Updated: 8:48 PM Eight months ago a severely divided Altha City Council fired Police Chief Damon Jones, setting off a fire storm of controversy in the small Calhoun County town.

Updated: 7:35 PM Area law enforcement agencies are reminding drivers to be extra cautious and remember the ruling regulating buses and school zones.

Updated: 4:18 PM With schools starting all over the southeast, beach business owners are expecting tourism traffic to drop significantly.

Updated: 4:41 PM A Bay County man convicted of money laundering in April will spend the next 17-and-a-half years in federal prison.

Updated: 4:24 PM A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter four years ago is now out of prison after a federal judge threw out his original plea bargain deal.

Updated: 9:28 PM For the month of August, drivers will pay eight cents less a gallon when they fill up.

Updated: 9:39 PM In the wake of a scandal over sweetheart deals and questionable ethics, the chorus is growing for the removal of Department of Children and Families Secretary Jerry Regier.

Updated: 9:41 PM Panama City police say a man confessed at a local bar to murdering his ex-wife.

Updated: 9:43 PM They may be young, but don't tell them their voice won't be heard in this year's presidential election.

Updated: 9:45 PM They are the silent rescuers on the scene, but a vital part of any quick response to an accident.

Updated: 9:47 PM It's back to school time and hundreds of children will have backpacks full of supplies, ready to get to work.

Updated: 8:08 PM Investigators say her age makes them wonder if there may be more to the story than they first thought.

Updated: 8:12 PM The Florida Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, August 10 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Parker City Hall located at 1001 West Park Street.

Updated: 8:13 PM Two more arrests have been made in a major investigation into cocaine trafficking in Destin.

Updated: 8:14 PM Four boaters are safe after a scary experience early Friday morning in the Gulf of Mexico.

Updated: 8:18 PM An eight-month investigation into the possibility of corruption among Altha's city employees has come up dry.

Updated: 8:19 PM Walton County authorities are looking for a man who robbed a DeFuniak Springs business employee.

Updated: 8:20 PM A Corrections Officer from Chipley surrendered at the Bay County Jail in Panama City Friday afternoon.

Updated: 8:21 PM A Washington County man arrested for lewd and lascivious acts on several young girls is now wanted for additional crimes.

Updated: 8:22 PM Some people may think familiar rural roads are safer than major highways, but Florida Highway Patrol officials say that's a false sense of security.

Updated: 8:23 PM Bobby Goodwin's water meter went unread for 20 years and he never got a bill.

Updated: 8:27 PM When 11 students form Poland and the Ukraine arrived in Destin this summer, they expected housing, jobs and transportation.

Updated: 8:28 PM A grand jury found that Escambia County's sheriff did nothing wrong when he bought a helicopter from Calhoun County, which later received 13 surplus vehicles.

Updated: 8:29 PM All activities at Niceville High School in the Panhandle were called off for Friday, thanks to a mercury spill.

Updated: 8:30 PM Authorities in Bay County confirmed that a man found floating in the Gulf of Mexico drowned, but an investigation is continuing to determine if it was accidental.