DeFUNIAK SPRINGS
Are you OK? Walton deputies want to know
    The Walton County Sheriff’s Office is inviting residents to sign up themselves or elderly family members on the “Are You Okay?” call list.
    According to a Sheriff’s Office news release, dispatchers call all of the approximately 40 residents on the list each morning, and if they do not answer after several calls, a deputy is sent to their home to do a safety check.
    “For shut-ins, this could be their only contact with someone throughout the day,” said Rhonda Roberson, the lead communications officer.
    A deputy found an unconscious woman inside her home after she did not answer her phone, the release said.
    For more information, call 892-8186 or go to www.waltonso.org.