After years of fighting over who gets to use the beach, and where, in Walton County, Florida, public-use advocates are calling for a state constitutional amendment to finally settle the matter.

Isabelle Johnson appeared in a Walton County courtroom Wednesday for a pretrial detention hearing as prosecutors seek to determine whether she'll be released on bond. According to WKRG News 5, the hearing revealed disturbing text messages that prosecutors say demonstrate the severity of the case against her. Johnson had been a fugitive for nearly two months before investigators located her at a residence in Cottondale. The details of those texts—and what they allegedly show about her...

A Walton County judge has ordered Isabelle Johnson held without bond after she was captured following a nearly two-month manhunt. Johnson is now facing first-degree premeditated murder charges in connection with the death of Jason Coulthart, according to reporting from WKRG News 5. The judge's decision came after taking nearly 24 hours to consider the bond request. Johnson had been wanted on an open murder charge before authorities apprehended her and upgraded the charges to first-degree...

Saga Communications Senior VP of Content Pat Paxton will exit the company at the end of August, with two of the broadcaster’s local programming executives set to take over his responsibilities. Paxton will remain with Saga through Friday, August 28 to assist with the transition. Ocala, FL OM Scott Chase and Clarksville, TN OM Ryan […]

Escambia County, FL (NewsRadio 92.3) -- The Town of Century is getting seventy-five-thousand dollars from the state to develop a hydraulic model of its municipal drinking water system. The funding is part of nearly eight-point-eight-million dollars Governor Ron DeSantis awarded to twelve small and rural communities across Northwest Florida, aimed at supporting infrastructure, resiliency, and long-term economic growth. Freeport in Walton County also received seventy-five-thousand dollars, to...

Walton County, Fla., relies heavily on immigrant labor for its booming construction and tourism industries. We look at how county sheriffs' cooperatio...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) – A woman accused of killing a man and using multiple identities to avoid capture for nearly two month was arrested...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) – A woman accused of killing a father and using multiple identities to avoid capture for nearly two month was arrested...

Isabelle Johnson, 38, has been charged with killing 43-year-old Jason Christopher Coulthart, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. (Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Florida) (FREEPORT, Fla.) — Isabelle Johnson, a suspected murderer who authorities say had been using multiple disguises and identities, has been arrested and taken into custody, according [...]

The search for a woman wanted for murder in Florida who was on the run for more than a month is over. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that 38-year-old Isabelle Rose Johnson was arrested in Jackson County on Thursday. She is wanted in the death of 43-year-old Jason Coulthart, whose body was found in a shallow grave on June 25 on a property in Freeport, just north of the Emerald Coast beaches in the Florida Panhandle. “There’s been a ton of work,