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Join Austin American-Statesman Film and Culture Writer Joe Gross and City Hall Reporter Phil Jankowski as they cover the final Game of Thrones season, summarizing episodes, placing bets on who lives, who dies and predicting who rides out on a bear killing White Walkers with a Dragonglass sword.

EGLIN AFB — A hiker found human skeletal remains scattered on the Eglin Air Force reservation Tuesday.

The man was hiking in an area north of U.S. Highway 98 near the Okaloosa-Santa Rosa County line about 5:30 p.m., according to a press release from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. It was there he found the bones spread out in the brush.

The Sheriff’s Office is processing the scene, the press release said.

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 charges, which are third degree felonies, replace a more serious charge of aggravated child abuse that was levied in January. They are in the same classification as the charges Kenwood ESE teacher Marlynn Stillions faced. She was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison.

The employees, Margaret Wolthers, an Exceptional Student Education teacher, and two aides, Diana Lacroix and Carolyn Madison, are accused of "unlawfully and willfully" abusing three young children between Sept. 1, 2018 and Nov. 18, 2018. The children are autistic, according to their original arrest reports.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … So Charles Dickens began his iconic novel “A Tale of Two Cities,” effortlessly capturing a timeless lesson about humanity: life is a mixed bag.

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NICEVILLE — Miramar Beach resident Bettye Mendez wants cameras placed in classrooms in Okaloosa County, specifically in rooms caring for students with disabilities.

Mendez, a grandmother to a special needs student in another district, said she wanted to address the Okaloosa County School Board Monday night because of the abuse cases that have come to light in the past two years.

Governor Kevin Stitt appointed David Ostrowe to be secretary of digital transformation and administration.

Jim Gebhart was struck by an illness, but through his struggles he realized the Lord is with him in all challenges and victories.

NICEVILLE — The Florida Department of Education has released its findings on the Okaloosa County School District’s Exceptional Student Education programs.

The FDOE visited Kenwood Elementary School and Silver Sands School on Feb. 5-6 and returned its full report April 4.

The School District said Kenwood and Silver Sands were the two schools chosen for investigation because of issues that needed attention.