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.

Updated: 7:03 PM Beach restoration will be one of the big issues next month when Florida lawmakers head into special session to deal with the havoc caused by four hurricanes.

Updated: 6:33 PM The Leon County Commission will vote Tuesday night whether to renew the Leon County sheriff's use of inmate labor.

Updated: 6:17 PM New rules have been put in place for crabbers in Florida.

Updated: 6:13 PM The city of Quincy may be forced to "put the brakes" on a multi-million dollar road project that has been in the works for at least six years.

Updated: 6:05 PM A survey shows millions of students are now spending four or more years and many never even earn an associate degree.

Updated: 9:49 PM There's one gift not on the list that's bound to make many folks happy.

Updated: 9:43 PM As the skies cleared and the sun came out Sunday, dozens of bikers showed up for the annual Toy Run.

Updated: 10:49 PM It was another busy day at airports across the nation as millions of Americans returned home after the long Thanksgiving holiday.

Updated: 8:06 PM A Tallahassee Subway is the target of a robbery.

Updated: 8:04 PM People in Georgia go hog wild over the annual Swine Time Festival.

Updated: 8:02 PM Looking for a fresh cut tree to ring in the yuletide season, but don't want to break the bank buying one? Vendors say prices are holding steady.

Updated: 7:58 PM For more than three decades, thousands of people from around the Big Bend have been making the holiday trek to an event known as Old Fashioned Fun Day.

Updated: 7:54 PM This is one of the biggest shopping seasons of the year, and electric heaters are a hot item, especially with the recent cold temperatures.

Updated: 7:45 PM Friday was one of the busiest shopping days of the year and many people are overwhelmed by the crowds, shopping bags and parking lots. All the chaos can make you an easy target for some common types of crime during the holiday season.

Updated: 7:41 PM The holidays are a time when families come together to celebrate.

Updated: 7:11 PM It's tempting to ditch your workouts as your days fill with holiday preparations.

Updated: 7:07 PM Millions of Americans did their part to help the economy by heading out the door, some at the crack of dawn, to start knocking out the old holiday shopping list.

Updated: 7:01 PM If the large crowds have you thinking twice about heading to the store to shop, you might want to join the growing number of people who shop on the Internet.

Updated: 6:42 PM Shopping was on the minds of most people Friday morning, but things got off to a slow start for merchants in downtown Thomasville.

Updated: 8:46 AM A Monticello family has never been as thankful to be together as they are Thursday night. Six-month-old Ja' Marquez Pringle was still strapped into his car seat, when a thief got behind the wheel and took off.