Jackson County Commissioners will seek bids on fuel station project.

The Florida Supreme Court is getting a challenge to a ballot proposal that would trade a property tax cut for increases in other taxes.

Jackson County Commissioners continued budget talks in a workshop Tuesday.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that Russia is playing a “very dangerous game” with the U.S. and its allies and warned that NATO would not allow Moscow to win in Georgia, destabilize Europe or draw a new Iron Curtain through the continent.

Months after the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings, FBI scientists had — but destroyed — the unique strain of the bacteria used in the attacks that years later would lead them to Dr. Bruce Ivins, now the government’s top suspect.

A semi overturned on Interstate 10 near Grand Ridge Tuesday morning, causing authorities to reroute traffic until at least 11 a.m., according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Quadruple murder suspect Wesley Williams appeared in court Tuesday with his lawyer requesting a new trial date.

The cousin of a month-old girl who was burned to death in a microwave told friends that he was responsible for putting her in the oven, a defense attorney said Monday during opening statements in the retrial of the child’s mother.

Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee.

The Jackson County Drug Task Force and Chipley Police Department have released the names of more than 30 people arrested in a four-month-long methamphetamine investigation across three Florida counties.

Although Tropical Storm Fay is not expected to reach hurricane strength and, as of late Monday, was tracking toward a landfall near Cedar Key, well southeast of Jackson County, the storm could still affect this region.

Imagine walking through a dark cave, with nothing but hand-held flashlights casting curious shadows on cave formations. 

The first day of school went well here, said Jackson County Superintendent of Schools Danny Sims an hour or so after the last school bell rang on Monday afternoon.

Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced the activation of the Attorney General’s Price Gouging Hotline for Tropical Storm Fay.

Florida Keys officials closed schools, opened shelters and urged visitors to leave as Tropical Storm Fay threatened to strengthen into a hurricane Sunday, but residents and some tourists seemed in no hurry to evacuate.

The ribbon cutting of Hope School’s new cafeteria marks a great start to the wonderful school year ahead, according to the school’s principal.

The first day of school at Golson Elementary will likely feature a lot of excitement, as well as a lot of traffic on Second Avenue and other streets nearby.

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) _ In one of his final roles, Bernie Mac roars.

President Bush warned Russia on Saturday against trying to pry loose two separatist regions in Georgia and said Moscow must end military operations in the West-leaning democracy that once was part of the Soviet empire.

Democrats’ stance against offshore drilling has shifted more, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaling on Saturday her willingness to consider opening up more coastal areas to oil and gas exploration.

After denying Javon Thompson food and water for two days because he wouldn’t say “Amen” after meals, the 1-year-old’s caretakers waited for a divine sign that their message had been heard: a resurrection.

Gov. Charlie Crist said he may ask lawmakers to tap reserves and a tobacco settlement trust fund to make up for the latest in a series of revenue shortfalls that emerged Friday from a meeting of state economists.

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia’s president grudgingly signed a truce with Russia Friday, even as he denounced the Russians as invading barbarians and accused the West of all but encouraging them to overrun his country. A stone-faced Condoleezza Rice, standing alongside, said Russian troops must withdraw immediately from their smaller neighbor.

Many Sneads water and sewer customers are facing a potential 50 percent increase in their bills if the city council adopts its proposed budget.

State and local officials are urging residents to pay attention to a tropical storm that’s currently south of Cuba.

NEW YORK (AP) _ Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, has died, said his son, Paul. He was 91.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Kelly Johnson snips pieces from a blood-stained, blue-striped shirt, then swabs the neck and armpits for sweat. Down the hall, Samantha Glass watches as a chemical reaction reveals a fingerprint on a juice bottle.

Jurors deciding whether a convicted sex offender who killed four people should be executed heard Thursday the voice of a little girl who endured weeks of torture and despair but survived the 2005 attack that decimated her family.

soldier has been found dead in his barracks at Fort Hood, the third soldier’s death at the Central Texas Army post in two weeks.

A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said.