Updated: 3:30 PM Florida is facing a multi-billion dollar economic hit from Hurricane Charley.

Updated: 3:21 PM Schools in at least 11 counties are facing problems reopening following Hurricane Charley.

Updated: 11:09 PM She is usually the one taking care of those on their death bed. Now, she is in the prayers of hundreds of people that she's touched.

Updated: 11:10 PM A semi-truck full of supplies was also collected and is on its way to southwest Florida.

Updated: 11:02 PM A state appeals court says Florida's school voucher law is unconstitutional.

Updated: 11:01 PM The death toll in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley has climbed to at least 17 and state officials are warning people to take extra care as they try to put their homes and lives back together.

Updated: 4:30 PM Besides politicians, Bay County voters will also have to decide on a tax proposal that some say will make or break the county's future.

Updated: 4:37 PM Eighteen Panama City Beach officers are headed to southwest Florida to help out the Hurricane Charley victims.

Updated: 4:44 PM Complaints about price gouging are keeping two state hotlines busy. More than 1,100 calls came in over the weekend and phones were ringing off the hook most of the Monday.

Updated: 7:57 PM A different type of class is being taught at Gulf Coast Community College this week.

Updated: 12:48 PM While drivers in the Panama City area are thrilled about the new, wider Hathaway Bridge, its late construction has resulted in nearly $6.5 million worth of fines against the company that managed the work.

Updated: 9:58 PM Campaign season has been in full swing for quite a while, but the August primary date is getting closer. Learn more about one race that will be decided this month.

Updated: 9:51 PM You can avoid the long lines during the August 30 primary by voting early.

Updated: 10:16 PM There are several groups from this area in the Panhandle who are in southwest Florida helping provide basic necessities like food, water, electricity and security.

Updated: 9:44 PM Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris is sending 15 Deputies to assist local law enforcement in southwest Florida after Hurricane Charley.

Updated: 8:54 PM Three church groups are installing the air conditioning systems.

Updated: 8:49 PM Bay County Circuit Judge Don T. Sirmons has granted a defense motion to dismiss charges against Ed Hunter.

Updated: 8:48 PM A Panama City Beach man has died from injuries he received a week earlier in a traffic crash at the beach.

Updated: 8:45 PM An 18 member Bay County Grand Jury has indicted 29 year old Christopher D. Offord of St. Andrew for first degree murder in the death of his ex-wife, 41 year old Dana Noser.

Updated: 8:44 PM The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is asking for public assistance in identifying the driver and the vehicle involved in a hit and run crash in Mary Esther before dawn Saturday morning.

Updated: 7:19 PM A local mother is struggling to understand how a teacher accused of physically abusing her son wound-up back in the classroom.

Updated: 4:18 PM Category Four Hurricane Charley Slams into Southwest Florida

Updated: 4:11 PM A whistleblower says he was wrongly fired for reporting substance abuse during the construction of the new Hathaway bridges.

Updated: 4:03 PM Those who live in Parker are powerless to stop high-voltage power lines from running across East Bay from Parker to Tyndall Air Force Base.

Updated: 6:33 PM A local comedy troupe would not let a storm stop them from making history.