Posted: 10:34 AM A northwest Georgia amusement park hopes to open a new water park with a tax break under a new Georgia law.

Posted: 10:33 AM Alabama workers who butcher wild game say cold weather since Christmas has helped deer hunting get back on track in the state.

Posted: 10:31 AM Authorities in central Florida are continuing their search for two fishermen who may have been ejected from their boat on Lake Jesup.

Posted: 10:30 AM Police have arrested a man accused of fatally stabbing someone over $10 worth of marijuana.

Posted: 10:29 AM Store owners in some Alabama towns are gearing up for their first New Year's Eve since alcohol sales were made legal during 2012.

Posted: 9:53 AM Sheriff's officials say a north Florida woman faces child abuse charges when a 9-year-old child in her care got sick after eating a piece of crack cocaine.

Posted: 9:50 AM Officials say red tide is responsible for thousands of dead fish that have washed up along the beaches in Sarasota and Charlotte counties.

Posted: 9:49 AM A 17-year-old from Jacksonville faces several charges following his arrest for bringing a loaded gun into a movie theater on Christmas night.

Posted: 10:54 AM Relief agencies and volunteers are helping out victims of the tornadoes that hit Alabama on Christmas Day.

Posted: 10:26 AM Authorities say a Muscle Shoals police officer is on administrative leave after a deer was shot and killed on federal property.

Posted: 10:23 AM Police say a man who was kidnapped from his apartment on Christmas Eve has been found dead in a wooded area less than a mile from his Pensacola apartment.

Posted: 10:22 AM Alachua County's law enforcement may temporarily patrol public elementary schools all day long once classes resume on Jan. 3.

Posted: 8:18 AM Alabama state police say they've issued 59 citations for texting-while-driving since a ban went into effect Aug. 1.

Posted: 1:59 PM South Florida officials say wading bird nesting suffered in 2012 when too much water returned to the region too fast.

Posted: 1:58 PM A judge has denied bond for a 40-year-old man who was arrested in the death of a 9-year-old Spalding County girl.

Posted: 1:57 PM A 56-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot by Clearwater Police while armed with a semi-automatic rifle, shotgun, pistol and three knives.

Posted: 9:51 AM The state is offering special lodging deals to promote hunting at Alabama's wildlife management areas.

Posted: 9:49 AM Federal authorities have arrested a Florida Panhandle woman on producing child pornography charges.

Posted: 9:47 AM Nearly half of Florida's high schools received an A grade for the 2011-12 school year.

Posted: 9:46 AM A man hunting coyotes near Gainesville is being treated at the hospital after a shooting accident.

Posted: 9:44 AM The stepmother of an 11-year-old autistic girl who was found dead has been arrested on aggravated child abuse charges.

Posted: 9:45 AM The only giraffe at the Silver Springs Nature Park has died.

Posted: 9:41 AM A Sarasota County father has been charged with aggravated child abuse in the death of his 11-year-old daughter.

Posted: 9:40 AM A longtime deacon at a Roman Catholic church in Mobile has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.

Posted: 9:39 AM A rare North Atlantic right whale washed up dead on a beach in Flagler County and attracted dozens of sightseers as well as a team of biologists who examined the whale to try to determine why it died.