Updated: 8:53 PM Back in April, the Perdue chicken processing plant in Defuniak Springs shut down, leaving almost 400 workers out of a job. Almost five months later, the city was supposed to be hurting from the loss of its biggest employer.

Updated: 8:47 PM A Panhandle hunter has bagged what could be the catch of the year. Australia may have the "Crocodile Hunter", but Liberty County now has the "Gator Hunter."

Updated: 8:46 PM The Bay County commissioners shocked many when they decided to impose height restrictions on the west end of Panama City Beach.

Updated: 8:41 PM This tentative height restriction has one of the largest west end property owners taking action.

Updated: 5:07 PM Five current or former Bay County officials are in trouble with the Florida Ethics Commission.

Updated: 3:54 PM Air Force officials say they now know what caused an F-15 jet to crash into a St. George Island coastal swamp back in May.

Updated: 3:51 PM A woman was rescued late Tuesday night while clinging to a channel marking buoy.

Updated: 2:38 PM The Panhandle is known for its abundant natural resources. Many residents share those lakes, springs and waterways with the general public, but some of the residents aren't happy about the way the visitors are behaving at Round Lake.

Updated: 2:25 PM A Springfield man is behind bars after a fight over a woman ends in a stabbing.

Updated: 9:17 AM Corrections Corporation of America officials admits it has received complaints about poor conditions at the jail.

Updated: 9:10 AM Deputies from Bay and Walton Counties caught a fugitive near the Inlet Beach area in Walton County late Monday night.

Updated: 9:03 AM The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will be looking into the Bay County SWAT team's response at the end of the standoff.

Updated: 7:53 PM In a surprise vote at the Bay County Commission meeting Tuesday afternoon, the commissioners approved a rezoning that would restrict height limits on the west end of Panama City Beach.

Updated: 6:08 PM For the second time in three weeks an Okaloosa County school must deal with a loss.

Updated: 12:31 PM Glenda Baker says the inmates who held her and three other CCA employees hostage were fed up with conditions at the jail.

Updated: 12:36 PM The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is reinstating all public access to 12 wildlife management areas and wildlife and environmental areas in northwest Florida following the passage of Hurricane Frances through the state.

Updated: 8:57 PM Authorities have identified the four men who took a prison guard and three CCA nurses hostage Sunday night.

Updated: 1:41 PM A grandson of Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden and Bowden's former son-in-law were killed Sunday in a traffic crash on Interstate 10 near Quincy in Gadsden County.

Updated: 1:29 PM Over 100 members of the Florida National Guard in Panama City left here Saturday morning and are heading out to help the victims of Hurricane Frances.

Updated: 1:11 PM Hurricane Frances is not expected to bring the same intensity to our area here in the Florida Panhandle as she has to the lower half of the state.

Updated: 1:13 PM The State Fire Marshall is investigating a fire at the Parker City Playground on East Business 98 Saturday morning. The blaze caused an estimated $30,000 in damage.

Updated: 1:12 PM Florida Highway Patrol Troopers need the public’s help identifying a pedestrian who was hit and killed by a car.

Updated: 8:20 PM Panama City police are looking for a robber who held up the U-Haul in the 1000 block of West 15th Street shortly after noon on Friday.

Updated: 8:19 PM Bay County lawmen are still searching for a home invasion robbery suspect.

Updated: 8:17 PM The effort to recall a Callaway city commissioner has been thrown out by a local circuit court judge.