Updated: 1:47 PM The FBI and Okaloosa County sheriff's investigators are searching for someone who robbed a bank Thursday afternoon.

Updated: 9:31 PM Area law enforcement and emergency agencies are stepping up traffic enforcement in advance of the holiday season.

Updated: 9:51 PM The First District Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal by convicted killer Billy Frank Hansen to shorten his 21-year, eight month sentence.

Updated: 2:52 PM A Marianna fifth grader at Riverside Elementary has died after a freak accident with her school bus earlier this week.

Updated: 12:53 PM An overnight shooting in the Glenwood section of Panama City sent two people to the hospital for treatment.

Updated: 12:51 PM Millions of pages of documents are filed with Florida courts every year. Often sensitive information sometimes makes it into court files, making it a public record.

Updated: 12:49 PM The state attorney's race was one of the most ruthless campaigns in local political history. Now, one of the issues raised by the losing candidate, Sister Blackmon-Milligan, has resurfaced.

Updated: 12:46 PM Three people escaped serious injury after their small helicopter crashed Wednesday on Panama City Beach.

Updated: 12:48 PM Business is way down at local oyster bars after a man dies and another clings for his life.

Updated: 12:45 PM The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is looking for the suspect in an early Wednesday morning shooting in Fort Walton Beach.

Updated: 12:44 PM For some archaeologists in Okaloosa County, dirt is a good thing.

Updated: 8:11 PM A construction debris landfill next to Bozeman Learning Center is taking in asbestos, and some parents are choking on the news.

Updated: 5:50 PM It's the three to two decision about pursuing a legal battle with Panama City over the Goose Bayou annexation that raises the question as to whether donations affect politics.

Updated: 4:08 PM Paramedics flew a Marianna child to Shands Hospital in Gainesville Tuesday night, after a freak accident with a school bus.

Updated: 12:57 PM State educators released the latest high school graduation figures and overall they're improving.

Updated: 12:51 PM Thousands of Florida parents are keeping their eyes on the State Supreme Court, waiting to see whether the school voucher program will be declared unconstitutional.

Updated: 12:47 PM Two weeks after the election as required by the Constitution, Florida lawmakers met in Tallahassee Tuesday to organize themselves.

Updated: 8:51 PM Wildlife enthusiast Jim Fowler has expressed his desire to turn Holmes County's Smith Lake into a wildlife preserve.

Updated: 8:38 PM Post 9/11 security requirements and AirTran's pullout in 2002 are just a few things that have kept the project grounded, but the terminal is finally ready for takeoff.

Updated: 6:04 PM A developer has asked the city to annex 22-acres of waterfront property. Bay County staff says it's illegal.

Updated: 5:59 PM One thing that didn't come up during Tuesday’s county commission meeting is a proposal to cut funding for a new library.

Updated: 6:05 PM Three new people joined the Bay County Commission Tuesday and didn't waste any time jumping feet first into one of the biggest issues facing our area.

Updated: 1:13 PM Steve Stevens lost his restaurant, Hamilton's, to a tornado from Hurricane Ivan. In order to rebuild he wanted to add on a condo complex and retail shops, but his neighbors aren't too happy about the idea.

Updated: 4:14 PM Florida has a fairly new program to help drivers with previous DUI convictions get back on the road and keep them straight. Some say the program could have sobering consequences.

Updated: 1:02 PM More than one out of every six college women says she’s been raped by someone she knows, and the Florida Department of Health hopes a new key chain can help stop the violence.