Updated: 5:50 PM It's the three to two decision about pursuing a legal battle with Panama City over the Goose Bayou annexation that raises the question as to whether donations affect politics.

Updated: 4:08 PM Paramedics flew a Marianna child to Shands Hospital in Gainesville Tuesday night, after a freak accident with a school bus.

Updated: 12:57 PM State educators released the latest high school graduation figures and overall they're improving.

Updated: 12:51 PM Thousands of Florida parents are keeping their eyes on the State Supreme Court, waiting to see whether the school voucher program will be declared unconstitutional.

Updated: 12:47 PM Two weeks after the election as required by the Constitution, Florida lawmakers met in Tallahassee Tuesday to organize themselves.

Updated: 8:51 PM Wildlife enthusiast Jim Fowler has expressed his desire to turn Holmes County's Smith Lake into a wildlife preserve.

Updated: 8:38 PM Post 9/11 security requirements and AirTran's pullout in 2002 are just a few things that have kept the project grounded, but the terminal is finally ready for takeoff.

Updated: 6:04 PM A developer has asked the city to annex 22-acres of waterfront property. Bay County staff says it's illegal.

Updated: 5:59 PM One thing that didn't come up during Tuesday’s county commission meeting is a proposal to cut funding for a new library.

Updated: 6:05 PM Three new people joined the Bay County Commission Tuesday and didn't waste any time jumping feet first into one of the biggest issues facing our area.

Updated: 1:13 PM Steve Stevens lost his restaurant, Hamilton's, to a tornado from Hurricane Ivan. In order to rebuild he wanted to add on a condo complex and retail shops, but his neighbors aren't too happy about the idea.

Updated: 12:57 PM President Bush has nominated national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to become the next secretary of state.

Updated: 4:14 PM Florida has a fairly new program to help drivers with previous DUI convictions get back on the road and keep them straight. Some say the program could have sobering consequences.

Updated: 1:02 PM More than one out of every six college women says she’s been raped by someone she knows, and the Florida Department of Health hopes a new key chain can help stop the violence.

Updated: 1:01 PM Franklin County sheriff's investigators have charged a 50-year-old Carrabelle man with killing his wife.

Updated: 1:00 PM At least two commissioners say a proposed adult entertainment district off of Frankford Avenue will not fly.

Updated: 7:58 PM Outgoing county commissioners push to get contract for a county administrator to guarantee his employment.

Updated: 5:18 PM About 100 middle school-aged boys currently attend Emerald Bay Academy, a public school run by a private company called Community Education Partners.

Updated: 4:20 PM Archaeologists have found pieces of rare Indian pottery dating between 400 and 700 BC at the site of a proposed condominium complex in downtown Fort Walton Beach.

Updated: 1:19 PM Top State Department officials say Secretary of State Colin Powell has announced his resignation.

Updated: 8:40 AM Officials are still searching for former Escambia County Commissioner Willie Junior, who skipped out on his sentencing on numerous corruption charges.

Updated: 6:30 PM The man arrested for killing a mother and her five-month-old son in a car crash had his first appearance before a Bay County judge Sunday morning.

Updated: 9:06 PM The Blue Angels are wrapping up a two-day air show in Pensacola, hoping to bring some cheer to the hurricane-ravaged city.

Updated: 8:34 PM More than 100 people were “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” Saturday.

Updated: 8:33 PM One of those little grocery discount cards paid off big time for a Bay County man Saturday.