DUDE, I CAN’T DRIVE STICK! Failed carjacking in DeFuniak Springs. I GOT YOUR CAVIAR RIGHT HERE, PAL…. Leaping sturgeon bops Milton anglers. TUCKER’S PEANUTS Farming Walton County. “PIRATES OF TIMPOOCHEE” AT 4-H UF/County Extension summer camp. ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE AMENDED Reins cats and dogs. DRIFTWOOD GETS TIME TO COMPLY Developer has deadline for corrections. CODE [...]

  WEEDS GET A SHORT BREAK as A.R. and Martin Tucker pose next to one of the tools of their trade, after spraying for weeds in their peanut crop. (Photo by Bruce Collier)

  JEFF JOHNSON, of DeFuniak Springs, demonstrates the “flying squirrel” dive. (Photo by Jeffrey Powell)

Staff reports A newly-revised animal control ordinance will go into effect August 1 for all dog and cat owners in the unincorporated areas of Walton County. The ordinance will not impact dog and cat owners within the cities of Paxton, DeFuniak Springs or Freeport unless the individual municipalities adopt the ordinance for their cities, nor [...]

By BRUCE COLLIER On Sunday, July 20, officers of De Funiak Springs Police Department (DFSPD) responded to a report of attempted carjacking in the Winn-Dixie parking lot.

By ASHLEY AMASON The Walton County District School Board meeting on July 15, 2008, began with members accepting a Master Board award which signifies each individual’s level of skill and knowledge in their position, and recognizes the rigorous training members underwent to qualify for the award. Board members honored were Darrell Barnhill, Mark Davis, Bill [...]

Staff reports Attorney General Bill McCollum announced the arrest today of Dr. Urmundalvaru Mallikarjuna, 52, a pediatrician from DeFuniak Springs. Mallikarjuna allegedly billed the state Medicaid program over the last three years for services for which he knew he could not be reimbursed. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control [...]

By NANCY JAMES Recently Nancy James, of Seagrove Beach, attended a three-day conference on media reform, held in Minneapolis, and filed this report. Bill Moyers put it the most simply: “As journalism goes, so goes democracy.” The acclaimed PBS commentator was addressing over 3,000 participants at the National Conference on media reform. It was sponsored [...]

By REID TUCKER When Erin Walker wakes up in the morning, the first thing she does is look to make sure her gold medal is still hanging beside the bed. The 16-year-old Paxton sophomore is the best 1A high school discus thrower in Florida and the sixth-best in the country. She’s never been beaten in [...]

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: 07-CA-000134 BOMAN MONK, Plaintiff, vs. LARICE’S ENTERPRISE, INC., et. al., Defendants. NOTICE OF ACTION (Formal Notice By Publication) TO: Jean G. Hilaire, 538 Whispering Wind Bend, LeHigh Acres, Florida 33936 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that a Complaint to Foreclose [...]