When Barry first admitted Jan. 31 to having an affair with Sgt. Robert Forrest, she said she planned to stay in office. But on Tuesday morning, she entered the guilty plea, and her lawyer said in court hearing that Barry would resign later in the day as part of the agreement.

NAVARRE BEACH — Linda Johnson typically spends most mornings walking along the beach.While visiting Gulf Island National Seashore on Monday, she noticed something odd near the shoreline. Upon closer inspection she discovered it was a Kemp's ridley turtle lying in the sand with fishing line wrapped around its front left flipper."It was probably not dead for too long. I saw the fins still flopping when the water touched," she said.Johnson has lived in [...]

TALLAHASSEE — It doesn't include the assault weapons ban that students who survived Florida's deadly school shooting demanded of lawmakers, but the state's Senate narrowly passed a bill that would create new restrictions on rifle sales and allow some teachers to carry guns in schools. Meanwhile, prosecutors and lawyers for the victims are going to court to handle the aftermath of the Valentine's Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the court system. [...]

ASHLAND, Ohio — An 8-year-old boy loaded a rifle, repeatedly shot his 4-year-old sister at home and then informed their mother, who left work to check the girl's injuries, cleaned up a bloody bed cover and returned to work, leaving the children alone again, a prosecutor said.Alyssa Edwards, 27, is jailed on child endangerment charges related to the Saturday shooting in Hayesville, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Cleveland.Her attorney, Donald Wick, said [...]

School District: “The good news is the app works for sure and generates an amazing response from law enforcement. Our apologies for the false alarm.”

Stung by a hung jury the first time around, prosecutors are pushing to widen the scope of Cosby's April retrial to cast him as one of the biggest serial predators in a Hollywood suddenly aware of sexual misconduct in the #MeToo era.

The bill would implement federal school-threat assessment protocols designed to prevent school shootings.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Bay County Commission unanimously approved the first phase of construction of the Panama City Beach Sports Park and Stadium Complex.The flexible, multipurpose design will be built on 210 acres on the east end of Panama City Beach within the Breakfast Point development.The first phase of the project aims to enhances the city's appeal as a year-round destination for hosting tournaments. The first-phase complex will contain 13 fields: eight [...]

DESTIN — The City Council on Monday agreed that it needs more information before it can decide whether to finalize and open the city’s planned Zerbe Street pay-to-park parking lot.In a recent memo to City Manager Carisse LeJeune, city Public Services Director David Campbell said staff planned to install pay-to-park regulatory and informational signs this week at the 51-space lot, which is on the northeast corner of Zerbe [...]

“I found a good spot up here for a snipers nest. Could lock everything from the square to 14th and another few blocks down,” agents quote him as saying on Facebook.