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Yesterday | WMBB-TV Panama City

Walton County Fourth of July

Panhandle Auto Deals: Click and find out how auto dealers throughout the Florida Panhandle are willing to put you in right vehicle, at the right price, right now.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, 4th of July, De Funiak Springs, FL (Defuniak Springs, FL), Destin, FL, Defuniak Springs, FL (De Funiak Springs, FL)

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WMBB

Walton County Height Limits

Beaches of South Walton, Fla: The Walton County Planning Commission is rewriting expanding the height ordinance that is largely responsible for South Walton's ritzy atmosphere.

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Related Topix: Panama City Beach, FL

WMBB-TV Panama City

Trailer Theft Suspect Arrested

The alert action of two Walton County Sheriff's deputies leads to the arrest of an unsolved theft case.

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Related Topix: Freeport, FL

Tue Jun 30, 2009

WMBB

Mosquito-borne Illness Advisory Issued for Walton County

Panhandle Auto Deals: Click and find out how auto dealers throughout the Florida Panhandle are willing to put you in right vehicle, at the right price, right now.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

WJHG-TV Panama City

DeFuniak PD Arrest Three for Vandalizing Newly Installed Historic Street Signs

DeFuniak Springs Police arrested three men involved with damaging recently installed historic street signs in the City late Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: De Funiak Springs, FL (Defuniak Springs, FL), Defuniak Springs, FL (De Funiak Springs, FL), Navarre, FL

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Walton Sun

Walton County Sheriff's Office cracking down on parking violations

Sheriff Michael Adkinson is serious about policing handicapped parking. As the result of a May 18 meeting with a member of the county's Americans with Disabilities Act task force, Adkinson said he will begin enforcing handicapped parking.

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Related Topix: De Funiak Springs, FL (Defuniak Springs, FL), Defuniak Springs, FL (De Funiak Springs, FL)

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Panama City News Herald

Trial of man accused of killing Chilean students set for fall

The consul general for Chile traveled from Miami on Thursday to attend accused murderer Dannie Baker's pretrial hearing.

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Related Topix: Miramar Beach, FL

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Panama City News Herald

Walton: No projects affected by height rule

None of the nearly 450 active development orders in Walton County will be affected if a countywide height ordinance goes into effect as expected later this summer, according to Gerry Demers, the county's director of development services.

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Related Topix: Freeport, FL, Point-Washington, FL, De Funiak Springs, FL (Defuniak Springs, FL), Defuniak Springs, FL (De Funiak Springs, FL), Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Tue Jun 23, 2009

De Funiak Springs Herald-Breeze

Naked Driver Arrested

During a traffic stop, north of DeFuniak Springs on the evening of June 16, Walton County Sheriffa s deputies encountered a drunk, naked driver.

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Related Topix: De Funiak Springs, FL (Defuniak Springs, FL), Defuniak Springs, FL (De Funiak Springs, FL)

Sun Jun 21, 2009

WTSP-TV - Top Stories

$3.4 million turtle ''eco-passage'' designed to protect animals and people

Laugh if you will, but state transportation officials and wildlife researchers say a $3.4 million pair of tunnels under a busy North Florida highway is a serious safety project -- for people, too.

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Related Topix: Tom Coburn, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Tallahassee, FL

Northwest Florida Daily News

Watchdog group eyes Walton commissioner benefits

Actually, it's not free. The county's taxpayers have paid thousands of dollars to support the benefit.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

WMBB

Paxton 6th Grader Living with Rare Form of Dwarfism

A Benefit Catfish Dinner is being held for 12 year-old Zachary Cook at Wee Care Park in DeFuniak Springs on June 19th, 10 am to 4pm.

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Related Topix: Paxton, FL, De Funiak Springs, FL (Defuniak Springs, FL), Defuniak Springs, FL (De Funiak Springs, FL)

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Panama City News Herald

Naked driver charged with DUI

A man found naked behind the here wheel was charged with DUI. Dearry Smiley, 58, of DeFuniak Springs, was parked off the shoulder of the road partially blocking traffic on County 1883 Monday night, according to the Walton County Sheriff's Office.

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Related Topix: De Funiak Springs, FL (Defuniak Springs, FL), Defuniak Springs, FL (De Funiak Springs, FL)

Tue Jun 16, 2009

De Funiak Springs Herald-Breeze

Walton Economic Development Alliance Hires Director

The Walton County Economic Development Alliance is a public/private partnership whose mission is to establish Walton County as a great place to grow businesses, attract new investment, and create quality jobs.

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Related Topix: De Funiak Springs, FL (Defuniak Springs, FL), Defuniak Springs, FL (De Funiak Springs, FL)

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Northwest Florida Daily News

Walton tinkers with building height law

If the first-ever countywide height ordinance is adopted as proposed, buildings in South Walton County would be limited to a height of 50 feet.

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Related Topix: De Funiak Springs, FL (Defuniak Springs, FL), Defuniak Springs, FL (De Funiak Springs, FL), Santa Rosa Beach, FL, Point-Washington, FL, Freeport, FL

Fri Jun 12, 2009

De Funiak Springs Herald-Breeze

Walton County Sues D&H Sand

Walton County is seeking a court order to prohibit further mining activity by D&H Sand, a sand pit operation located on Sand Plant Road north of Freeport.

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WJHG-TV Panama City

Three Arrested on Drug Charges

On June 10, 2009, the Walton County Sheriffa TMs Office Narcotic Investigators arrested three people on drug charges.

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Related Topix: Drugs, De Funiak Springs, FL (Defuniak Springs, FL), Defuniak Springs, FL (De Funiak Springs, FL)

Thu Jun 11, 2009

WMBB

Alligator Captured in Paxton

The Walton County Sheriff's Office received a call around 9:15 PM on June the 6th from a Paxton resident that a 15 ft alligator was sitting in the middle of the road in a residential neighborhood.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

WJHG-TV Panama City

Walton County Faces Public Records Lawsuit

Suzanne Harris submitted a public records request to Walton County in October of 2008.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Tue Jun 09, 2009

Northwest Florida Daily News

Firefighter's rape charge reduced

A South Walton County firefighter's rape charge was reduced to a misdemeanor Monday, over the objections of the alleged victim.

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Related Topix: Panama City Beach, FL, Criminal Defense Law, Law

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