Updated: 12:44 PM The beginning date for Florida's newly enacted minimum wage will be May 2, 2005.

Updated: 12:43 PM A Panama City Beach man remains in critical condition after being hit by a car Wednesday night in the 15,000 block of Front Beach Road.

Updated: 12:45 PM Another longtime Bay County politician and constitutional officer has made the switch.

Updated: 9:52 PM A family business in Holmes County is not your average janitorial service. CC&R trauma scene cleaners save families from having to clean up after the death of loved one.

Updated: 9:02 PM Bay County is among the contenders as the site for one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturing companies, but relocating the Bay County International Airport is among the credentials to get a plant here.

Updated: 9:02 PM A Defuniak Springs woman was critically burned when fire broke out in her home late Wednesday morning.

Updated: 4:33 PM The city of Springfield has not had a permanent police chief since Sam Slay left the job last summer to run for sheriff.

Updated: 4:31 PM Panama City Commissioner John Pilcher wants to serve the city for another four years.

Updated: 4:27 PM If you pay homeowner’s insurance, you could soon be socked with a $60 fee.

Updated: 2:36 PM County commissioners also discussed the future of the Emergency Response Program with Bay Medical Center Tuesday afternoon.

Updated: 2:38 PM County commissioners would want a better commitment from Panama City officials before spending any money on the downtown library.

Updated: 1:22 PM Last September Bay County commissioners implemented 50-foot height restrictions for all the land on the north side of Front Beach Road. Tuesday they made an exception to those new regulations, allowing a developer to build a condo up to 230 feet high.

Updated: 1:14 PM Panhandle education officials view the governor's new classroom size reduction proposal as good news.

Updated: 1:09 PM A Jackson County family returned home to discover that they longer had one.

Updated: 1:05 PM A Rutherford High School student threatened an Everitt Middle School student with a gun near their schools.

Updated: 1:01 PM Pizza Hut in Defuniak Springs received some unwanted publicity last week when the deputy involved in last week's shooting death of Travis Burns tried to eat there with his family.

Updated: 12:56 PM Two Bay County men are in jail for lewd and lascivious exhibition. A Gulf County man has been found guilty and must register as a sexual offender.

Updated: 12:53 PM One of the world's leading aircraft manufacturers is looking for a new site to build military refueling tankers, and Bay County is hoping to could be in the running to house the assembly plant.

Updated: 5:10 PM Time is running out to help displaced Florida hurricane victims. That’s the message Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings is sending as the state’s Hurricane Housing Work Group prepares its final report.

Updated: 4:04 PM Your neighborhood polling place may soon be a thing of the past if Florida’s elections supervisors have their way.

Updated: 4:01 PM Gov. Jeb Bush wants Florida voters to say they’ve changed their minds on smaller classes since the 2002.

Updated: 3:58 PM Tuesday morning, Carla Kneeland gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

Updated: 12:52 PM The waterfront restaurant closes to make way for condominiums.

Updated: 6:13 PM We've heard the stories of soldiers overseas and we've joined the welcome home parties. But it's the family left at home that is left wondering what's happening while they're apart.

Updated: 4:13 PM More than 15 thousand disabled Floridians and their families are begging the state for help. Florida is 49th in services provided to the developmentally disabled. Many recipients are losing services.