Posted: 3:57 AM Heavy rains with slow-moving storms are producing high rainfall totals this morning in Walton County.

Posted: 2:58 AM One of the top young Scrabble players in the country was kicked out of the board game's national championship tournament in Florida after he was caught hiding blank letter tiles.

Posted: 6:55 PM A break on a single one-inch metered water service caused damage to one of the westbound lanes of Thomas Drive between Tarpon Street and Joan Avenue.

Posted: 6:53 PM The Walton County Health Department conducts regularly scheduled saltwater beach water quality monitoring at seven sites through the Healthy Beaches Monitoring Program.

Posted: 6:10 PM Senator Marco Rubio isn't Mitt Romney's VP pick, like many pundits had predicted, but the legislator from Florida will have another important job soon.

Updated: 11:39 PM Authorities in Florida apprehend wanted Georgia fugitive.

Posted: 5:30 PM Shoal River Wayside Park Closed Aug. 20-24

Updated: 5:53 PM Governor Rick Scott was in his hometown this morning casting his ballot for the Florida primary.

Posted: 12:32 PM Republican Gov. Rick Scott began the push to rid Florida's voting rolls of illegally registered non-citizens.

Posted: 10:39 AM Democrats and Republicans are voting in primaries for congressional, legislative and local races.

Posted: 3:29 AM The Republican National Convention is less than two weeks away and planners are building a quarter-mile long, covered walkway between the two main event locations.

Posted: 3:28 AM A Miami man who authorities say is responsible for an $11 million Medicare fraud scam has just been added to the list of most wanted fugitives.

Posted: 3:26 AM Two veteran Republicans, former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson and Florida Rep. John Mica, are facing strong challenges from insurgent conservatives in primary contests that reflect the rift in the GOP between grass-roots conservatives and the party's establishment candidates.

Updated: 3:00 AM The Bay County's Sheriff's Office arrested two suspects Monday morning possibly connected with a string of car burglaries.

Updated: 7:08 PM The attorney for the shooter of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin says he is filing his appeal this week of the trial judge's recent ruling not to recuse himself from the case.

Posted: 6:51 PM Three siblings accused of robbing a Valdosta bank during a cross-country crime spree that started in Florida and ended with a shootout in Colorado are asking a federal judge in Georgia to hear their cases separately.

Updated: 7:09 PM Gov. Rick Scott says Florida's economy is getting better and will improve even more if former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is elected president.

Posted: 5:49 PM Rep. Connie Mack IV is looking beyond Tuesday's Senate primary while longshot candidate Dave Weldon is making phone calls hoping to win over undecided voters.

Posted: 4:32 PM The three fugitive siblings want the judge to hear their cases separately.

Posted: 2:19 PM Florida Gov. Rick Scott has topped Texas Gov. Rick Perry in a fishing contest.

Posted: 11:03 AM Three people were rescued from the water but a fourth man could not immediately be found.

Updated: 10:12 PM Troopers say 21-year-old Kerri Ann Hall of Ailey, Ga. died early Sunday when the vehicle she was riding in was struck by another car.

Updated: 4:30 PM A southwest Florida man has been arrested after authorities say he shoved a woman to the ground over a show dog.

Posted: 4:10 PM A 71-year-old man has died in a South Florida house fire.

Updated: 4:12 PM The Florida Highway Patrol reports a 70-year-old man has died after falling from a golf cart.