Walton County News

Attorney General Bill McCollum announced the arrest today of Dr. Urmundalvaru Mallikarjuna, 52, a pediatrician from DeFuniak Springs.

Habitat for Humanity of Walton County is restoring the ReStore. An army of volunteers, made up partly by staff from Sacred Heart Hospital, will descend on the ReStore from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to give the ...

The risks always were there. But before Anthony Forgione's death, perhaps the reality wasn't. Okaloosa County had never lost a sheriff's deputy until sunrise Tuesday.

Urmundalvaru Mallikarjuna, 52, a pediatrician from DeFuniak Springs. Mallikarjuna allegedly billed the state Medicaid program over the last three years for services for which he knew he could not be reimbursed.

The Market Shops at Sandestin has donated a storefront for an Art in Public Places exhibition through the month of July.

Deja vu in Walton sheriff's race? Comments 0 Recommend 0 This year's election is unfolding eerily similar to 2004 July 19, 2008 - 7:07PM Kimberly White Daily News With the primary election slated for Aug.

School shootings have become an almost regular occurrence in America. In 1966 a student from the University of Texas went on a shooting rampage from a tower, killing 14 students and wounding 31.

Two Defuniak Springs men are in the Walton County jail, accused of making methamphetamine.

The South Walton Fire District hosted a three-day simulation the week of July 14 for local fire departments that featured a mock city and emergency role-playing events.

The new county budget proposal doesn't look so new. Thursday, Walton County Commissioners approved a proposal that allows for zero increase from last year, but some say with the rising cost of gas and ...

Strictly speaking, the Beaches of South Walton run from just west of Panama City's high rises to the luxury hotels and maxi-malls of Sandestin by Choctawhatchee Bay.

Grayton Beach State Recreation Area . Everything you could ever want in a state park.

One man is dead after a collision overnight in Walton County. The accident occurred on State Road 2A about five miles east of State Road 83.

The July 4th weekend was a huge event in Freeport and Walton County. Not only the Independence Day weekend but also the Grand Opening of the Freeport Regional Sports Park at Hammock Bay.

A South Walton County Mosquito Control commissioner is sentenced after he was found guilty of voter fraud and falsifying documents.

An elderly Alzheimer's patient who wandered away from his retirement center Thursday remains missing.

Insurance rates are still sky-high for homeowners in Florida coastal counties, that is if they can get any insurance at all.

Walton County sheriff's deputies still were on the lookout Sunday for an Alzheimer's patient who wandered away from a retirement center Thursday night.

Cake and candles are nice for celebrating birthdays, but when it comes to the nation's special day, communities pull out all the stops.

Imagine coming to this area for the first time and seeing the gorgeous white sand beaches in all their glory.