BCC HEARS PUBLIC COMMENTS Attorney, citizens respond on Chat Holley issues. _____ THE CHRISTMAS FAMILY OF 2011 One big, furry family. _____ FREEPORT CITY COUNCIL 12/13 MEETING Fire Rescue Toys for Tots getting ready. _____ BCC WEIGHS ATTORNEY OPTIONS Search for county attorney underway _____ BCC DISCUSSES WIDENING OF U.S. 331 AT BRIDGE Federal support [...]

Story by BRUCE COLLIER, photos from Nikki Swedberg When Nikki and David Swedberg were notified that they had been nominated and selected as the DeFuniak Herald Beach Breeze 2011 Christmas Family, they asked if they could be interviewed, not at home, but at the Walton County Animal Shelter on Triple G Road, north of DeFuniak [...]

By REID TUCKER Paxton’s girls and boys basketball teams rolled on their counterparts from Laurel Hill in a show of the Bobcats’ continued successes and the Hoboes’ persistent early-season woes.

By PATRICK CASEY The Ponce de Leon girls basketball team played suffocating defense last week in winning back-to-back games over Graceville and South Walton to enter the holidays with a perfect mark at 12-0.

By DOTTY NIST There has been no conclusion by the Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) on whether to hire a new in-house county attorney, enlist a firm for that purpose or to do a combination of the two. However, the commissioners have some time to evaluate what to do. This is due to [...]

By DOTTY NIST Construction could start as soon as 2013 on a new span that would add two lanes to the U.S. 331 bay bridge. However, the project depends on a difficult financial commitment by Walton County.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO.: 11CA1030 A. GILLIS DOUGLASS, III, Plaintiff, v. JASON WILDERMUTH and the unknown spouse, heirs, personal representatives, devisees, grantees, assignees, lienors, creditors, trustees, and all others claiming by, through, under or against STANLEY A. WILDERMUTH, deceased, Defendants. NOTICE OF [...]

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