COUNTY ADOPTS EAR-BASED AMENDMENTS Measure of county Comp Plan’s effectiveness. _____ CYPRESS CATTLE AND PRODUCE Freeport business sells produce, timber, homemade goods. _____ WATER DANCING Florida Waterways Dance Projects celebrates state lakes and streams. _____ WALTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WINS RACE TO THE TOP APPROVAL Will receive nearly $800,000 over four years. _____ SCHOOL BOARD [...]

By DOTTY NIST Approved at a March 1 final adoption hearing was a package of amendments implementing Walton County’s Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR), which was approved by the state in 2007.

Story and photos by BEN GRAFTON Recently a new business, Cypress Cattle and Produce, opened a store on U.S. 331 just south of its intersection with SR-20 in Freeport. This store which offers fresh produce for sale is operated by the Langford family from a farm that spreads across Walton and Holmes County lines a [...]

Story and photos by BEN GRAFTON On Saturday, March 5, Freeport Youth Sports got off to a running start for the baseball season with a parade with floats carrying each team from Freeport Middle School to the Freeport Regional Sports Complex, which looked to be in excellent condition and where opening day ceremonies were held.

By PATRICK CASEY The Freeport Bulldogs softball team scored seven runs in the fourth inning to propel the squad to a 13-7 win over South Walton High School on Friday night. Freeport, which had lost the first nine games of the regular season, pounded out 14 hits as Taylor Taunton had four of them plus [...]

By PATRICK CASEY The Walton Braves softball team got home runs from Chelsea Hurley and Treasa Herndon in the top of the first inning to build a 3-0 lead that the team would not relinquish on the way to a 7-4 win in Ponce de Leon.

By REID TUCKER Josh McLaney and Zach Forehand threw a combined no-hitter as the Bobcats rolled on an overwhelming 10-0 victory over visiting Pensacola Christian.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE BY CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, MARTHA INGLE, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Walton County, Florida, will on March 17, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. Central Time, via online bid at www.walton.realforeclose.com in accordance with Chapter 45, Florida Statutes offer for sale, and sell at [...]