Articles by LAUREN SAGE REINLIE
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Grit and glitz: Hurlburt airman to be crowned state rodeo queen
At a stable in Santa Rosa Beach, Hurlburt Field Staff Sgt. Jenna Smeenk will be crowned Florida’s rodeo queen, a title she’s been working toward almost all her life on the rodeo pageant circuit. READ MORE
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Preliminary work to begin for Hurlburt overpass
Crews are set to begin moving utilities Monday to prepare for construction of the new overpass on U.S. Highway 98. READ MORE
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New device can help those with tinnitus
A medical company wants veterans and people in the military to know they have a new device on the market to treat tinnitus — a condition marked by ringing in the ears — that may help where other treatments have failed. READ MORE
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Fine felines: Forty breeds on display at annual cat show (SLIDESHOW)
About 90 cats of 40 different breeds were entered into the Destiny Cat Fanciers show at the Emerald Coast Convention Center this weekend. READ MORE
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Young man charged with having sex with 13-year-old
FREEPORT — A 19-year-old man has been charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl, according to an arrest report from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. READ MORE
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Destin man convicted in burglary, battery
A 41-year-old man has been convicted of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home in Destin while she was sleeping and battering her. READ MORE
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School board votes to fund officers
The Okaloosa County School Board voted 4-1 Monday to approve spending more than $500,000 to keep school resource officers in every elementary school. READ MORE
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Fighting fire with fire (SLIDESHOW)
The season for fighting fire with fire has begun.Each winter, starting near the first frost and lasting through March, experts set fire to certain forest lands to clear out areas of thick, accumulated brush in advance of the hot, dry summer months. READ MORE
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Col. Mark Fluker to step down as F-35 maintenance chief
When Col. Mark Fluker arrived in 2009 to help set up maintenance operations for the military’s newest and most expensive fighter jet he had a staff of only nine people. READ MORE
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Hundreds attend Dr. Martin Luther King celebration (GALLERY)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday night to honor and remember the legacy of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. READ MORE
