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.

Updated: 8:45 PM ZooWorld officials are speaking for the first time Tuesday about the death of one of their giraffes. They euthanized Elliot Saturday night, after he suffered a serious spine injury.

Updated: 11:21 AM A Tyndall Air Force Base officer has been selected to lead one of the Air Force's most high profile commands.

Posted: 5:09 PM Governor Rick Scott presented the Governor’s Shine Award to Melissa DiCesare and five other teachers "who go above and beyond to make a difference in education.”

Updated: 8:49 PM A dangerous man was taken off the streets Tuesday and placed behind bars, charged with an open count of murder

Posted: 4:41 PM The Destin developer caught-up in the Ray Sansom corruption scandal a few years ago, is headed to prison.

Posted: 3:56 PM Legislation to allow parents to take over failing schools is poised for a vote in the state senate later this week or next.

Updated: 8:57 PM Legislation on its way to the Governor’s desk will make it harder for divorcing couples to collect alimony, it shortens the time alimony can be awarded, and presumes divorcing fathers and mothers are equally capable parents.

Updated: 9:02 PM A battle between the nation’s two largest ticket companies has ended for now. Ticketmaster and Stub Hub were fighting in Tallahassee over bills to help their businesses, but Disney ended up the big winner.