By REID TUCKER If the report given by Walton Area Chamber of Commerce representatives to the DeFuniak Springs City Council is any indication, the Municipal Airport’s 2012 Marvel of Flight event is going to be huge.

BY DOTTY NIST Whatever concerns citizens may have about the proposal to add a new two-lane span to the U.S. 331 bay bridge, having to stop to pay a toll should not be one of them, as all tolls would be collected electronically. Discounted tolls for local residents would also be possible.

By REID TUCKER Freeport Middle School’s baseball team claimed the 2012 Panhandle Conference Championship after winning three straight games against the top three teams in the league.

by REID TUCKER It may have happened a day later than planned, but South Walton’s boys’ and girls’ teams claimed the top spot at this year’s Walton County Track Championship.

By PATRICK CASEY The South Walton Seahawks have wrapped up the #3-seed for next week’s District 4, Class A tournament in Blountstown after earning an 8-6 win over Panama City Bozeman on Friday afternoon.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR WALTON COUNTY, FLORIDA FILE NO. 12CP41 IN RE: ESTATE OF BERTHA MAE RHODES Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Summary Administration) TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE: You are hereby notified that an Order of Summary Administration has been entered [...]

PERSONAL I, BILLY M. FOREHAND JR.,  am no longer responsible for any other debt other than my own as of March 1, 2012. 4tp 3/22-4/12 ———————————————— Employment wanted I AM A DESPERATE truck driver looking for work. I am a single parent so local only. I have a class A safe drive with endorsements full [...]

BCC GETS UPDATE ON LAWSUITS No action on proposed settlement of Harris’ suits. _____ STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER VISITS RED BAY Adam Putnam holds Q&A with farmers, officials. _____ MUSCOGEE CREEK HEALTH CLINIC DEDICATED Opening celebrates $100,000 grant for tribal clinic. _____ EMERALD COAST CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER OPENS DFS Center officially opens to assist children in [...]

By REID TUCKER Visitors to the Red Bay Grocery usually come for the restaurant’s famous lunch specials, but Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam was the big draw on Tuesday, March 27, when he talked about the future of farming in the state.

By BEN GRAFTON On Saturday, March 31, a dreary, wet day in Bruce, Florida, a surprisingly large happy crowd, the majority of whom were tribal members in their native dress, braved the rain at the Muscogee tribal grounds to celebrate the dedication of the new federally qualified Muscogee Creek Tribal Health Clinic, that is operated [...]