Roller Coaster Demolition Delayed Over Costs
Okaloosa Island roller coaster remains standing despite court orders to remove it. Owner Emory Bobo failed to demolish within 90 days due to health and finances. Sheriff says funds and authority are lacking, demolition estimated at 4,000 to 15,000 dollars with ride valued around 250,000 as new. Fleet proposes bids or a lien on scrap metal to reduce cost.
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Okaloosa Island
Okaloosa County
Erwin Fleet
Emory Bobo
Pirate Island Amusement Park
Bobo
Vanguard Bank & Trust Co
Fleet
Larry Gilbert
Gilbert
James Etheredge
Man Held In Walton Drug Connection
Robert Ralph Wildman, 40, was arrested in Ozark Alabama on trafficking marijuana charges after being linked to a Walton County investigation. Seized at a Seagrove Beach cottage were about three pounds of marijuana, four thousand dollars in cash, a sawed off shotgun, a pistol, and cultivation gear. Deputy says he faces multiple drug counts in two states and is held on a one hundred thousand dollar bond in Alabama.
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Seagrove Beach
Alabama
Robert Ralph Wildman
Walton County
Dale County
Wildman
Ozark
Dale
Bryant Mixon
Mixon
Dogwood Street
South Walton House
South Walton
Destin Harbor
Walton Ferry faces decision on renegotiation or new bids
Walton County commissioners prepare to choose between renegotiating the Choctaw Ferry contract or inviting new bids. Administrative Supervisor Dewey Wilson will present a recommendation at next week’s regular meeting. A citizen petition requests 24 hour service and road improvements to the ferry corridor.
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Walton County
Dewey Wilson
Steelfield
Bunker Creek
South Walton
Wilson
Joe Griffin
Dernard Owens
We Beach
Don Adair
Adell Gauth
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U.S. 98
Bunker Creek Road
Gauthier
Bishop
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By Kimberly Maxwell
Walton Ferry
Destin
Satieee Ree Ey UL Lee
Gulf Coast
Chiropractic
Richard L. Basye
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