Updated: 1:53 PM Pollution is shutting down Florida beaches in record numbers.

Updated: 12:47 PM Panama City’s City Manager Ken Hammons will soon be getting some assistance.

Updated: 12:46 PM Holmes County voters will go to the polls at the end of this month to elect a sheriff, but the 2000 sheriff's race in the Bonifay area may still end up costing them money.

Updated: 12:44 PM A Destin woman faces felony charges after a hit and run crash left a bicyclist dead on U.S. 98 in the Panhandle.

Updated: 12:43 PM A Panhandle county clerk, backed by a religious rights organization, filed seven lawsuits across Florida Thursday asking the courts to uphold the constitutionality of state laws limiting a marriage to a man and woman.

Updated: 12:42 PM Florida motorists are getting the full benefit of an $0.08 tax break on a gallon of regular gas and getting even a little bonus.

Updated: 9:30 PM You can tell the campaign trail is really heating up here in Northwest Florida. Tickets will be available starting Friday.

Updated: 2:58 PM A landlord plans to evict Polish students working summer jobs in Shalimar from their doublewide trailer.

Updated: 2:50 PM A co-defendant received a reduced sentence for testifying against a Panama City doctor convicted of illegally prescribing and dispensing medications that led to two overdose deaths.

Updated: 2:27 PM Earlier this week NewsChannel Seven told you about a large Jackson County employer, Sykes, closing up shop. Now it appears a large Washington County business may be pulling up stakes as well.

Updated: 12:49 PM A Callaway woman convicted of killing her husband in November 2001 has lost her appeal for a new trial.

Updated: 12:51 PM Panama City Beach may soon get more visitors thanks to new recognition.

Updated: 12:48 PM Mexico Beach City Administrator Paul Sabiston is one of 10 finalists for a similar job in a south Florida town.

Updated: 7:47 PM Think a terrorist attack could happen here in the Panhandle? Well, local officials aren't taking any chances.

Updated: 2:14 PM A drowning on Panama City Beach never brings good publicity to the world's most beautiful beaches. Many local leaders want to make sure the community is doing its best to prevent any more deaths in the Gulf water.

Updated: 4:33 PM The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a bank robbery at a branch of the First City Bank, 24 Racetrack Road, NE in Fort Walton Beach.

Updated: 4:04 PM Opponents of the proposed airport relocation lost their appeals court battle Wednesday.

Updated: 12:51 PM A new survey shows one out of four Floridians isn’t saving anything for retirement, and more than one in three have at least $5,000 in credit card debt.

Updated: 12:52 PM When Sykes Enterprises set-up shop in Marianna in 1999, Jackson County business leaders called it a huge boost to the local economy.

Updated: 12:53 PM A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for lending his car to friends who killed an 18-year-old to steal her mother's marijuana.

Updated: 12:53 PM Voter turnout was low in Chipley for city elections this week. Voters were deciding two issues.

Updated: 12:54 PM Floridians are supposed to be enjoying lower gas prices this month, but not all gas stations are passing along the "joy" of the $0.08 a gallon savings.

Updated: 12:55 PM Firefighters from four districts rushed to the home on Melinda Circle off Resota Beach Road shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Updated: 12:41 PM There've been some changes to the list of candidates hoping to become the next Police Chief of Panama City.

Updated: 6:53 PM One month ago the owner of Gulf Pines Hospital filed for bankruptcy 15 minutes before the hospital went to the highest bidder. Tuesday he was in Tallahassee for the bankruptcy hearing.