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community January 15, 2018

January Update from the Walton County Superintendent of Schools

It has been one year since I assumed the office of the Walton County Superintendent of Schools. It has been the honor of a lifetime. During that time numerous programs have been realigned with new vision, and new initiatives are underway. Here are a few of the top projects and accomplishments of 2017. Audit reports […] Read More
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community January 15, 2018

Wounded Purple Heart Veteran Receives New Mortgage-Free Home

In December, in honor of his great sacrifice for our country, Air Force Captain Nathan Nelson was gifted a mortgage-free home from nonprofit “Building Homes for Heroes”, an organization that builds and modifies homes to gift mortgage-free to wounded veterans and their families. During this celebration, Captain Nelson, his wife Jennifer and their daughter were […] Read More
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January 15, 2018

Community works together to help south Florida

... Walmart Santa Rosa Beach, Destin Fire Control District's fire fighters in Crystal Beach, Gordon Foods, Destin Panera Bread, Niceville Panera Bread, St. Andrew's Bike Shop Blue Door Ministries, Tuesday Morning, Hanes Outlet Store, Graffiti & The Funky Blues Shack, Fort Walton Beach High School ... Read More
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Local News January 15, 2018

Can social media become less hateful by law? Germany is trying it – and failing, critics say

BERLIN - When 32-year-old German teacher and academic book author Bahar Aslan took to Twitter last week to accuse authorities of not doing enough to investigate an alleged xenophobic murder potentially committed by police officers, she hardly assumed that in doing so she would soon be accused of having broken the law, too. After all, freedom of speech is enshrined in the German Constitution.But her tweet soon disappeared, and Aslan says Twitter later messaged her saying she had [...]
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Local News January 15, 2018

6-year-old Florida boy dies of rabies contracted from a bat

ORLANDO — A 6-year-old Florida boy has died from rabies he contracted after being scratched by an infected bat.[gh:iframe src="https://omny.fm/shows/northwest-florida-daily-news-audio-on-demand/listen-6-year-old-dies-of-rabies-from-bat-scratch/embed?style=artwork" width="100%" height="180" frameborder="0"][/gh:iframe]The father of Ryker Roque told NBC that the boy died Sunday at an Orlando hospital.Father Henry Roque said he had found a sick bat, put it in a [...]
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