By BEN GRAFTON At the Freeport City Council meeting of Aug. 30, City Planner Latilda Henninger announced that the development order for the Southern Wine and Spirits project has been issued. Scarlett Phaneuf of the Walton County Economic Development Alliance (WCEDA) added that the project’s contractor has projected that construction would start this week, weather [...]

By PATRICK CASEY The Walton Braves opened their 2012 volleyball season with a three-set sweep of Freeport on Thursday evening. The Braves took an 11-7 lead in the first set and held the advantage at 20-16 before closing out the win with a 25-21 decision over the much younger Bulldogs squad.