Updated: 12:35 PM The man was swimming near a natural spring in the lake when he went under.

Updated: 9:37 PM The job for top cop in Bay County is up for election and the three person race will be narrowed down to two people during the primary.

Updated: 9:34 PM Navy officials say if you have not already been cleared to tour the Destroyer, you will not be allowed into the Port of Panama City.

Updated: 9:12 PM Police say the 27-year-old woman ran from the scene, but was later picked up in Lynn Haven where she confessed.

Updated: 8:57 PM The board members heard from the consulting firms that are fine-tuning the relocation plans.

Updated: 8:56 PM About 20 sailors and a crew from Home Depot teamed up to build a deck for the kids at the Anchorage Children's Home.

Updated: 8:55 PM Who would want to vandalize air conditioners? Authorities say kids, and now they're worried the county could have another drug problem on its hands.

Updated: 9:08 AM The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a traffic crash in Destin late Thursday night that has resulted in a fatality.

Updated: 8:50 AM Search teams found the Lynn Haven man's body in Deerpoint Lake Friday evening.

Updated: 6:52 PM Okaloosa County authorities are still arranging for the return of two murder suspects from a west Texas jail.

Updated: 6:48 PM The statewide five-flag system is being implemented at St. Andrews State Park. That leaves Panama City Beach and Bay County blowing with only three-flag system on the Emerald Coast.

Updated: 1:12 PM Property appraisers in several counties hit by Charley are asking the governor to delay tax notices that are due to be mailed out to residents.

Updated: 12:52 PM A neighbor found a man's body Monday morning near his home off Black Creek Road near the Bruce community.

Updated: 10:20 PM Eight members of the Bay County Sheriff’s Department and their supplies are on the way to help hurricane victims in central and south Florida.

Updated: 4:33 PM Panama City Beach apparently won't be the only place for high-rise dwellers of the future.

Updated: 4:39 PM Traffic seems to be moving more quickly over the westbound lanes of the new Hathaway Bridge.

Updated: 4:44 PM Top brass broke ground on a new multimillion dollar Air Operations Center this week.

Updated: 2:09 PM Scientists are raving about advanced technology that gave them a new and better look at strange and elusive creatures in the deepest reaches of the Gulf of Mexico.

Updated: 12:47 PM The November ballot in Bay County just got longer this week.

Updated: 10:34 PM The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is offering gun safety locks, free of charge.

Updated: 10:32 PM The 2004 primary election will offer something different for Washington County voters. They'll be able to vote for more county commissioners.

Updated: 10:31 PM Two soldiers from the Panama City area are being remembered by the Panama City Garden Club for their sacrifice.

Updated: 10:30 PM When prospective visitors call motels and RV Parks in Holmes County, owners and managers have been able to tell them they wouldn't have to pay a bed tax.

Updated: 6:35 PM A mass murder in Deltona two weeks ago has had a ripple effect on jails around the state.

Updated: 8:04 PM Dozens of people working or spending time on local fishing boats are getting infected with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection. All of the known victims worked out of the same two marinas on Panama City Beach.