16 local players from Okaloosa, Walton participate in early signing day

Sixteen student-athletes from Choctawhatchee, Freeport and Niceville High Schools signed college scholarships Wednesday, marking one of the region’s busiest early signing days in recent years.
Choctawhatchee High Students Learn Real-World Budgeting at Reality Check Event

About 80 Choctawhatchee High School students stepped into the world of adulthood during the Okaloosa Public Schools Foundation’s annual Reality Check event, a hands-on financial literacy simulation that challenged them to budget, prioritize expenses, and navigate real-life choices with the help of community partners.
Walton County Adds ‘Full’ Parking Lot Near Beach. Here’s Where You Can Find It:

A new 83-space municipal parking facility and ‘wave’ inspired Transit Pavilion opens on County Road 393, marking a major step toward a future Beach Tram system designed to alleviate 30A’s chronic traffic and parking woes.
What is Westonwood Ranch?

In today’s world, almost everyone knows a family member, friend, co-worker, or neighbor who has a ‘loved one’ impacted by IDD. On this Daytripper journey, Mid Bay News met Lindy Wood, who is the Founder and Director of Westonwood Ranch. Just as the natural beauty and heart of this thriving and robust community, there is a vision that rests in the heart of a mother (Lindy Wood), determined to see the “individual participant” find greater independence and live to their highest potential.