Posted: 7:47 AM A church in Daytona Beach is hosting Operation Safe Surrender on Tuesday. Church officials say the event is an alternative to police coming to the door unexpectedly

Updated: 7:23 AM Continuing the recognition of local men and women in uniform, Bay County's annual Veterans Day parade takes place in downtown Panama City Monday.

Posted: 5:25 PM A Baldwin County man has received a life sentence for operating a methamphetamine lab in a closet of his mobile home.

Posted: 3:14 PM George P. Bush, a rising star among Hispanic conservatives and the grandson of one president and nephew of another, has taken the first step toward seeking elected office in Texas.

Posted: 12:32 PM A judge has denied bond for a Georgia couple accused of confining their teenage son to a bedroom for years with little food.

Posted: 10:10 AM Would-be House Speaker Chris Dorworth's deficit at the polls has grown to 123 votes.

Posted: 10:07 AM Police executed a search warrant at a central Florida animal shelter and seized 100 cats and 26 dogs.

Posted: 10:06 AM Tuskegee city officials say Lt. Col. Herbert Eugene Carter, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, has died.

Posted: 10:04 AM A Georgia prosecutor says twin brothers accused in the killing of a former journalist whose body was found buried in concrete have waived extradition and will be sent to Florida to face murder charges.

Posted: 10:03 AM The first of two funerals for the Atlanta police officers killed when their helicopter hit a power pole and crashed is scheduled for Friday.

Posted: 5:07 PM An archaeological dig on the grounds of a former middle school in coastal Brunswick has so far turned up 33 graves from the Colonial-era.

Posted: 12:11 PM An environmental group is criticizing a Florida Public Service Commission staff recommendation to bill utility customers $292 million in costs related to future construction, expansion or upgrades of nuclear power plants.

Posted: 11:48 AM Although still badly outnumbered in Florida's legislative hallways, more Democrats will soon be at the Capitol coming off perhaps their most encouraging Election Day in some two decades.

Posted: 11:47 AM Style as well as substance likely played a role in the rejection by Florida voters of eight of 11 proposed state constitutional amendments.

Posted: 10:10 AM The Florida Supreme Court will hear two cases on the legality of fines collected from motorists caught by red light cameras before the Legislature passed a law authorizing their use.

Posted: 10:09 AM A Tampa car dealer admitted in a plea agreement filed in U.S. District Court that he helped bilk the government out of almost $1.2 million in fraudulent tax returns.

Posted: 10:08 AM Authorities say the owner of a Florida Panhandle convenience store was fatally shot during an apparent robbery.

Posted: 10:06 AM Measures that would have offered expansive property tax relief, repealed Florida's ban on public funding for religious organizations and set new limits on abortion rights are among eight proposed state constitutional amendments that have fallen short of the required 60 percent approval.

Posted: 10:05 AM Elections officials in nine Florida counties are still tallying absentee ballots, after the presidential race was decided nationally.

Posted: 3:04 PM Florida Governor Rick Scott's higher education task force has finalized its recommendations.

Posted: 2:25 PM The State Board of Education won't appeal a judge's decision striking down rules that required Florida-resident U.S. citizens to pay out-of-state tuition if they depend on parents who are illegal immigrants.

Posted: 2:24 PM Governor Rick Scott has cast his ballot in his hometown of Naples.

Posted: 2:23 PM Florida elections officials say anyone in line when the polls close at 7 p.m. local time will be allowed to vote.

Posted: 10:09 AM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama election officials are reporting a strong voter turnout, with long lines at many polling places.

Posted: 4:44 PM A lawyer for a Mexican citizen who was charged with driving without a license during a traffic stop in Georgia is asking the state's highest court to declare the section of state law that requires a driver's license to drive unconstitutional.