Sopchoppy News

Members of the Big Bend Regional Partnership voiced their approval this afternoon for the concept of a 120-mile, multi-use trail that would extend from Tallahassee to the coast, offering a bigger chance for residents and visitors to experience the region's eco-tourism attributes.

Oct. 16: Dance the night away at Zoobilee 2009: Friday Night Fever at the Tallahassee Museum.

NAMI Wakulla holds monthly meeting about working with children with behavioral problems.

When the daughter of a Wakulla County resident learned that the birthday card and gift she had mailed to her mother never arrived, the Alabama woman called the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office.

I find it hard not to over-analyze things when it comes to figuring out country superstar Kenny Chesney's mass appeal.

Get a sneak peek at 'The Kinsey Collection: the Personal Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey' at a gala reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday at The Brogan Museum of Art and Science on Kleman Plaza.

WORKSHOP Focus on farming Learn how to improve agricultural sustainability by enhancing farm agro-ecosystems at the two-day Farmer's Knowledge Workshop and Farm Tour sponsored by FAMU StateWide Small Farm Programs, Crescent Moon Organic Farm and the Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics.

If you're an incoming, Class of '13 student at Florida State, Florida A&M University or Tallahassee Community College, here are three things you can count on happening in the near future: You will pull an all-nighter studying frantically for a test in a class you've been blowing off for weeks in favor of watching re-runs of 'Tool Academy,' ...

Smooth jazz saxophonist Aaron Bing will celebrate his new CD, "Secret Place," with a release party tonight at the Omni Jacksonville Hotel.

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.