Updated: 12:56 PM Okaloosa County sheriff's investigators are charging a middle school teacher with committing lewd and lascivious battery on a child.

Updated: 12:53 PM Florida officials say the federal government will spend $9 million to restore hurricane-damaged oyster reefs in Florida and three other Gulf Coast states.

Updated: 8:05 PM For the past several years, Walton County has been in the midst of a beach renourishment project.

Updated: 7:42 PM A car abandoned in Bonifay belongs to a murder suspect from North Carolina.

Updated: 9:57 AM Leaving loved ones to serve in the military overseas is never easy. They risk their lives for others and never question the reason, but what about the ones left at home?

Updated: 5:46 PM A Deerpoint woman died Monday afternoon when her husband accidentally hit her in the couple's driveway.

Updated: 4:05 PM There is some good news for spouses of military members.

Updated: 4:02 PM The downtown library in Panama City could be moving in the next couple of years. The potential move doesn't mean the library would necessary leave the downtown area.

Updated: 3:59 PM Walton County beach officials hope a new experiment can help solve a continuing erosion problem.

Updated: 3:58 PM The city of Lynn Haven is getting ready to ask the voters whether they want the mayor and city commissioners to stay in office longer.

Updated: 12:41 PM A motorcycle crash in Holmes County around 2:30 Sunday afternoon claims the life of a Defuniak Springs man.

Updated: 12:38 PM Bay County sheriff's deputies are investigating a robbery at one of the "Pop In" stores in Panama City Beach.

Updated: 8:51 PM A family's front yard that became the scene of a helicopter crash Saturday is now all cleaned up, but the investigation is far from over.

Updated: 8:48 PM You might want to avoid one part of Front Beach Road for the next two days.

Updated: 8:44 PM A new sports complex is coming soon to Bay County with a promise to serve your entire family.

Updated: 8:42 PM After two years of delays, parents will finally have the option to send their children to a new charter school at Panama City Beach.

Updated: 8:40 PM Two women's basketball players at Gulf Coast Community College are charged with theft.

Updated: 9:26 PM Local divers went for quite a plunge Saturday morning, using what could be the oldest operational diving suit in existence.

Updated: 8:31 PM City plans to demolish run-down properties.

Updated: 3:39 PM Nearly three dozen insurance companies have asked for homeowners rate increases since last fall, and phones have been ringing off the hook at the state’s Insurance Hotline with customers demanding an explanation.

Updated: 3:37 PM Four people have been arrested and three methamphetamine labs dismantled after an investigation by the Crestview Police Department, Niceville Police Department, Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office and the Okaloosa County Drug Task Force.

Updated: 1:04 PM Fishermen face off with the FWC on net regulations.

Updated: 12:48 PM Local soldiers finding it hard to transition from the war zone to the homestead.

Updated: 1:02 PM A Wakulla County man is being charged with killing his wife and dumping her body in southeast Alabama over a month ago.

Updated: 12:58 PM An Army intelligence officer from Panama City is being honored with a Bronze Star for his service in Iraq.