By DOTTY NIST Assistant State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden is to become the new state attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida. In January 2021, [...] Read More

May 25, 2020 Walton County, FL – A drug investigation by Walton County Sheriff’s Office VICE/Narcotics unit leads to the arrest of two men for trafficking methamphetamine. John Jeffery Claudio, 31, of Chipley was arrested on warrants related to trafficking… Read More Read More

May 11, 2020 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— In an effort to provide military personnel an opportunity to join the Walton County Sheriff’s Office team, we are proud to announce our partnership with CareerSource Okaloosa/Walton DoD SkillBridge – Internship Program. This program… Read More Read More

Sealed bids will be received by The Walton County Sheriff’s Office, 752 Triple G Rd. DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433 until 2:00 P.M. local time, May 29th, 2020 and then opened on 1 June 2020 for construction of: DRIVER TRAINING PAD… Read More Read More

May 21, 2020 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— Imagine giving six years of your life to something – for free. Walton County Sheriff’s Office Posse is celebrating a decade in Walton County. Over those 10 years, the Posse has donated more than… Read More Read More

May 20, 2020 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— A Santa Rosa Beach man has been charged with 26 counts of possession of child pornography. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit (SVU) received multiple reports that a user was uploading child… Read More Read More

Story by STACY MARTIN Jamie Todd Forman, grew up in DeFuniak Springs, was diagnosed with COVID-19; he recently spoke with the DeFuniak Springs Herald – Beach Breeze  [...] Read More

By DOTTY NIST Effective May 18, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has expanded some reopenings in Florida, including restaurants, retail, libraries and museums—and has provided for the [...] Read More

By DOTTY NIST The Walton County Planning Commission has recommended approval of additional restaurant parking and an amendment for a land use change. The board members [...] Read More

Commissioners in attendance were Tony Anderson, Bill Chapman, Danny Glidewell, and Trey Nick. Melanie Nipper was not present and did not participate in the meeting. A [...] Read More