Posted: 3:16 PM Former Army MP Hired as New Newton Police Chief in Southeast Alabama

Updated: 2:33 PM The First District Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for an Okaloosa County man, already convicted of murder.

Posted: 10:11 AM Firefighters saved two dogs from a burning home near Ormond Beach.

Posted: 10:10 AM The clock is ticking for Gov. Rick Scott. Scott has until May 24 to act on a proposed $74.5 billion state budget. The Republican-led Legislature on Thursday officially put the budget on Scott's desk.

Posted: 2:20 PM A Florida man is recovering after being attacked by an alligator while fleeing deputies during a traffic stop.

Posted: 10:28 AM Marine science officials say a high number of turtle turtles found stranded on beaches from north Florida to Georgia may be caused by an unusually long period of winter weather.

Posted: 10:27 AM The Florida Supreme Court is considering another appeal from the ringleader of a mass killing over an Xbox video game system.

Posted: 10:26 AM A Florida Panhandle man has been sentenced to life in prison for beating a man so severely it caused permanent head injuries.

Posted: 10:25 AM Police in central Florida say a skydiver died when his parachute failed to deploy.

Posted: 10:27 AM The Florida Highway Patrol says a man was run over by a patrol car and killed while fleeing DeLand police during a traffic stop.

Posted: 10:47 AM Authorities say recent rains have sent bacteria levels soaring in the Chattahoochee River.

Posted: 10:46 AM Georgia's new report card for public schools is out. The Georgia Department of Education said the average score for Georgia's elementary schools is 83.4; middle schools is 81.4 and high schools is 72.6.

Posted: 10:44 AM The Alabama Legislature is one step away from passing a bill that would make sure private schools and non-failing public schools don't have to take students who want to transfer from failing public schools.

Posted: 2:21 PM The judge who presided over the trial of Casey Anthony says he believes there was enough evidence to convict the Florida mother who was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter.

Posted: 10:11 AM A woman is recovering in a Daytona Beach hospital after being mauled by a pack of dogs while walking with her daughter in western Flagler County.

Posted: 1:30 PM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Senate has confirmed Lisa Edgar to a third four-year term on the Florida Public Service Commission.

Posted: 1:21 PM New law enforcement chief at Florida Wildlife Commission

Posted: 1:17 PM Two southeast Alabama coaches cleared of criminal conduct

Posted: 1:34 PM A man has been charged in the death of a Fort Benning soldier whose body was found in an eastern Alabama ditch.

Updated: 11:52 AM Police say a gunman who was fatally shot by officers was an obvious case of "suicide-by-cop."

Posted: 11:50 AM A south Alabama woman is free after pleading guilty in the abduction of her teen-aged daughter last year.

Posted: 11:48 AM Universal Orlando says its new, 3-D theme park ride based on the Transformers toy brand will open June 30.

Posted: 9:50 AM Police fatally shot man following a 90-minute standoff at a Jacksonville mobile home park.

Posted: 9:31 AM A bill being sent to Gov. Rick Scott seeks to make sure that Floridians have the right to be heard -- and not just seen -- at local government and state agency meetings.

Posted: 9:30 AM A grocery store worker near Atlanta made more money on her lunch break than many people earn in a lifetime.