Emotional Blow for Candidates as Filing Errors Trigger Special Election

A filing oversight has left the Okaloosa County School Board District 1 race without any qualified candidates, forcing a special election.
Taxpayers spent $150K to jail him after he allegedly shot a tractor. Five years later, heβs free. A look into Floridaβs competency laws.

After spending more than five years in custody without a trial, Ronald Wayne Allen was released from the Okaloosa County Jail, spotlighting Florida’s competency restoration system and its costs to taxpayers.