Paxton News

At the Walton County Economic Development Alliance Board meeting of Feb. 2 in the County Administration Building, Managing Director Scarlett Phaneuf reported that a formal letter of resignation from board member Neal Wade has been received, but that no recommendations for a replacement have been submitted by this board.

Former Paxton Town Councilman Bill McRae addressed the sitting Council regarding a request for action to be taken to have a traffic control device installed at the intersection of U.S. 331 and County Highway 147.

At least one person was killed in a crash just before 7 p.m. in the Paxton area, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

When all was said and done, students in Paxton's Key Club helped bring Christmas presents to 163 children in 67 families living in the tri-cities area of Paxton and Lockhart and Florala, Ala.

Paxton student Peter Hanson talks Wednesday about growing up in an unstable family and later in foster care.