April 2018



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Walton County 4-H seeks donations for needy

DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Walton County is asking the community to help its 4-H youths by donating supplies for the children to distribute rescue packs to those in need.The Walton County 4-H and five other counties in the 4-H's district will gather April 21 at the Washington County Agricultural Center in Chipley for the 30th anniversary of Global Youth Services Day, according to a press release from the county. There, the youths will assemble as many rescue packs [...]
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Friday the 13th tattoo tradition continues in FWB (PHOTOS)

FORT WALTON BEACH — Raeleen McDaniel was the first Friday the 13th customer to line the sidewalk of U.S. Highway 98 in downtown Fort Walton Beach as she waited to take advantage of the special at Defiance Tattoo Company.McDaniel, who said she received her first tattoo of a microphone last Friday the 13th, prepared to get nine new tattoos before noon Friday."We got here at 6:40 this morning," McDaniel said. "I'm so pumped and excited. I'm getting trees, a mountain, a [...]
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Victims of Ponce de Leon house fire identified

PONCE DE LEON — The Walton County Sheriff's Office has positively identified two bodies that were found after a house fire March 29.Raymond Leon Yancey, 61, and Rebecca Rushing-Barker, 55, were killed in the fire, according to the Sheriff's Office.Walton County Fire Rescue and sheriff’s deputies responded to a home on County Road 181-C in the early morning following a frantic 911 call from a relative. The home was engulfed in flames when [...]
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The 50 Fastest-Growing Craft Breweries In The United States

Here is the Brewers Association's list of the 50 fastest-growing small and independent craft breweries in 2017: 1) CraftRoots Brewing, Milford, Massachusetts. 2) GoatHouse Brewing, Lincoln, California. 3) Crowded Castle Brewing, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. 4) Idyll Hounds Brewing, Santa Rosa Beach, ... Read More