Updated: 3:51 PM Sen. Charlie Clary of Destin now has a new title in the Senate.

Updated: 3:02 PM If you are a Gulf Power Company customer your power bill is going up in January.

Updated: 1:48 PM A 34-year-old Cottondale man is the latest area soldier to be wounded in fighting in Iraq.

Updated: 1:00 PM The Florida Highway Patrol presented the Medal of Valor to three local troopers.

Updated: 12:58 PM Panama City commissioners voted to annex seven acres of land and rezone it to allow for 13 single family homes.

Updated: 8:28 PM Jeb Bush says forget all the rumors and speculation, he has no plans to run for high office when he leaves the governor’s office in two years.

Updated: 7:20 PM Walton County emergency operations officials now have a bit more room to stretch their legs.

Updated: 4:41 PM A man convicted of DUI manslaughter for killing a Bay County teenager in 1995 will not be getting off of his probation early.

Updated: 4:38 PM An area home is still standing thanks to a quick response by the Lynn Haven Fire Department.

Updated: 4:12 PM A plan is underway to create an adult entertainment or "red light" district in Panama City.

Updated: 4:10 PM Thousands of people with damaged or destroyed homes are having insult added to their injury this week. Their tax bills are showing up in the mail.

Updated: 4:13 PM They have waited five months, but Tuesday the Panama City Police Department has a new chief.

Updated: 12:46 PM The Air Force built a weapon so big it was nicknamed “Mother of All Bombs” on the eve of the war with Iraq, but MO-AB would be dwarfed by a much larger munition now under study.

Updated: 12:47 PM Five teams of Air Force fighter pilots are taking part in an air-to-air combat competition that was suspended for the past eight years because of real-world demands in such hotspots as Iraq and Bosnia.

Updated: 12:48 PM Saltwater anglers who fish Bay County are reminded that Warren Bayou, also known as the “Steam Plant Canal” at Gulf Power’s Lansing Smith Generating Plant, is closed to the taking of all fish from Nov. 1 through Feb. 28.

Updated: 7:47 PM The Panama City Beach library is taking a big step in the fight against illiteracy.

Updated: 7:26 PM An investigation into the Bay County Jail hostage situation that happened in September could be coming to a close.

Updated: 7:22 PM There are some new laws in town, designed to cover up topless clubs on main roads through Panama City.

Updated: 7:14 PM Florida's state attorney general was in town Monday for the annual Conference Education Program for Florida prosecutors.

Updated: 4:49 PM A suspect in a Jackson County murder has been extradited back to Marianna to face first degree murder charges.

Updated: 4:53 PM The school that was originally slated to open its doors months ago has fallen victim to some more unfortunate delays.

Updated: 4:41 PM The rising cost of crude oil, coal and natural gas will hit your home power bill in January.

Updated: 12:56 PM The Bay County Sheriff's Office and some local antique car buffs joined forces to help raise money and collect toys for Project 25.

Updated: 12:54 PM Families in Parker ravaged by tornados during Hurricane Ivan are getting a little more relief than others in the state.

Updated: 12:53 PM One person died and another was injured Saturday night when a car and a motorcycle collided on U.S. Highway 98 on Tyndall Air Force Base just west of Mexico Beach.