By ASHLEY AMASON Vice-Chair Sharon Roberts absent, the remaining Walton County School Board (WCSB) approved student use of cell phones and other electronic devices on school buses at the Aug. 18 meeting. Director of Transportation Tom Blackshear expressed many bus drivers prefer students have use of electronic devices. Use of these devices is still prohibited [...]

By LEAH STRATMANN At the last meeting of the South Walton Tourist Development Council (TDC), County Commissioner Scott Brannon was on hand to tell the council the Board of County Commissioners had passed the ordinance authorizing the half-cent increase in bed tax specifically for the purpose of luring a low-cost airline to the new airport [...]

An on-going drug investigation by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) into crystal-methamphetamine resulted in two arrests in the Darlington area.  Jason Clayborn Hughes, 42, and Crystal Beth Williams, 21, were taken into custody at a rural mobile home by WCSO narcotic investigators over the weekend.

By DOTTY NIST A development agreement between Walton County and a company planning to create affordable housing in south Walton County was approved at an Aug. 18 special meeting of the Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC). The development company is Texas-based Kingdom Strategies, L.L.C., and the location is a 24.36-acre parcel across from [...]