Updated: 8:59 PM A young Jackson County youth apparently drowned Wednesday evening at a neighbors pool.

Updated: 8:38 PM The family of a Jackson County Sheriff's Deputy killed in the line of duty was honored Thursday as part of Peace Officers Memorial week.

Updated: 8:12 AM The 2012 Annual Uniform Crime Report was released Thursday. The report shows Florida’s crime rate dropped 6.5 percent compared to 2011.

Updated: 10:06 AM There is more than a billion dollars in unclaimed property sitting in state of Florida's vaults. Some of it might just be yours.

Updated: 8:39 AM Governor Rick Scott has until next Friday to sign off on the state’s 74 billion dollar budget. His staff has been sending letters to organizations set to receive state money, asking for justifications and a government watchdog says at least one hundred million of spending ought to be axed.

Updated: 8:28 AM An improving economic climate nationwide is good news for Florida. That’s because more people are checking out Florida’s attractions, and it’s creating more jobs for Floridians.

Updated: 2:27 PM Sheriff Frank McKeithen has extended an invitation to the public to attend the 100th Anniversary Celebration of the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

Posted: 11:42 AM The St. Joe Company is teaming up with Green Circle Bio Energy

Updated: 12:13 PM An officer involved shooting that took place Wednesday evening in Mary Esther began when an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to make a traffic stop.

Posted: 11:18 AM Panama City Police has responded to an apparent shooting at the Macedonia Garden Apartments in Panama City.

Updated: 10:12 AM This week's Golden Apple award winner teaches 4th grade at Bay Elementary in Santa Rosa Beach. Ms. Daniel is in her 22nd year of teaching, but it's her first year at Bay Elementary. It hasn't taken students and parents long to recognize she is something special.

Posted: 7:50 AM May 13th-19th is American craft beer week. Craft beers are gaining popularity here in the panhandle. The industry could one day mean new jobs in our area.

Updated: 3:13 PM Jackson County Sheriff's investigators say they now have a motive in the suicide of a popular Marianna High School teacher.

Updated: 11:49 AM The Chairman and CEO of Southern Airways Express, Stan Little, has announced the Memphis based carrier's plans to fly non-stop from Memphis to four destinations including Panama City Beach.

Posted: 7:24 PM Powerball is not the only game in town. Florida is now participating in another multi-state lottery game.

Updated: 6:46 PM The Mega Millions jackpot would normally be a big draw for lottery players. However, it happens to come at the same time the Powerball jackpot is up to 360-million dollars, the third highest ever.

Updated: 5:56 PM If the FDIC is to recover any money from the former directors of the failed Peoples First Community Bank, it will have to prove gross negligence, not just simple negligence.

Updated: 7:51 AM Fort Myers, FL---Bozeman falls in the 1A State Semifinals for the second straight year, falling to Chiefland Wednesday 4-1.

Updated: 5:36 PM 22 Jackson County School employees will be starting new jobs in the fall. The principals, assistant principals and administrators have been reassigned. District officials said the moves were financially motivated.

Updated: 8:31 AM Nurse Practitioners will no longer conduct sports physicals at schools in Calhoun and Liberty Counties. The Inspector General of the Florida Health Department wrapped up an investigation over allegations of inappropriate conduct between a nurse practitioner and a Liberty High School student.

Posted: 4:56 PM More than eighty percent of the voters who showed-up for Tuesday’s special election rejected a proposal that would have allowed the city's fire district board the ability to raise a millage cap. Wednesday the fire district commissioners are trying to figure out how they'll manage next year's budget.

Updated: 3:50 PM The Gulf Coast Workforce Center will host a job fair Thursday, May 16 at the Panama City Mall.

Updated: 5:18 PM State and local governments are cashing in on red light camera tickets. Just shy of a million were written in the year that ended June 30th. Some lawmakers tried to get rid of the cameras this past spring, but the cameras will remain but will be a touch more friendlily to motorists.

Updated: 7:36 AM Under a new bill passed through the house and senate, Floridians facing mental illness will be banned from purchasing a gun. Supporters say it will save lives, while medical professionals say it will wrongfully take away second amendment rights for a large group of Floridians.

Posted: 11:05 AM Hancock Bank will be closing as many as 45 of it's bank branches between now and the end of this year.