Updated: 9:02 AM Leon County is beefing up its volunteer fire departments by adding a medical director to the ranks.

Updated: 8:57 AM A new program at the Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber of Commerce is helping small businesses in the community turn big profits.

Updated: 8:53 AM Leon County students are gaining 21st century skills needed to succeed in today's workplace.

Updated: 10:20 PM You may have seen them, and you've probably heard them.

Updated: 10:15 PM Hurricane season officially wrapped up on Tuesday, but the effects of this season's storms are still being felt by local governments.

Updated: 6:24 PM Members of a state agency are taking steps to learn how to respond to a potential disaster.

Updated: 6:19 PM Florida’s elections supervisors are proposing a radical change in the way they conduct elections.

Updated: 6:15 PM The First Steps program in Cairo, Georgia educates and informs new parents about the importance of having a child.

Updated: 6:12 PM Nearly 50,000 Florida families could lose their children’s health insurance on Monday all because their paperwork wasn't in on time.

Updated: 6:12 PM A seven-year-old Monticello boy found out Wednesday whether he would be expelled from school.

Updated: 1:45 PM Citizens of the Rose City are thankful that new stoplights are working, but many now say the wait is just too long.

Updated: 1:46 PM It was a year when devastating hurricanes pounded the state of Florida and parts of Georgia.

Updated: 1:40 PM A local Marine has been killed in an explosion in Iraq.

Updated: 10:08 PM Hunting accidents are making headlines this season putting local hunters on edge, but it's not enough to scare away most hunters around here. Many of these hunters consider these treks in the woods a family tradition.

Updated: 11:15 AM This week's Crime Stoppers deals with the search for a thief who not only stole from his victims, but then defrauded the pawn shop where he traded the goods for cash.

Updated: 7:02 PM A state representative is on a mission to diversify Florida's economy.

Updated: 6:51 PM For local rescue crews, the most dangerous part of their day may not be dealing with an emergency, but just trying to get there safely.

Updated: 7:05 PM Thomas County's community service group called "Hands on Thomas County" had an appreciation luncheon Tuesday to recognize all the work that's been done around town so far.

Updated: 6:29 PM Wednesday is the official end of hurricane season.

Updated: 6:24 PM The leader of a powerful lobbying firm in Florida steps down.

Updated: 2:16 PM U.S. officials say Tom Ridge has resigned after 23 months as the nation's first Homeland Security Secretary.

Updated: 1:32 PM A new weapon in the war against identity theft.

Updated: 1:30 PM The staff of an area medical center takes a big step to accommodate their growing number of patients.

Updated: 9:42 PM The Leon County sheriff has sent up a flare saying the local war on terror is being undermined by a lack of cooperation and communication.

Updated: 7:02 PM A family in Bainbridge, Georgia is mourning the loss of three family members who died in an accident on the Florida Turnpike near Vero Beach. Six died in total.