By JIM TURNER
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE – Florida leaders made a show this week of bringing back from California an immigrant involved in a deadly traffic crash and removing locally approved artwork — including gay pride rainbow colors — from crosswalks.
But Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration found itself late Thursday rushing to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that targeted the controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla War Eagles started the season with a win over the Leon Lions on Thursday night, a 37-20 win on the road at Gene Cox Stadium in Tallahassee;
“I’m very excited with the win,” said Head Coach Scott Klees. “A lot of young players started for the first time: on offense, there were seven new starters; and on defense, seven new starters.”
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By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent
High water rates in the City of St. Marks sparked tempers at the city commission meeting last week: Tommy Hicks, a St. Marks resident, complained that rates were high and asked when there will be some relief.
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Staff Report
The Wakulla Sun had reached out last week to Superintendent of Schools Rick Myhre for comment about the first day of school, but he was out of the office for health reasons.
The day after our deadline, Myhre submitted a statement through the district office:
“The first day of school is always one of my favorite times of the year. There’s an energy and excitement that comes with welcoming our students back into classrooms – from our youngest Pre-K learners to our graduating seniors.
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Detectives of the Criminal Investigations Division at the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Shayne Dalton Sheffield, 31, for second degree murder.
On Sunday, August 17, at approximately 10:49 a.m., the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a shooting incident at a residence in Wakulla County.
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On Friday, August 15, members of the Criminal Investigations Division and the Quick Reactionary Force of the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Helen Litchfield, 71 years of age, for three counts of kidnapping, three counts of aggravated assault, and one count of armed burglary.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Becky Whaley’s attorney announced in felony court last week that she had signed a deferred prosecution agreement with the state and paid $500 to resolve her case.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The commander of road patrol deputies at the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office, Major Dale Evans, was reportedly suspended and placed on paid administrative leave on Thursday pending an internal affairs investigation.
Evans, who had approached the Sun with concerns about a hostile workplace environment at the sheriff’s office and those concerns were published in a story in last week’s newspaper, was suspended on Thursday, Aug. 14, over an additional series of memos he filed at the sheriff’s office complaining about Colonel Herman “Chuck” Whaley, who oversees the Criminal Investigations Division.
By ED DUKE and SAM HAND
Homeowners are generally unaware of many of the various circumstance that can make their trees hazardous.
If time is taken to look most people can see obvious structural problems as major decay in the main trunk of a tree. Still, the vast majority of problems leading to structural failure are not easily recognizable to the layman.
For example, genetic flaws, such as multi trunk trees like Bradford Pear, will lead to major failure as the individual trunks grow in girth and eventually push each other off.
Internal decay, which may only show a small fruiting conk on the bark, can be digesting the structural cellulose inside the tree.
By JIM TURNER
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis finally filled the vacant lieutenant governor’s position this week, and days later brought along his newly appointed second-in command to announce the expansion of the state’s deportation efforts.
DeSantis for weeks has floated the prospect of opening a second immigrant-detention center at Camp Blanding, a North Florida training facility for the Florida National Guard.
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