Posted: 4:56 PM Authorities say 30 people have been arrested in connection with a check cashing scam involving the Lee County School District's payroll account.

Posted: 4:55 PM A federal judge in Mobile has issued a final judgment in a tax case involving former Alabama and NFL football quarterback Kenny "Snake" Stabler.

Posted: 2:49 PM Officials in the Florida Keys say they've gotten an enthusiastic response to two jobs postings for part-time employees to help battle growing crocodile problems on the islands.

Posted: 2:25 PM Three South Florida police officers have been arrested in connection with a series of immigrant beatings following a year-plus investigation.

Posted: 12:11 PM A religious group in central Alabama is wrapping up a holiday-week event that's drawn thousands of people who want to be near a woman who claims to have visions of the Virgin Mary.

Posted: 12:09 PM Authorities say a woman survived a fall from the Sunshine Skyway bridge near St. Petersburg.

Posted: 12:07 PM The abnormally dry conditions gripping Alabama now cover more than 90 percent of the state.

Posted: 12:05 PM State officials are urging private citizens to help the victims of Tropical storm Debby with cash donations to established relief organizations.

Posted: 3:51 PM The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has cleared a retired St. Augustine Beach police chief accused of taking firearms, a mountain bike and a motorcycle.

Posted: 3:49 PM U.S. Coast Guard officials have unloaded a ton of cocaine worth about $26 million at a central Florida port.

Posted: 3:47 PM A north Florida public works employee was struck by a utility pole that snapped while he was clearing debris from Tropical Storm Debby.

Posted: 11:23 AM A charity called Citizens Helping Heroes has applied for city permits to create an exclusive, temporary concert hall during the Republican National Convention.

Posted: 11:17 AM Later this summer, residents of Madison County will vote on whether to allow liquor sales for the first time in decades

Posted: 11:15 AM Officials are anticipating a huge turnout for Fourth of July fireworks in Savannah, where the colony of Georgia was founded 43 years before America declared its independence.

Posted: 11:14 AM Hundreds of Florida Power and Light workers are among the crews helping restore power in the Mid-Atlantic.

Posted: 11:12 AM Florida's Fourth of July is going to be hot, real hot.

Posted: 10:49 AM Peter Kirui of Kenya has won the 43rd annual Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta.

Posted: 10:46 AM Former Florida House Republican Leader Jim Tillman has died at the age of 77.

Posted: 10:42 AM SeaWorld Orlando is raising ticket prices.

Posted: 10:24 AM A wild bear cub briefly disrupted traffic near Busch Gardens in Tampa.

Posted: 10:22 AM Police have charged a 33-year-old Birmingham man with capital murder, attempted murder and shooting into an occupied dwelling in a shooting that left a 63-year-old man dead.

Posted: 10:21 AM Authorities say teenager is accused of fracturing an 11-month-old boy's skull.

Posted: 10:18 AM Georgia high school students made slight improvements this year on end-of-course tests in U.S. history, economics, biology, physical science and English, according to new data released Tuesday by the state Department of Education.

Posted: 5:20 PM Health officials have recorded the fourth case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in a horse in south Georgia this year.

Posted: 5:18 PM An Altoona man is accused of helping a stranded motorist, then following her to a residence and raping her.