April 6, 2021 PRESS RELEASE State Attorney, Ginger Bowden Madden announces that the Honorable Kelvin Wells sentenced Dylan Lee Mancill to Life in Prison as a Prison Releasee Reoffender for Second Degree Murder With a Weapon following a February Jury… Read More

The post DEFUNIAK SPRINGS MAN GETS LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING ELDERLY WOMAN WITH HATCHET first appeared on Walton County Sheriff's Office, FL. Read More

Story and photo by STACY MARTIN The city council of DeFuniak Springs met on April 5 for a special council meeting to provide their city manager [...] Read More

From Louis E. Svehla, Public Information Manager, Board of County Commissioners  On March 29, District 3 Commissioner Mike Barker met with County Public Works Project Manager [...] Read More

By DOTTY NIST The Walton County Planning Commission recently gave its blessing to the Walton County Mobility Plan and Fee when those were presented to the [...] Read More

By DOTTY NIST The South Walton Mosquito Control District (SWMCD) Board of Commissioners recently held a workshop with consultants for the new SWMCD headquarters complex project [...] Read More

March 30, 2021 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— A DeFuniak Springs man is facing felony charges after parents discover inappropriate messages he sent to their daughter. On January 17th, deputies responded to a complaint from a parent who found her 15-year-old daughter… Read More

The post PARENTS DISCOVER NUDE IMAGES ON DAUGHTERS PHONE; DEFUNIAK SPRINGS MAN ARRESTED first appeared on Walton County Sheriff's Office, FL. Read More

By DOTTY NIST Ground was officially broken on March 26 for a project that had been years in preparation, the Inlet Beach Underpass. Approximately 100 people [...] Read More

Story and photos by STACY MARTIN  NOTE: This is Part Two of the DFS regular city council meeting held on March 22; Part One is published [...] Read More

Story and photos by STACY MARTIN  On Thursday, March 25, the city of Freeport held its regular council meeting at city hall.  In attendance were Mayor [...] Read More

By DOTTY NIST The Saltaire Planned Unit Development (PUD), a project featuring 256 apartments and 34,200 square feet of commercial development, received approval from the Walton [...] Read More