Freeport News

Shonda Trantina has always had a sense of community - and now she wants to share that with Walton County's youth.

As we kiss one decade goodbye and usher in another, some locals are reflecting on the changes they have seen over past years and making predictions for coming ones.

Thanksgiving means Florida. It's where we go every year to hang with the relatives and grandkids.

First came the smell of "rotten egg or sewer gas." Then came the lawsuits. Nearly 200 people are listed as plaintiffs in three lawsuits against Coyote Land Co., whose owner Todd Schweizer operates landfills in Santa Rosa, Walton and Bay counties.

Travel through the community of Red Bay, between Freeport and DeFuniak Springs in Walton County, and you won't see a Publix or a Wal-mart. What you will find is a small store called Red Bay, a kind of general store/diner that's become the town's gathering place.

Outside the administration offices located in DeFuniak Springs. Archive for December 18th, 2009 << Previous Entries CLASSIFIEDDECEMBER 17, 2009 Dec 18th, 2009 0 WANTING TO BUY WANTED: Will pay cash for 10 to 50 acres with strong water supply with or without house or barn in Florida or Alabama near state line.

A missing Freeport woman with Alzheimer's disease is found early Monday morning in her neighbora s back yard.

Freeport Walton County Sheriff Deputies along with the Walton Correction Institute K-9 Unit, Freeport EMS and Fire Department, Bay County Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit, and Florida Fish and Wildlife located Thelma DeGraff, a missing elderly woman, early Monday morning in her neighbor's back yard.

The Music Ministry of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church presents "There is Peace in the World Tonight" at 6 tonight and Sunday night.

Sharks have far more reason to fear humans than humans have to fear sharks, the Humane Society of the United States says.

Heavy fog set in Sunday and Monday, making efforts difficult to locate two juveniles who fled the Graceville Work Camp in separate incidents.

A 19-year-old Freeport woman is facing serious felony charges after she stabed a 24-year-old Hispanic male, and stuffed the victim in the trunk of his own vehicle.

A woman who held a man at knifepoint and stuffed him into the trunk of his own car later called 911 because she feared him dead, Walton County sheriff's investigators said Tuesday.

Beard Equipment located on Business Hwy 331 in Freeport, Florida reported two John Deere riding lawnmowers stolen from the dealership's commercial yard sometime during the evening of November 25 or early morning November 26, 2009.

The Walton County Sheriff's Office is one of ten law enforcement agencies' nationwide to be recognized for its participation in the "successful" prosecution of Dr.

Outside the administration offices located in DeFuniak Springs. Archive for November 30th, 2009 << Previous Entries Nov 30th, 2009 0 DSC_1190.jpg THE FRIENDS OF EDEN decorated the home's dining room.

In a time of crisis, first responders aren't always the first ones there. Neighbors usually beat them - and now, many more neighbors are prepared to help.

When alert DeFuniak Springs Police Officers conducted a traffic stop on US Highway 331 Friday Night, they wound up with more then just several traffic offenses, they found a mobile Methamphetamine Lab.

It's rare that a police officer shoots a suspect. Even rarer that a suspect shoots a police officer.

HELPING THE HELPERS Habitat for Humanity building its 19th Walton County house. WALTON TAKES OUT VERNON 39-20 Fourth win in eight days for Braves.