Posted: 9:49 AM Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a large blaze that swept through Choctaw County High School in the western Alabama town of Butler.

Posted: 9:47 AM Federal health officials say they expect to approve Florida's request to move Medicaid patients into private managed care programs if the state resolves several issues to ensure they will be run with transparency and accountability.

Posted: 10:25 AM Florida lawmakers are considering whether to pay $2 million a year in order to lure Major League Soccer to the state.

Posted: 10:23 AM Picketing, protesting and other disturbances would be banned at all funerals and burials in Florida under a legislation that's on a fast track.

Posted: 10:21 AM The state is moving to shut down at least four casinos it says are operating illegally in Alabama.

Posted: 1:32 PM On the third day of a Florida golf vacation, President Barack Obama hit the links with more low-key partners.

Posted: 12:05 PM An employee accused of breaking a juvenile resident's arm at a mental health facility has been charged with aggravated child abuse.

Posted: 12:03 PM There's a new winning snake in the state's "Python Challenge."

Posted: 10:30 AM Two men have been arrested in connection with a quadruple stabbing in Orlando.

Posted: 10:29 AM The Republican-led Legislature wants the Florida Supreme Court to throw out a legal challenge to its redistricting plan for the state Senate.

Posted: 10:28 AM State wildlife officials are expanding hunting opportunities on private and public lands.

Posted: 1:24 PM The Burmese python has gotten a lot of attention lately, but it's not the only invasive species that worries wildlife officials in Florida.

Posted: 9:46 AM One of Georgia's largest school systems will cut more than 50 positions because grant funding for the jobs has run out.

Posted: 9:43 AM In the wake of the killing of a school bus driver in Midland City, the State Board of Education is instructing all schools to conduct drills at least twice annually addressing intruders and active shooters.

Posted: 9:39 AM The state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has hired a journalist to help the frequently embattled insurer with its image.

Posted: 10:31 AM A former high school football coach and teacher from Gainesville, Fla., could face prison time for involuntary manslaughter in the one-punch death of a Utah man at a Las Vegas casino.

Posted: 10:28 AM Residents in the Albany area are cleaning up after heavy rains sent water from Piney Wood Creek into their homes.

Posted: 10:26 AM Officials with the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies are seeing more dead baby dolphins, and they aren't sure why.

Posted: 10:24 AM A Carnival spokesman says the towing of a disabled cruise ship that has been stranded in the Gulf of Mexico for days is taking longer than anticipated.

Posted: 2:21 PM Verizon Communications Inc. plans to open a finance and accounting "center of excellence" in central Florida that's expected to employ 750 by 2016.

Posted: 11:47 AM A Florida legislator wants websites to delete arrest photos if the person is later found not guilty or if the charges are dropped.

Posted: 10:56 AM Planning the perfect outdoor trip in Florida? A free Florida State Park app can help you find a nearby camp site as it tracks your trails and sends you weather alerts.

Posted: 10:54 AM University of Alabama fan Harvey Updyke and his lawyers are in court for a hearing leading up to his trial on charges of poisoning Auburn University's landmark oak trees.

Posted: 10:53 AM Florida prisons are saving money through lower-cost contracts for paper towels, toilet paper and soap while inmates are wearing cheaper shoes in response to a budget deficit that has ballooned to $95.2 million.

Posted: 10:52 AM Federal prosecutors say a man on trial in Georgia was seeking to become famous as someone who survived a deadly bite from a black mamba -- but they say the story was a hoax.