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.

Updated: 4:54 PM Thursday was a free day off work for some people who hoped to avoid the storm by staying home and instead enjoyed a sunny day off.

Updated: 5:12 PM With Bonnie's lackluster performance on Bay County's shores, many people were back on the beach Thursday afternoon enjoying a mostly rain-free day.

Updated: 4:07 PM They now plan to head east to chase Hurricane Charley.

Updated: 3:42 PM Tropical Storm Bonnie fell apart before making landfall, causing little if any damage.

Updated: 4:10 PM After keeping northwest Florida residents on their toes for several days, Tropical Storm Bonnie is now out of the area.

Updated: 4:59 PM Gulf Pines Hospital paid the bill Wednesday to the city of Port St. Joe and Gulf County.

Updated: 1:01 PM The President flew to Waco, Texas to rest up before continuing his nine-state campaign blitz.

Updated: 7:18 PM President Bush has wrapped up a day-long bus tour through the Florida Panhandle with a big dusk rally in Panama City.

Updated: 12:56 PM After plucking three missing Georgia boaters safely from the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard has suspended the search for a fourth man who is presumed dead.

Updated: 12:55 PM State Education Commissioner Jim Horne says that he is quitting as head of the Florida Department of Education for family reasons.

Updated: 12:52 PM Some Panama City Firefighters apparently want someone else to negotiate their union contracts, or possibly do away with a union all together.

Updated: 4:41 PM A fishing trip turns deadly for a Callaway man.

Updated: 10:56 PM There is a lot more going on at Bay County schools than just the first days of classes.

Updated: 10:53 PM The St. Joe Company, the Heart Association and Bay County sheriff’s deputies may help save your life today.

Updated: 10:52 PM “Cocaine-associated excited delirium” is now being listed as the cause of death of a man who became ill and died a few minutes after Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies had to use a tazer on him last month.

Updated: 10:50 PM Panama City police say a fight got out of hand Friday night leaving one man dead in his own backyard.

Updated: 7:21 PM Friday was Tim McGarry's birthday, but the 42-year-old former Thomas Drive Fire Chief probably isn't celebrating.

Updated: 4:38 PM The port of Panama City is playing host to some high-tech scientists Friday.

Updated: 4:30 PM Bay County students hit the ground running for the first day of school Thursday morning.

Updated: 3:52 PM Florida's Great Northwest economic development organization has a new director of business development.

Updated: 3:43 PM Colorado State University researchers have lowered their Atlantic hurricane forecast for this season, but the experts still expect above average activity.

Updated: 3:44 PM An Alford man could do nothing as fire-fighters tried to save what was left of his burning mobile home.

Updated: 3:40 PM The swimming pool isn't the only possible drowning hazard in and around the home.