June 11, 2020 HOLMES COUNTY, Fla— A pursuit across two counties ends in a K-9 apprehension and a suspect in custody Wednesday. Deputies were patrolling the area of County Road 280 in Ponce De Leon when they noticed a white… Read More Read More

June 11, 2020 DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla— Safety, skill, and purpose. Four men incarcerated at the Walton County Jail learned all three while serving out their sentences in DeFuniak Springs. The fourth graduating class from the Walton County Jail’s Heavy Equipment… Read More Read More

By DOTTY NIST The reopening of bars and pubs at 50-percent capacity, and full capacity outdoors, along with reopening of movie theaters and other entertainment businesses [...] Read More

By DOTTY NIST Approved at the May 28 Governor and Cabinet meeting was an option agreement for state acquisition of a 4.5-acre parcel that is the [...] Read More

Story by STACY MARTIN On Tuesday, June 2, the Walton County School Board (WCSB) held a regular school board meeting via a video platform. The board began [...] Read More

Story and Photo by STACY MARTIN NOTE: This is the first part of the city of Freeport’s regular council meeting on June 9. The second half [...] Read More

Story by STACY MARTIN On Monday, June 8, the City of DeFuniak Springs held its regular council meeting.  The meeting began with the approval of the consent [...] Read More

June 9, 2020 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— The Walton County Animal Shelter will reopen our lobby beginning Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Only two people will be permitted in the lobby at a time and hand sanitizer stations have been placed in… Read More Read More

Story by STACY MARTIN Note: This is a continuation of the May 26 DeFuniak Springs regular council meeting. Continuing of citizen’s comments regarding those not on the [...] Read More

All county commissioners participated in the meeting. Present in the meeting room were Tony Anderson, Bill Chapman, Trey Nick, and Melanie Nipper. Danny Glidewell participated via [...] Read More