in time for the start of the new school year, there’s been an adjustment to the school zone at Medart Elementary.
The school, located on Highway 98 just beyond the triangle where U.S. Highway 319 forks off towards Sopchoppy, has long had school zone flashers that tend to surprise unsuspecting drivers on the road, where the speed limit is 55 mph, and suddenly they come upon the flashing school zone lights and a drop in speed limit to 20 mph.
Christian Nicolas enrolls at Troy
Special to The Sun
Christian Nicolas of Wakulla, Florida, has completed IMPACT new student orientation and enrolled at Troy University for the Fall 2025 semester at the Troy Campus.
The fall semester for the Troy Campus starts on Wednesday, Aug. 13.
Troy University is a public, historic, international university with 22,500 students and 154,000 alumni. Students choose Troy for its quality academic programs, reasonable costs and availability of financial aid, outstanding faculty, and flexible in-class and online class offerings.
Chinesta Smith on teachers tour
Special to The Sun
Forty Teachers were selected from 280 applicants for the 2025 Florida Teacher’s Tour!
The theme of the 2025 tours was “Sustainable Forestry.” The guides demonstrated how social, economic, and ecological solutions are being integrated across the forestry landscape to ensure the sustainability of Florida’s natural resources. There are more than 5,000 uses for wood, wood fiber, and by-products.
4-H Horse Club advances to state
By RACHEL PIENTA
Wakulla 4-H
Five members of the Wakulla 4-H Bits and Bridles Horse Club competed in Western riding events at the 4-H Area North Horse Show held at the Clay County Fairgrounds May 2 – 3, 2025. Braelynn-Anne Cilano, Miles Campbell, Rebecca Hughes, and Riley Schaefer all competed in the Junior division. Riley Manning competed in both Junior and Intermediate division classes.
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Back to School
Welcome back
from Superintendent of Schools Rick Myhre
Greetings Wakulla County,
As a former soldier who traveled the world, and an educator who has traveled the state and country observing numerous education systems, I can unequivocally state that we are blessed to raise our children in Wakulla County.
Weekly Roundup: Coloring in the lines
By JIM TURNER
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — As Texas Republicans advanced a mid-decade redistricting map this week, Gov. Ron DeSantis continued to toy with having Florida engage in a similar effort to fulfill President Donald Trump’s call to strengthen the GOP’s hold in Congress.
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