- NWF State College to hike tuition
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NICEVILLE - Northwest Florida State College has announced that tuition rates will increase July 1. Officials
decided on the $8.95 credit-hour price increase after considering a
number of factors,... Full story
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- Sarah K's looking for culinary kids for new show
- Casting call!To be considered for “Kids in the... Full story
- A Beta Club Victory (PHOTOS)
- Destin Middle School Junior Beta Club traveled to the... Full story
- Local schools among best in Florida; see the scores
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Schools
in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties... Full story
Education
- FCAT fight? Destin parents question pressure of standardized testing
- Jennifer Rich, Destin Log
- Destin students have pretty stellar Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores, but some parents are joining the ranks of those who criticize the emphasis put on the state required standardized test.
“I personally think too much time is spent... Full story
- MKAF makes the connection at DMS
- Jennifer Rich
- Got the acting bug?MKAF will host Missoula Children’s Theater Camp, bringing a production of “Beauty Lou and the Country Beast.” The camp will run June 8-12 at Destin United Methodist Church Life Center. The $65 registration fee will... Full story
- Haugen Foundation seeks writings, artwork
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The
Taylor Haugen Foundation is accepting new and previously written
essays, poems, letters and artwork for a compilation of community works.
Taylor Haugen died on Aug. 30 from injuries sustained during a
football game while playing wide receiver... Full story

- Destin’s Class of 2009 takes the plunge (with list of grads and photos)
- Jennifer Rich
- For mom Angela Winkler, graduation day was “overwhelming, sad and exciting” all at the same time as she watched three of her four children reach the same milestone as many young Destinites on Thursday.
“There really is no preparing... Full story
- SCHOOL'S OUT! SCHOOL'S OUT!
- Mona Moore, Florida Freedom Newspapers
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It's
the end of the year for schools on the Emerald Coast. Okaloosa and
Santa Rosa County schools wrapped up Thursday and Walton County
students let out today.
The folks in the front office at Butler Elementary School in South
Walton already had... Full story
- See graduation photos of FWB, Niceville
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NICEVILLE
AND FORT WALTON BEACH — One Fort Walton Beach graduate thanked her
mother with a tear in her eye, while other seniors savored the moment
with the toss of a beach ball.
Niceville graduates listened for the last time, to the angelic
voices... Full story
- Okaloosa schools ban corporal punishment
- Mona Moore, Florida Freedom Newspapers
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Gov. Charlie Crist signed legislation last week that has Florida school districts following the lead of Okaloosa County. The
new law requires districts that still use corporal punishment to review
the policy at a School Board meeting and take public... Full story

- POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCES: Inaugural 5th grade class graduates at DMS (PHOTOS)
- Jennifer Rich
- There’s a new graduating class in town.
Destin Middle School’s pioneering fifth-graders marched to their own pomp and circumstance on Tuesday. To see more photos from the ceremony, click here.
“It was a sixth-grade experience that... Full story
- South Walton High School Graduation PHOTOS
- Nick Tomecek, Florida Freedom Newspapers
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SANTA ROSA BEACH — About 100 graduating seniors at South Walton High School
were welcomed onto the football field Saturday with cheers and airhorns.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS FROM GRADUATION
... Full story
- 'F word' yearbook joke backfires at FWB High
- Robbyn Brooks, Florida Freedom Newspapers
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When
many seniors opened their Fort Walton Beach High School yearbooks this
week, they flipped right past page 60 without a second glance.But the obscene word hidden at the bottom of the page didn't go unnoticed for long."I missed it the first time,... Full story