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Baker School racial harassment case to be settled

Chief U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers previously ruled that "undisputed" evidence on 10 documented attacks of the two black students exists indicating district administrators, including Baker Principal Mike Martello and Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson, were aware.
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Highway 98 traffic pattern to shift again in Destin

DESTIN — Traffic patterns on U.S. Highway 98 are shifting again.According to a press release from the Florida Department of Transportation, traffic on U.S. 98 east and westbound, between Henderson Beach State Park and Matthew Boulevard, will be shifted to the south lanes the week of Monday, March 26. The highway will remain four lanes.The traffic shift will allow crews to construct new sidewalks and travel lanes on the north side of U.S. 98. The traffic shift is expected [...]
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Readers’ Guide: Scandal at OCSD

Since August 2017, Okaloosa County has witnessed ongoing issues with its main educational body that are quite unlike any seen in the county’s history. Driven by Northwest Florida Daily News investigative reporting, the first revelation came following confirmation that the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office was actively investigating allegations of child abuse involving a nonverbal special […] Read More


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Warming waters may be shifting blacktip shark migrations

DAYTONA BEACH — A researcher at Florida Atlantic University who studies shark migration off Florida’s east coast suspects thousands of blacktip sharks aren’t migrating as far south in the winter as they used to because of warming water temperatures along the coast.That could spell more sharks off Central Florida, said Stephen Kajiura, a researcher and professor in the University's department of biological sciences and director of its elasmobranch research [...]
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