http://www.waltonsun.com Visit the Walton Sun online at http://www.waltonsun.com en-us Copyright 2010 The Walton Sun http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=2458 PANAMA CITY BEACH -- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted unanimously Thursday to maintain the Gulf of Mexico recreational red snapper season from April 15 to Oct. 31, but reduced the red snapper bag limit from four fish to two fish per person per day. "You thought about the ... 2458@http://www.waltonsun.com Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=2457 DEFUNIAK SPRINGS -- Williams Road, which is currently a dirt road running east and west to connect County Road 1087 and U.S. Highway 331 just north of the Oak Hills community, will close at Mill Creek Road on Wednesday, Feb. 13. The closure will give county road crews an opportunity to replace ... 2457@http://www.waltonsun.com Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=2456 FREEPORT -- A growing city needs a postal facility to match the needs of its residents. For Freeport, the city council and residents have felt they have needed a new post office for some time. Now the process is moving forward and Postal Service Project Manager Jean Scholl Berg has issued a letter t... 2456@http://www.waltonsun.com Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=2455 Every year WZEP 1460 AM receives calls asking where phone books can be recycled. A caller this year prompted a call from the county letting us know. Walton recycling trailers can be drop off points for old phone books. Old phone books can be dropped off in the county's blue recycling trailer... 2455@http://www.waltonsun.com Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=2454 Some years ago, as Healthmark moved from the old hospital building in DeFuniak Springs into the building it now occupies, the Walton County Commissioners began considering how to use the old building's property. Senior needs became the most talked about use. Eventually the commissioners determin... 2454@http://www.waltonsun.com Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=2453 DEFUNIAK SPRINGS -- Walton County Finance Director Bill Imfeld elected to withdraw from the Walton sheriff's race instead of paying a large fine after the Office of Special Council Hatch Act Division in Washington, D.C., agreed he falls under the 1939 Hatch Act. DeFuniak Springs City Marshall Mik... 2453@http://www.waltonsun.com Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=2452 Only days after having surgery and while still healing, an off-duty employee apparently exposed at least part of her breasts and underarm incisions to other employees at the Woodlawn Station, the old United Fire Station. Walton Fire Rescue administration has confirmed an incident took place and s... 2452@http://www.waltonsun.com Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=2451 The Bay County Sheriff's Office arrested three men today as they attempted to sell counterfeit jewelry to an off-duty deputy. An off-duty deputy at the BP station on Hwy 231 was approached by a man who asked him if he would like to purchase jewelry. The man stated the jewelry was real. The deputy... 2451@http://www.waltonsun.com Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=2450 NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release February 7, 2008 TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that Florida will receive a total of $32.8 million as part of two separate global settlements totaling $649 million with Merck Co., Inc. The settlements resolve ... 2450@http://www.waltonsun.com Thu, 7 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST http://story.waltonsun.com/article.display.db.php?a=2449 Investigators with the Criminal Investigations Division of the Bay County Sheriff's Office arrested Michael Elmer, DOB 7-30-81, of 3913 Pisa Drive, Panama City, today, February 7, 2008, on charges of Aggravated Child Abuse. Elmer allegedly shook, struck, and threw a three month old infant last ni... 2449@http://www.waltonsun.com Thu, 7 Feb 2008 00:00:00 PST