Updated: 9:06 PM At least three bills at the capitol would dramatically hike traffic fines for red light running and other offenses.

Updated: 8:47 PM An expected spike in natural gas prices could have an effect on your wallet in the next few months, even if you don't use gas to heat your home.

Updated: 8:51 PM A Tallahassee man poised to stand trial for sexual battery goes free after DNA proves police had the wrong man.

Updated: 6:50 PM The multistate Mega Millions jackpot is up to $222 million!

Updated: 6:35 PM The Florida Chapter of the ACLU takes the state to task for its ban on gay marriages

Updated: 6:54 PM Leon County School Superintendent Bill Montford is providing all schools in the district an updated list of sexual predators and offenders.

Updated: 5:56 PM Georgia's preschool system has been honored as one of the most exemplary in the nation.

Updated: 5:36 PM The Florida Department of Health estimates more than 100,000 Floridians are living with HIV. One area community is reaching out to change that.

Updated: 10:26 PM Three little girls are home safe in south Georgia after family members say a woman kidnapped her own daughters and niece.

Updated: 10:22 PM A late night bush in Valdosta Wednesday landed 10 arrests, but it wasn't illegal drugs police were looking for, it was illegal drinks.

Updated: 1:55 PM A round of target practice among two teens almost turns deadly for an area painter.

Updated: 10:10 PM Despite vocal objections from bar owners, the Valdosta City Council has instituted an indoor smoking ban for all public buildings.

Updated: 6:14 PM Plans to build a new prison facility near Carrabelle might be stopped if a sewage line problem isn't worked out.

Updated: 6:04 PM Police in Jefferson County are trying to get the word out about phone scams from correctional facilities.

Updated: 5:58 PM Police around Florida are pushing lawmakers to come up with the cash to use satellite technology to track potentially dangerous criminals.

Updated: 5:54 PM A design group has met with the city airport committee to improve the Thomasville Municipal Airport terminal.

Updated: 5:49 PM FSU targets schools across the nation to help students with credit card debt.

Updated: 5:18 PM Leon County was forced to remember the Carlie Brucia kidnapping and murder when an 11-year-old boy faced a similar situation.

Updated: 4:47 PM Almost one year ago to the day, the February issue of Essence was flying off the shelves. One of the articles gave the nation a look at how HIV affects the lives of Quincy residents who are diagnosed with the AIDS virus.

Updated: 12:04 AM The construction of Ledo Road has been called the greatest wartime engineering achievement in history.

Updated: 10:07 PM Professors of a new college program offered in southwest Georgia are trying to alleviate the area's severe shortage of social workers who specialize in working with children by offering free tuition, books and travel incentives to a chosen few wishing to go into the field.

Updated: 10:05 PM Wednesday afternoon residents spoke out about the possible rezoning of land near Lake Jackson.

Updated: 10:00 PM Two public records requests, two lawsuits and a march to Department of Children and Families headquarters has not resolved a four-month-old problem for the state's developmentally disabled.

Updated: 9:56 PM Some local leaders are hoping to put the fun back in recycling by putting recycling where the fun is.

Updated: 6:05 PM Environmentalists cry foul over a bill backed by the NRA that would forbid a crackdown on lead pollution at shooting ranges.