Updated: 8:21 AM The all-new Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council is ready to get down to business. The group held its first meeting this afternoon.

Updated: 9:14 PM The Tyndall Air Force Base is leading the charge to promote a Greener use of power amongst other Bases.

Updated: 9:16 PM A local service organization is trying to teach children a lesson that will hopefully last a lifetime.

Updated: 8:39 AM Chipola College officials recognized the accomplishments of two outstanding students.

Updated: 9:19 PM 15 children at Anchorage Children's Home in Panama City will be sleeping on brand new mattresses Thursday night.

Updated: 7:56 AM A Jackson County family has been talking about the loss of their daughter to a violent crime. Jackson County sheriff's deputies say Andrew Johnson stabbed his girlfriend Krista Stevenson (25) at her Greenwood home early Sunday morning. Stevenson's family has had a hard time dealing with the tragedy.

Updated: 7:57 AM Legislation named the “Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act” was signed into law Thursday. The measure requires law enforcement agencies to get a search warrant before flying over your home or property with an unmanned drone. Supporters say it's better to have rules in place before most law enforcement agencies are flying over your house.

Updated: 9:20 PM Legislation to speed up Florida’s death penalty sparked debate in Tallahassee Thursday. The average Florida death row inmate spends 13 year behind bars before they’re executed, but state lawmakers hope to change that soon.

Updated: 4:15 PM A Wewahitchka woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting her boyfriend in the mouth.

Posted: 10:44 AM The first step of a very noticeable change for downtown Panama City took place Wednesday afternoon.

Posted: 9:35 AM This week's Golden Apple winner is a math teacher at Mowat Middle school.

Updated: 9:06 AM Several explosions on two fuel barges in the Mobile River left three people injured overnight.

Updated: 7:54 AM The Bay County Transportation Planning Organization met Wednesday and one of the topics to discuss was the move to restore the Sunsemt Limited passenger train service.

Updated: 7:55 AM Bay Town Trolley officials are discussing another fare increase, even thoguh

Updated: 8:59 PM Bryson Hatcher has a rare genetic disorder called Joubert Syndrome. He needs a kidney from a healthy donor with O positive or negative blood type age 18 to 30.

Updated: 8:58 PM Wednesday Bay County turned 100 years old, and the celebrations have begun.

Updated: 10:38 AM Modern day courthouse security was born out of a tragedy here in the panhandle. Back in 1987 a man named Cylde Melvin shot and killed his wife's divorce lawyer Tom Ingals, judge W.L. bailey, and an in-law Peggy White Paulk at the Gulf County courthouse.

Updated: 9:11 AM State lawmakers are poised to send a campaign finance reform bill to the Governor that is leaving government watchdogs skeptical. The legislation doubles the contribution limits for legislative candidates and allows state wide candidates to take six times more from individuals. The legislation gives Governor Rick Scott great leverage to push his own agenda.

Updated: 9:01 PM The future of Florida’s state retirement system is in limbo as Republicans in Tallahassee line up behind two different reform plans. While Republicans debate over how to reform the system, Democrats say leave it alone.

Posted: 3:19 PM A Ft. Walton Beach man has pleaded guilty to a single count federal indictment of wire fraud in connection with claims of losses connected to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill three years ago.

Updated: 3:06 PM As of April 23, BP has paid nearly more than 2.8 billion dollars in claims.

Updated: 10:13 PM Andrew Johnson was charged in the murder of a Jackson County woman, Krista Stevenson.

Updated: 1:02 PM Panama City commissioners were expecting to get their first look at a revitalization study for the downtown area, but they ended up seeing a lot more than that.

Updated: 8:27 AM Panama City officials are trying to help bring Amtrak passenger train service back to the Panhandle.

Posted: 8:55 PM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has disclosed that she's seeking more than $5.4 billion in damages from BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.