FORT WALTON BEACH — Formal charges of child abuse and child neglect have been brought against three Silver Sands employees who were arrested in January, according to a press release from the State Attorney for the First Judicial Court.The new c
Five days after being suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Okaloosa County Superintendent of Schools Mary Beth Jackson on Wednesday requested a formal hearing from the Florida Senate to challenge DeSantis’ decision. Under state law, suspended offici
Marcus Chambers was named the acting superintendent of the Okaloosa County School District following the suspension of Mary Beth Jackson by Governor Ron DeSantis. This is a conversation between Daily News reporter Tom McLaughlin and Chambers.
State Attorney 1st Circuit. William "Bill" Eddins speaks with Daily News reporter Tom McLaughlin on the suspension of Mary Beth Jackson by Governor Ron DeSantis
Listen to an interview between reporter Tom McLaughlin and Bill Eddins, First Judicial Circuit State Attorney on the grand jury findings related to the Okaloosa Conty School District
Listen to audio from a September school board meeting where Mary Beth Jackson seems to contradict herself about whether she saw the investigation report.READERS GUIDE: Scandal OCSD >>>
Since the summer of 2017 The Northwest Florida Daily News has reported over 50 stories involving the Okaloosa County School District.The stories ahave unraveled a host of issues involving alleged child abuse, public complaints, contradictions
Reporters Heather Osbourne and Tom McLaughlin talk about the latest information uncovered related to the alleged child abuse at Kenwood Elementary and the school district's handling of the case.
Reporters Tom McLaughlin and Heather Osbourne give the latest information on the case involving alleged child abuse at an Okaloosa County School District school.
You are about to listen to a second interview with Arden Farley who was charged failing to report suspected child abuse while doing an investigation for the Okaloosa County School District at Kenwood Elementary School in 2016.He sat down with
Two Okaloosa County School District employees have been suspended and banned from school district property following their arrest Wednesday on felony charges.Marlynn Stillions, 59, a special education teacher, and Arden Farley, 70, a school di
Arrests have been made in a case invlving alleged abuse by a teacher at Kenwood Elementary School. Northwest Florida Daily News reporter Heather Osbourne gives us the latest on this story.
A mother of a Kenwood Elementary School student told the Okaloosa County School Board on Monday that parents should be notified when a teacher is investigated for alleged abuse toward their own child.Christine Newcomer began by asking School B