Updated: 8:22 PM A local man was a big winner with not one, but two scratch-off tickets this weekend.

Updated: 8:16 PM The rescue mission held an open house Sunday to help people get ready for the holiday season.

Updated: 8:12 PM Bay County has its own artist's heavenly image.

Updated: 9:40 PM Ivan knocked her down but not out. Now, more than two months later, Interstate 10 opens in Escambia County

Updated: 8:37 PM For most Hurricane Ivan victims, just getting back on their feet is the top priority. Local communities are trying various ways to heal the damage. One community has called the “Dune Doctor.”

Updated: 8:22 PM The Federal Aviation Administration has released its draft environmental impact study.

Updated: 7:40 PM In the last three days two area families have lost little ones in tragic car accidents.

Updated: 3:09 PM Some Florida homeowners already hit by Hurricanes this year should prepare for another wallop.

Updated: 3:06 PM Area counties are reporting mixed unemployment numbers for the month of October.

Updated: 1:52 PM A new proposal could let high rise condos stack up in front of each other on area beaches.

Updated: 1:50 PM FBI officials are offering a reward of as much as $2,500 for information leading to the arrest of an ousted Escambia County commissioner believed to be on the run.

Updated: 1:47 PM The FBI and Okaloosa County sheriff's investigators are searching for someone who robbed a bank Thursday afternoon.

Updated: 9:31 PM Area law enforcement and emergency agencies are stepping up traffic enforcement in advance of the holiday season.

Updated: 9:51 PM The First District Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal by convicted killer Billy Frank Hansen to shorten his 21-year, eight month sentence.

Updated: 2:52 PM A Marianna fifth grader at Riverside Elementary has died after a freak accident with her school bus earlier this week.

Updated: 8:25 AM The digital television age is here, but with it comes many questions like what exactly is high definition television, and what does this mean for the TV set you're watching right now?

Updated: 9:57 AM Next time you're shopping for a television, you'll have some new choices to make.

Updated: 12:53 PM An overnight shooting in the Glenwood section of Panama City sent two people to the hospital for treatment.

Updated: 12:51 PM Millions of pages of documents are filed with Florida courts every year. Often sensitive information sometimes makes it into court files, making it a public record.

Updated: 12:49 PM The state attorney's race was one of the most ruthless campaigns in local political history. Now, one of the issues raised by the losing candidate, Sister Blackmon-Milligan, has resurfaced.

Updated: 12:46 PM Three people escaped serious injury after their small helicopter crashed Wednesday on Panama City Beach.

Updated: 12:48 PM Business is way down at local oyster bars after a man dies and another clings for his life.

Updated: 12:45 PM The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is looking for the suspect in an early Wednesday morning shooting in Fort Walton Beach.

Updated: 12:44 PM For some archaeologists in Okaloosa County, dirt is a good thing.

Updated: 8:11 PM A construction debris landfill next to Bozeman Learning Center is taking in asbestos, and some parents are choking on the news.