Defuniak Springs, FL News

Early Tuesday Morning, a Defuniak Springs resident called 911 to report her father-in-law, Vincent Ferrara, had come to her home on Highway 90 waving a .38 caliber handgun.

Three burglaries were discovered Tuesday at three schools in DeFuniak Springs. According to reports, due to inclement weather from tropical storm Ida, West DeFuniak Elementary, Maude Saunders Elementary, and the Walton Career Developmental Center were all closed, however, during the school's closure, all three were vanalized and broken into.

Three burglaries were discovered in the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, November 10th, 2009.

A veteran police officer arrested in 2006 after a surprise stint on NBC's "To Catch a Predator" will be prosecuted in Walton County, the Sheriff's Office said Monday.

Mossy Head, FL Over the weekend, a fugitive from the Mossy Head community surrendered to authorities.

When Blackstone Golf Course opens later this month here, it's expected to draw most of its players from the three communities within a 16-mile radius.

Center Ridge United Methodist Church's Harvest Fall Festival is 4-8 p.m. today. All proceeds will go to Relay for Life.

The Walton County Sheriff's Office is asking for help locating a man who disappeared near here last year after saying he wanted to walk the 1,500-mile Florida Trail.

The first supply of vaccinations for the H1N1 Swine Flu is available in Walton County and recommended for persons most at risk for complications.

DeFuniak Springs The Walton County Tax Collector's Office has contracted with a new third party credit card processing company, Collector Solutions, Inc., resulting in the ability to offer a lower convenience fee on credit/debit card transactions to customers.

During a traffic stop Monday night, a Florida Highway Patrol officer took into custody a fugitive from justice wanted in Walton County.

DeFuniak Springs , FL During a traffic stop, a Florida Highway Patrolman takes into custody a fugitive from justice wanted in Walton County.

DeFuniak Springs, FL A part-time resident of Walton County arrives at his house north of DeFuniak Springs and finds that it had been ransacked, and used as a party site.

DeFuniak Springs Police were dispatched Friday afternoon, Oct. 23, 2009, to a Bay Avenue residence in regard to reported theft.

In a four-to-one vote, the DeFuniak Springs City Council moved ahead with an amendment to the sign ordinance that has taken almost two years to design.

DeFuniak Springs, FL Late Thursday night, two additional arrests were made in a bank robbery case from earlier this month in South Walton County.

Outside the administration offices located in DeFuniak Springs. Archive for October 30th, 2009 << Previous Entries PHOTOSOCTOBER 29, 2009 Oct 30th, 2009 0 NATHAN HENDRICKSON plowed through the Bucks defense for 189 rushing yards on Friday night.

The first supply of vaccinations for the H1N1 Swine Flu is available in Walton County and recommended for persons most at risk for complications, including: pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months of age, health care and emergency services personnel, persons between the ages of 6 months through 24 years of ...

The DeFuniak Springs Police Department embarked on another joint operation "crime sweep" with the State Attorney's Office and the local office of Florida State Probation Thursday, October 29, 2009.

U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio admitted, perhaps somewhat disingenuously, that he's not sure where he and his Republican primary opponent, Gov.