Friends of the Library celebrate Mardi Gras Saturday
Friends of the Wakulla County Public Library held their annual Mardi Gras fundraiser on Saturday night at the community center. (Photos by William Snowden)
Read More …Panacea Gumbo Cookoff
Visitors savored mouthwatering gumbo, cheered on competitors, and won exciting prizes on Saturday at Woolley Park in Panacea. (PHOTOS BY GERALD BROWN)
Read More …Barodte and Sanders are District Champs
By WALT JACOBS
Correspondent
As fans awaited the start of the FHSAA 1A District 2 Championship, the atmosphere was humming with the sounds of conversation between friends at Liberty County High School in Bristol. The anticipation began to rise as “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC pulsated through the gymnasium.
Read More …City votes to accept property
Ability to use property for water system and a new well is clincher for city commissioners
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Sopchoppy city commissioners voted unanimously last week to accept the donation of the old Sopchoppy School buildings and property from the Wakulla County School Board.
Read More …Special Olympics
Special Olympics was held at Wakulla High School on Thursday, Feb. 13. Because of weather, the event was held in the gym. (Photos by William Snowden)
Read More …Crystal Wonsch named to fill city commission seat
Staff Report
St. Marks city commissioners selected Crystal Wonsch to fill the remainder of Steve Remke’s term on the board, a decision made Thursday, Feb. 13.
Read More …Hertz sentenced to death for double murder
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
Guerry Wayne Hertz was sentenced to death last week by Wakulla Circuit Judge Layne Smith.
Hertz was convicted in 1999 of the home invasion murders of Keith Spears and Melanie King back in 1997.
Program on Shadeville School
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The Wakulla County Historical Society presented a program last week on the old Shadeville School, the historically black school that transitioned into the Wakulla Education Center after integration.
Read More …The Wakulla Sun turns 3 years old this week
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
To commemorate the third anniversary of The Wakulla Sun, this is a repeat of the column from the first issue on Feb. 24, 2022, about how the newspaper got started:
I didn’t set out to start a newspaper, but I didn’t like the changes that the corporate owner intended to make with the newspaper I had been with for 26 years.
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