TALLAHASSEE — Even if the U.S. Supreme Court gives Florida a favorable ruling in its lawsuit against Georgia over water flow into the Apalachicola River, the decision likely would result in more litigation and new legal challenges involving the decades-old water war between the states. Those were the observations of five legal experts who on Thursday addressed a conference at Florida State University on the Apalachicola River and Apalachicola Bay system. The [...]

A teenager with a handgun shot two classmates inside his Maryland high school Tuesday before he was fatally wounded during a confrontation with a school resource officer, a sheriff said.

Man fell asleep at wheel which initiated vehicle to rollover multiple times after leaving the roadway.

"I suspect that we'll probably be meeting in the not too distant future to discuss the arms race, to discuss the arms race, which is getting out of control, but we will never allow anybody to have anything even close to what we have," Trump said.

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed 30 bills into law, including a measure that could make more permanent a controversial pregnancy “support services” program and a bill that calls for placing a statue of civil-rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune in the U.S. Capitol. The list of bills signed by Scott also included a measure that will revamp regulations for the payday-loan industry, a plan to create a slavery memorial at the Capitol [...]

“By enforcing these laws, we’re keeping everybody within boundaries and that typically slows down other possible crimes."

DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (CHELCO) flipped the switch Tuesday on its subscriber-supported solar energy production project.The system, installed at CHELCO's operations center in DeFuniak Springs, comprises more than 500 solar panels installed on the center's roof. Called Cooperative Solar, the project is the first solar power system in Northwest Florida and South Alabama to be installed by a member-owned electric power cooperative.The [...]

FORT WALTON BEACH — Adults got a taste of childhood Friday when Youth Village hosted Come be a Kid With Us.The event was held at Youth Village on Pelham Road to announce plans for the nonprofit after-school program that include a new state-of-the-art facility.It wasn't a typical nonprofit event because vistors were treated like Youth Village children. There were juice boxes instead of cocktails. The live entertainment involved a series of learning [...]