Updated: 7:05 PM Commissioners moved ahead with plans to build a new county animal shelter.

Updated: 5:13 PM There's more than 300 miles of unpaved roads in Bay County.

Updated: 4:10 PM A man convicted of shooting another man outside a Panama City Beach topless nightclub will spend at least the next 25 years behind bars.

Updated: 1:24 PM The state of Florida has given a huge boost to a couple of local recreation facilities.

Updated: 5:04 PM We’re still more than 100 days away from the November election, but Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry is already assembling a team of lawyers to prepare for court challenges in every state.

Updated: 1:27 PM According to experts, the number of loggerhead sea turtle nests are below normal across most Panhandle beaches.

Updated: 6:24 AM A third lane on the westbound bridge is also opening to provide relief along Highway 98 westward.

Updated: 6:20 AM Fifteen years ago Monday Panama City Airport Director, Randy Curtis, was helping to save lives at the Sioux City Airport.

Updated: 8:20 PM Homeowners in the Fort Walton Beach, Niceville-Valpraiso and Crestview may be experiencing some phantom happenings around their houses this week.

Updated: 5:58 PM A new cell tower did not receive a neighborly welcome by residents near Bay Point.

Posted: 8:42 PM Sears portrait studios across the country are kicking off a campaign of thanks to the troops through smiles and words of support.

Updated: 8:34 PM The family of a Panama City woman who died in a blast Kenya six years ago receives flag from attack.

Updated: 8:58 PM The driver of the city dump truck skidded into a culvert off of 231.

Updated: 8:46 PM A Panama City Beach man is in guarded condition after an accident on his four-wheeler Saturday night.

Updated: 8:45 PM The two divers lost their guide wire and were carried by rough seas about four miles from were they went into the water.

Updated: 8:37 PM Three boys between the ages of four and nine are the three known victims.

Updated: 8:19 PM Organizers blame Hathaway Bridge backups and the weather for the lower than usual turnout.

Updated: 8:17 PM Calls are coming in for the resignation of Department of Children and Families Secretary Jerry Regier.

Updated: 8:16 PM Disasters can take many forms, but you have a better chance of surviving one if you prepare in advance.

Updated: 8:14 PM A house parent at Dozier School for Boys in Marianna is among four Florida Department of Juvenile Justice employes who have been fired.

Updated: 8:13 PM A 20-year-old Panama City man is in jail after police accuse him of ripping off Ebay customers.

Updated: 8:11 PM A Mary Esther man has been arrested on three counts of sexual battery on children under the age of 12.

Updated: 8:10 PM A Florida business group says voters are being misled by signature-gatherers trying to get proposed constitutional amendments on the November ballot.

Updated: 9:20 PM For almost six years a local family has lived with the pain of losing a child.

Updated: 9:18 PM Rutherford High School football coach Steve Hardin has put his shoplifting arrest behind him.