Tobacco Free Florida in Wakulla County is urging the local school board to review its tobacco policy to ensure all students, faculty, staff, and visitors are protected from exposure to tobacco, including new and emerging products.
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An estimated 8,000 showed up for Saturday’s Beer and Oyster Festival at Woolley Park on Saturday. There was beer, there were oysters, there was music and a good time was had by all. Panacea Waterfronts hosted the event as a fundraiser. More photos on Page 11. (Photos by Gerald Brown)
Continue readingWakulla commissioner argues against legislature’s term limit bill for county commissioners
By DARA KAM
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Rural officials are balking at legislation that would allow voters to decide whether county commissioners should be limited to eight years in office, arguing that the restriction would quash the voices of local residents.
The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee last week voted 6-2 to approve a proposal (SJR 802) that would put in the Florida Constitution eight-year term limits for county commissioners and school board members. The Legislature in 2023 approved eight-year term limits for school board members, but those limits are not in the Constitution.
Sopchoppy’s Stingers Honey Co. specializes in the local delicacy
By BEVERLY
CROWSON PARRISH
Correspondent
When you hear bees buzzing in the spring, you know it won’t be long before Sopchoppy beekeepers will be “robbing hives” for one of the rarest honeys in the world–tupelo honey.
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Sedita Charles Cayson, 59, of Panacea, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison last month after being found guilty of five counts of willfully failing to file his income tax returns for tax years 2017-2021, at the conclusion of a prior day-and-a-half bench trial. The sentence imposed was announced by Michelle Spaven, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
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On Tuesday, March 11th, the Riversprings Middle School and the Wakulla Middle School Academic Teams faced off to see which school would win this year’s Brain Brawl rivalry.
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Wakulla 4-H program leader Dr. Rachel Pienta announced today that the 4-H Public Speaking Contest will be held Tuesday April 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM at the Wakulla County Extension Office located at 84 Cedar Avenue in Crawfordville. Youth from five Wakulla schools will participate and the winners from this contest will advance on to the final district competition in Leon County.
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Back by popular demand! The Wakulla County Historical Society’s annual Show & Tell program!
The 8th annual Antiques Show & Tell will be held Tuesday, April 8, at the Wakulla Public Library beginning at 6 p.m.
