December 29, 2020 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— A man suspected of manufacturing child porn in his DeFuniak Springs home was taken into custody after coming face-to-face with law enforcement armed with a shotgun. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office Special Victim’s Unit… Read More

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December 28, 2020 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— Christmas morning a pastor made a surprising discovery – drugs left in the church’s parking lot. The incident was called into the Walton County Sheriff’s Office at 7 am Friday, where the Pastor reported… Read More

The post COUPLE ARRESTED CHRISTMAS DAY FOR LEAVING A BOX OF DRUGS AT A CHURCH FOR PICK UP first appeared on Walton County Sheriff's Office, FL.

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December 16, 2020 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— A DeFuniak Springs man is charged with 2nd-degree murder after deputies respond to a 911 call Monday afternoon. The caller, Cole Morgan Ward, told dispatchers he choked his fiancé to death. Deputies arrived on the… Read More

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By DOTTY NIST Expansion of the managed beach vendor program and use of more technology with that program are two major changes to the Beach Activities [...] Read More

By DOTTY NIST Townhome and mixed-use projects, single-family lots, a hardware store, a bank, two amendments, a plan modification, and an abandonment were taken up at [...] Read More

A yes vote was to approve the motion. Request by Larry Jones, county administrator, for installation of new Florida Uniform Waterway Markers (no wake zone signage) [...] Read More

Walton County Sheriff’s Office is asking for our community’s help in locating a missing teenager. Samuel Lee Fugate, 15, was visiting Walton County on vacation with family friends when he went missing from a condo early this morning. Those traveling… Read More

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By DOTTY NIST The Federal Highway Administration has published a Notice of Final Agency Actions on West Bay Parkway, a road project that would create a [...] Read More

Story and photo by STACY MARTIN  On Dec. 1, the Walton County School Board held its first regular board meeting of the month.  The board meeting [...] Read More

By DOTTY NIST Amendments that would provide for a new scenic corridor north of the bay and would establish development-incentive centers in the Black Creek and [...] Read More