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1 week ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Steve Steiner
The Forgotten Coast Homeschool Co-op (FCHC) recently completed a community service project focused on encouraging literacy and a love for reading, according to Jennifer Counce, the school’s director. As part of the middle school class, students worked together to build and install a free little library, a small structure that functions as a free book exchange, accessible to community members of all ages, fostering a passion for reading and continuous learning.
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1 week ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Steve Steiner
Q: Why did the proposed 16-pump convenience station cross the road? A: In order to preserve the largest known underwater cave in America – Chip’s Hole – which happens to be in Wakulla County, and also provides drinking water to all Wakulla County residents. The Chip’s Hole system is also one of the longest in the world. In 2022, a 16-pump fuel station was proposed to be built directly over the cave system,” said Conservation Florida President/CEO Traci Deen, Esq.
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2 weeks ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Steve Steiner
Parking alongside Hudson Park was filled almost to capacity long before the official 9 a.m. start to the Department of Health- Wakulla County Fun Family Day health fair, where attendees could visit and learn about how to maximize their health from more than 15 different booths, as well as participate in games, raffles and order food and beverages from food trucks.
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2 weeks ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Steve Steiner
At the same time the Department of Health-Wakulla County was hosting its annual family fun day health fair in Hudson Park, not too far away the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Department was conducting its bi-annual “Take Back Drugs Day” event. Held in the spring and in the fall, Take Back Drugs Day is a nationwide program that enables people who have unused and/or expired medications and drugs to safely deposit those at facilities under the direction of local, county and state law enforcement agencies.
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Steve Steiner
Four presentations will open the April 21 regular meeting that starts 5 p.m. at the Wakulla County Administration Office, 3093 Crawfordville Highway, Crawfordville.
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Steve Steiner
The parking lot at the Wakulla County Shrine Club was nearly filled to capacity by the the 10 a.m. start of the inaugural Family Fun Day presented by the Wakulla Animal Group (WAG), and supported by several other animal rescue agencies,But the stars of the day were the number of dogs (puppies and adults) in need of new homes. One of those was Lila Lu, a tall, blonde colored beauty who may have been a boxer mix.
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Steve Steiner
Call it the “luck of the Irish,” but the weather was ideal last Saturday, March 15, for the 22nd Annual Crawfordville Lions Club parade; the sky a mix of clouds and sun, the temperature warm, the climate comfortable. Among those readying float entries as Robert DeLong, with Authentic Life Church. “This is my second year,” said DeLong, who hails from Arkansas; a job transfer brought he and his family to Crawfordville, and all were participating in the parade.
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2 months ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Steve Steiner
Emily Rawlings knows first-hand how daunting it is, breaking away from tradition and forging one’s own path in life. Not too long ago, she arrived at that proverbial fork in the road. Should she follow the course many in her family had taken, and go into the medical profession as had her parents – her mother is a radiologist and her father is a surgeon? Rawlings gave it her best effort, starting by earning her Associate’s degree in biology at Tallahassee State College.
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2 months ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Steve Steiner
According to Rachel Pienta, with the UF/IFAS Wakulla County extension office who works with the county’s 4H program, a page was borrowed from another youth organization, specifically the call to action, “Be Prepared.”“Last year we had to cancel Wakulla Wonderful because of the bad weather,said Pienta. “People were very disappointed.” Thus the decision was made Friday morning to move the event indoors to the UF/IFAS facility located at nearby 84 Cedar Ave.
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2 months ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Steve Steiner
From time to time, the Wakulla News will feature articles on a random basis on local residents who have made the momentous decision to follow their passion and their dreams. They can be entrepreneurs striking out on their own; those excitingly taking over a family business; perhaps hobbyists or those who have found retirement stiltifying; maybe those in the fine and performing arts who wearied of the bright lights and returned home to pass on their careers to other generations.
