When a Freeport resident dials 911, the call first lands at the Walton County Sheriff’s Office — the county’s primary Public Safety Answer Point — and a new expansion announced Monday means it will now ring to multiple agencies at once, depending on where the call comes from.
The murder charge against Isabelle Johnson, the woman accused of killing Jason Coulthart and burying his body at a Freeport property, has been amended to second-degree murder after prosecutors initially charged her with first-degree premeditated murder.
Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies reunited a Tennessee couple with a custom wedding ring and other treasured belongings lost during a July trip to Walton County, closing out a search the family had all but given up on.
The Freeport City Council approved next year’s meeting calendar, awarded engineering work on two capital projects, renewed the city’s insurance, and took up a congestion fix for the busy Business 331 and Highway 20 intersection during its regular meeting Tuesday morning, September 8, at City Hall.
Walton County emergency crews responded to Freeport High School Tuesday afternoon after reports of smoke from an electrical vent on campus.
The Freeport City Council will hold the first of two required public hearings on its fiscal year 2026-27 budget Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 5:01 PM in the Council Chambers at Freeport City Hall, 112 Highway 20 West.
Alaqua Animal Refuge took in 37 animals last week after a call for help took the Freeport sanctuary’s team across state lines to a 22-foot trailer in rural Bruton, Alabama.
The Walton County Planning Commission will hold its next regular meeting on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 4:00 PM at the Freeport Board Room, located at 842 State Highway 20 East in Freeport.
The Freeport Municipal Pool closes for the season after Labor Day, and the city is giving swimmers one last weekend — hot dogs included.
Walton County School District is recruiting school bus drivers as the third fastest-growing county in Florida keeps adding routes — and the routes in question carry Freeport Elementary, Middle, and High students every school day.
