Sopchoppy News

Get ready to GetDown Prep for the Fourth of July at the Independence Day Downtown GetDown from 6 to 10 p.m. today at the Adams Street Commons.

The Big Bend is known to have some big Fourth of July celebrations with thousands turning out every year.

Wakulla County Commissioner Howard Kessler was having a wonderful Fourth of July before he was told about the effigy in his likeness.

Since our first trip to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival more than 30 years ago, Tim and I are rarely absent from the event each May.

The first ever Downtown GetDown for Independence Day didn't draw overflowing crowds like other GetDown events.

The Celebrate America event takes place at Tom Brown Park. Each year the City and the Celebrate America organization combine forces to sponsor the annual summer festival.

Before the quorum was ruined, the Wakulla County Commission voted Tuesday to hold a closed-door meeting Monday to discuss pending litigation against the county.

Projects nationwide are waiting for their stimulus check to come in the mail from Washington, but the very first city to receive stimulus money is right here in our area.

Does this sound familiar? You come across an unfamiliar word, and instead of stopping to look it up you just keep reading.

I had hoped Mika Brzezinski would write this column while I went yonder into the West Florida scrub peddling a new book in such urban populations as Pea Ridge, Mossy Head, Chumuckla, Grand Ridge, Sink Creek, Two Egg, Sopchoppy and a place I call Ring Jaw.

Bonifay, Graceville on list for funding The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced today that it has awarded a $5.1 million to the city of Sopchoppy for wastewater management.

Wakulla County jurors are still deliberating the fate of a former teacher accused of murder.

In the early 1900s, visitors used to flock to Panacea by the wagon-loads, lured by the area's mineral springs, which were purported to have therapeutic properties for myriad ailments.

Pisgah United Methodist Church in northern Leon County and Sopchoppy United Methodist Church in Wakulla County both started out as brush arbors, a temporary structure made from tree limbs and branches.

Pisgah United Methodist Church in northern Leon County and Sopchoppy United Methodist Church in Wakulla County both started out as brush arbors, a temporary structure made from tree limbs and branches.

For the traveling feature reporter, Sopchoppy, Fla., is a gold mine - thanks to the locals who mine something else entirely.

Celebrate spring at the Pinewoods Bird Festival today through Sunday at Pebble Hill Plantation on Highway 319 outside Thomasville, Ga.

In the spring, Tallahasseeans' thoughts turn to the wealth of festivals, performances, films, theatrical productions and other cultural events blooming throughout the region.

Crawfordville, FLorida April 2, 2009: Based on predictions from the National Weather Service, the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office is asking residents along the upper St.Marks River, Sopchoppy River, Ochlockonee River and other low lying areas to monitor the flooding and take steps to protect property as necessary.

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