Updated: 6:40 PM Law enforcement and public works officials are assessing damage in Thomas County with a fine-toothed comb, hoping Georgia Emergency Management may step in to help.

Updated: 6:34 PM Sighs of relief can be heard throughout Wakulla County where thousands of residents escaped their second tropical storm in one month.

Updated: 6:18 PM As the cleanup begins for Hurricane Frances, state officials are plugging a relief fund for victims of the storm.

Updated: 6:00 PM Families are about to leave Tallahassee after spending days in shelters.

Updated: 6:45 PM Now that Frances has left its mark on Florida, some area homeowners are picking up the pieces and digging out their insurance papers.

Updated: 5:48 PM It may have been a day off for many students, state workers and others, but for many area residents it was a day of cleaning up.

Updated: 8:53 PM Weaker Hurricane Ivan is spinning about 305 miles southeast of the Caribbean island of Barbados with 105-mile-per-hour winds on a path that could bring it near Florida.

Updated: 8:55 PM A sense of normalcy is beginning to return to some of the areas that had been threatened by Frances, which is now a tropical storm.

Updated: 8:20 PM A son-in-law and grandson of Florida State football coach Bobbie Bowden have been killed in a rainy head-on collision in the Panhandle.

Updated: 9:55 PM Armed with unlimited determination, Hurricane Frances crawled across south Florida's eastern coast line with a plan of attack.

Updated: 9:56 PM Gov. Jeb Bush is in south Florida preparing to tour damage caused by Frances.

Updated: 2:04 PM An evacuation order has been issued.

Updated: 9:13 PM Taylor County is under a local state of emergency.

Updated: 9:11 PM As Hurricane Frances inches towards the Sunshine State, millions of Floridians are taking cover.

Updated: 9:15 PM Gov. Jeb Bush is responding to angry motorists who came up short at the gas pump when they tried to fuel up to prepare for Hurricane Frances. Part of the problem is we’re under the largest evacuation order in history.

Updated: 9:05 PM The home of Moultrie, Georgia’s Annual Sunbelt Ag Expo has been transformed this weekend into a huge campsite for evacuees.

Updated: 11:55 AM Florida is in the midst of its largest hurricane evacuation ever with more than 14 million people under a hurricane watch or warning.

Updated: 11:51 AM Those concerned about high water near their homes can pick up free sandbags.

Updated: 11:48 AM In preparation for the impact Hurricane Frances may have on the capital city, the Electric Control Center is making sure it's ready.

Updated: 11:57 AM The fate of Coy Evans will soon be in the hands of a jury.

Updated: 8:32 PM Hundreds of state and federal employees are trying to make their hurricane recovery efforts as painless as possible.

Updated: 8:29 PM Hundreds of hurricane Frances evacuees are seeking shelter in Tallahassee.

Updated: 8:25 PM Heavy rains are expected from Hurricane Frances, and the Division of Emergency Management warns the biggest threat to the Big Bend area could be flooding and high winds.

Updated: 6:17 PM As the storm gets closer authorities will decide if extra staff is needed.

Updated: 6:04 PM Traffic is moving around 15 miles an hour and once travelers hit Valdosta, they slow to almost 5 mph because of the bottleneck.