Updated: 10:18 PM An Alford, Florida man is being held in the Jackson County Jail in Marianna for allegedly burning down his own home.

Updated: 9:38 PM Jackson County sheriff’s deputies say the man they suspect of committing a murder in Campbellton is now in police custody.

Updated: 9:32 PM Hurricane Ivan is threatening Florida with its 165 mile-per-hour winds. State Meteorologist Ben Nelson says ultimately residents from one end of the state to the other will be affected.

Updated: 7:25 AM One inmate is facing an attempted felony murder charge after using a hostage as a human shield against SWAT Team members.

Updated: 6:59 PM Here are some things you'll need if Ivan strikes the Panhandle.

Updated: 6:57 PM Many people are either already prepared for the newest storm's arrival or are waiting a few days before buying the supplies they need.

Updated: 4:48 PM As adults we clamor for information about impending storms to ease our nervousness, but what about our children?

Updated: 4:30 PM The Panama City-Bay County International Airport Authority has given its approval of a compromise agreement between county leaders, environmentalists and the Airport Authority on a land use plan for developing the proposed new local airport.

Updated: 3:51 PM Three men are in the Bay County Jail after a meth lab was found in a car, leading to anther lab in a Panama City Beach home.

Updated: 3:06 PM Just six days after Hurricane Frances ripped through Florida, 20 of Florida’s award-winning State Parks Friday reopened to visitors.

Updated: 3:08 PM Rumors and other false reports started circulating in the Panama City Area Friday afternoon. State officials say there is no gasoline rationing and none is planned.

Updated: 12:48 PM Local sheriff’s investigators believe a home invasion robbery suspect who eluded capture in a massive search in north Bay County last week has left the area.

Updated: 12:46 PM Whatever the stock market and national economic reports are saying, business leaders in Bay County are celebrating.

Updated: 12:45 PM Several top-level promotions are being announced this week at the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

Updated: 8:07 PM 1,500 people die each year from carbon monoxide poisoning, making it the number one "poison" killer and seeping into one Panama City family's home Wednesday night.

Updated: 4:39 PM A sheriff's negotiator says he fired three times at an inmate holding a scalpel to a nurse's throat and a syringe to her chest but accidentally hit the hostage along with the prisoner to end an 11-hour jail standoff.

Updated: 3:36 PM It started with Jimmy Lark's dream back in 1963 and grew to the largest amusement park within 100 miles of Panama City Beach. Now, after 41 years, it's over for Miracle Strip Amusement Park.

Updated: 3:22 PM Some state Department of Transportation workers from Panama City are heading south. They're going to south Florida to help with cleanup from Hurricane Frances.

Updated: 8:39 AM Sunday night's take-over of the Bay County jail's third floor may not have been the inmates' first attempt.

Updated: 10:13 AM Employees of Gulf World at Panama City Beach named an endangered sea turtle "Burn" because she came to them unable to swim and with a terrible sunburn on her neck.

Updated: 8:43 AM The United Way of Northwest Florida kicked off its annual campaign this week. The goal is a record for the area $2.2 million.

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.