Updated: 6:08 PM Leaders in Wakulla County say Federal Aid is needed to help in the recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Debby.

Posted: 4:38 PM Florida Division of Emergency Management officials urge Florida’s residents and visitors to practice safety over the July Fourth Holiday. An elevated risk of rip currents is expected along many of Florida’s Panhandle, East Central and South Florida beaches, and Heat Index values could reach between 100 and 105 degrees.

Posted: 4:07 PM Governor Scott activates Emergency Bridge Loan Program for small businesses affected by Tropical Storm Debby. Program may provide up to $10 million in short-term funds to help small businesses.

Updated: 3:07 PM The bald eagle population is increasing in Florida, which continues to be one of the top spots in the lower 48 states for bald eagles to nest and raise their young.

Posted: 3:00 PM The Tallahassee Senior Center and Foundation invite you to join them this evening, July 3rd, beginning at 7:30 p.m. for the annual Celebrate America concert.

Updated: 8:41 PM Special Olympians got a big boost that will help them train and travel.

Posted: 1:37 PM The Big Bend had the first scare of the 2012 hurricane season with Tropical Storm Debby. Debby was devastating for over 200 families and homes in Wakulla County.

Posted: 11:07 AM A three-year agreement that helped woo Southwest Airlines to the new Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport worked so well that the airline agreed to terminate the pact early.

Updated: 9:07 AM A 50-year-old homeless man was arrested Monday, July 2 after beating a 45-year-old Crawfordville victim who attempted to help the man by giving him a place to stay.

Posted: 10:44 AM With Gov. Rick Scott vowing that Florida won't expand its health care system for the poor because it will hurt the state's effort to create jobs, his opponents and other advocates charged that the opposite might be true.

Posted: 10:09 AM Saying it was based on anecdotal information and unfounded conjecture, a federal judge has barred enforcement of a 2011 state law that restricted doctors from asking patients about guns in their houses.

Posted: 9:51 AM Sen. Arthenia Joyner and a pair of voting-rights organizations have filed an administrative challenge to the state's decision to push ahead with a new elections law in 62 of Florida's 67 counties.

Posted: 9:41 AM Ben Lamont Denson received a sentence of 10 years in the Department of Corrections and 10 years of probation to follow.

Updated: 9:42 AM Madison County Sheriff Ben Stewart reports that On Monday the 2nd day of July 2012, Investigators with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force conducted a traffic stop on a 2008 Nissan Altima for traveling 85 mph in a 70 mph posted speed zone.

Posted: 9:22 AM The battle in a traditional minority access state Senate district pits a family heir apparent against former colleagues including a prominent white candidate from the Florida Keys who is hoping a split vote will work in his favor.

Posted: 9:17 AM Florida will opt out of spending about $2 billion more to expand Medicaid, and won't build insurance exchanges, another optional part of the federal health care law, Gov. Rick Scott's office said.

Posted: 4:30 AM Florida election law draws new legal challenge

Posted: 4:28 AM Education head tries to calm fears on FCAT scores

Posted: 11:38 PM The head of Florida's Department of Education is writing parents to tell them that they shouldn't be overly concerned about the results of the state-required exam that's supposed to measure year-to-year improvements of students, teachers and public schools.

Updated: 4:20 PM A massive sinkhole opened up in downtown Live Oak during the flood which has caused severe structural damage to some businesses.

Updated: 2:40 PM Florida will join other states opting out of Medicaid expansion, state-run exchanges. If the Affordable Care Act is not repealed before January 1, 2014, Florida will implement and comply with the required sections of the act.

Posted: 1:59 PM Every year, thousands of immigrants take the U.S. Naturalization Test in hopes of becoming U.S. Citizens. The exam tests their knowledge of basic U.S. History and Civics. According to the U.S, Citizenship and Immigration Services, about 93 percent of them pass. But how would the average American do?

Posted: 1:35 PM State re-opens some shellfish areas following Tropical Storm Debby.

Updated: 10:46 PM Nathaniel Walker indicted by grand jury, prosecutors file intent to seek death penalty

Updated: 9:29 AM Elijah Brookins accused of stabbing fellow inmate more than 20 times during prison transport