Updated: 05/21/2013 - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Motorists in Louisiana will have to add tweets and Facebook updates to the list of activity banned while driving, in addition to texting.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - DELAND, Fla. (AP) -- A central Florida attorney wants a DeLand police officer to show up in court to explain why he skipped a traffic hearing after pulling him over for "impolitely" honking his horn.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) -- A west Georgia school system has approved a package of cuts that includes closing an elementary school and a middle school.

Posted: 05/21/2013 - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Jacksonville's 24 Head Start centers are set to reopen after being shuttered when the federal government stopped providing the Jacksonville Urban League funding because of safety issues.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Florida shoppers this August will get to buy computers without having to pay sales taxes.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Phone counselors are now available to help long-term care Medicaid recipients choose their health plans.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - A new exhibit at a southeast Alabama museum includes dozens of photographs from World War II.

Posted: 05/20/2013 - Outside construction of a new medical school building in Dothan is mostly completed as work continues inside.

Posted: 05/17/2013 - A former Republican state lawmaker who voted for bills to expand the Florida Lottery is an even bigger fan after winning roughly $815,000 in a scratch-off game.

Posted: 05/17/2013 - A 24-year-old man faces up to 30 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter and child neglect in the death of his 5-month-old son.