By Lauren Reho
Each year through the All Sports Association, the Taylor Haugen Foundation, presents a trophy to an athlete who best demonstrates a balance between academics, athleticism, leadership, community service and faith. The winner receives a $1,000 scholarship, a $1,000 donation to the athletic department of his or her...
United Way Emerald Coast’s Women United hosted their second EmpowHER Teen Mental Health Seminar presented by Eglin Federal Credit Union on Nov. 4 at Walton High School. This event is part of a series aimed to empower local teenagers with mental health resources and education. Women United selected Defuniak...
Free Federal income tax preparation is being offered in Walton County for low to middle-income families and individuals, with special attention to senior citizens.
Tax Preparation service will be available from Feb. 6 to April 11, 2024, at A Simple Faith Church in Santa Rosa Beach (new location this year)....
Nine dogs that had been kept confined in rusty wire crates their entire life have been rescued from a South Alabama property. Alaqua Animal Refuge answered a call from a rescue partner seeking help with the neglected animals in freezing and filthy conditions.
Alaqua’s team discovered the dogs cramped and...
From Superintendent Marcus Chambers
As Superintendent, it fills my heart to see the successes of our students excelling in academics, the arts and athletics. I also see our teachers and administrative staff giving their all to build a positive school culture and prepare our students for college, military and workforce.
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By Barbara Palmgren
There’s a street in Kelly Plantation called “Mattie’s Way.” It was named after the late Mattie Kelly, whose Irish and southern roots strongly influenced a scenic subdivision with a championship golf course, equestrian center, nature-centered walkways and jogging trails that included a 225-acre nature preserve. Mattie Kelly owned the land...
Grady Brown Park Grand Opening Ceremony
The Walton County Board of County Commissioners will host a Grand Reopening Ceremony for Grady Brown Park on Monday, May 1, at 10 a.m. Visitors to the park will find a larger beach area, a new, extended retaining wall, an 80-foot lit flagpole and...
This past October, Alaqua Animal Refuge Founder Laurie Hood traveled to Grand Bahama Island on a mission with Animal Wellness Action (AWA) to assess three farms and their surviving animals that were almost completely demolished by Hurricane Dorian back in August of this year. The catastrophic category 5 hurricane...
By Rita L. Sherwood
What a different time we have all lived in the past few weeks! Schools, restaurants, gyms, movie theaters, hair and nail salons, and others (too many to name), and even our beautiful beaches were temporarily closed. What was our reality in the beginning of March is...
WCSO Captain Graduates from FBI National Academy
A Walton County Sheriff’s Office captain has graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy in Virginia. Capt. Dustin Cosson is now one of 54,366 law enforcement officers who have completed the FBI National Academy since its inception in 1935. The graduation...
