FREEPORT Instead of attending a Walton County Commission public hearing on a budget amendment that he requested, Sheriff Ralph Johnson spent Tuesday evening at a cooking school. Johnson was at Freeport High School at WZEPs 14th Annual Taste of Home Cooking School when the County Commission unanimously denied his request for $311,431 for 911 equipment. WZEP co-owner Marty Dees said …

GLUTEN-FREE ROUNDUP: Samples of gluten-free products, registration for cooking classes, information about support groups and more. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., Free. Lakewinds Coop-Chanhassen, 435 Pond Promenade, Chanhassen. 952-473-0292.

A must-order entre at The Catfish House is the All You Can Eat Fried Catfish plate ($14.95). Its what Southern cooking is all about.

Taking a page from the culinary artists of the Food Network, ordinary dinner preparation will be spotlighted with Klager Elementary School’s first Parent-Teacher Organization-sponsored cooking show fund-raiser in April.

COLUMBIA A cooking fire at a residence injured a Columbia woman Tuesday evening. Alyssa Silva, 18, was taken to University Hospital where she is being treated for burn injuries to her chest and left hand. She is listed in good condition.

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