Local eatery to be on TV
PANAMA CITY -- Just the Cook, floating restaurant at the St. Andrews Marina, is being featured on The Cooking Channel’s newest show, “Trending Bites,” at 6 a.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. With...
View ArticleLandscaping to begin on U.S. 98 in Panama City Beach
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Construction activities to landscape a section of U.S. 98 between Wilkingson Avenue and the Hathaway Bridge in Panama City Beach are underway. Beginning Monday, Sept. 15, workers...
View ArticlePolice discover cars egged
PANAMA CITY — Police are asking for assistance in a car egging case. The Panama City Police Department requested the public’s assistance Friday with information on a criminal mischief case. While...
View ArticleMan arrested on drug charges
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A suspended license led Bay County Sheriff’s Office to arrest a Panama City Beach man who was allegedly traveling with several different narcotics, officials reported Friday....
View ArticleDog breaks baby’s arm
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 2-year-old has returned home after a dog attack earlier this week snapped the child’s left arm, officials confirmed. The attack was not the first by Ziggy Muggle, a black and...
View Article‘Gone to the dogs’ // photo gallery
PANAMA CITY — A multi-cultural dog pack – weimraners, long-haired chichaus, rottweilers, brindles, Dobermans and German shepherds to name a few – barked and yelped during Leisure Service Director...
View ArticleSeptember marks hurricane season peak
PANAMA CITY BEACH — It only takes one. Despite a forecast for a below average hurricane season this year, forecasters and emergency officials are reminding the public to be prepared in case that one...
View ArticleGovernment Calendar
The following public meetings are scheduled in Bay County this week. Tuesday What: Bay County Commission When: 9 a.m. Where: 840 West 11th St. —— What: Bay County budget public hearing When: 5:01...
View ArticleHere’s how area members of Congress voted
WASHINGTON — Here’s how area members of Congress — U.S. Reps. Jeff Miller, R-Chumuckla, and Steve Southerland, R-Panama City, and Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio — voted on major issues during the...
View ArticleLack of beds plagues mental health facilities
PANAMA CITY — Publicly funded beds at mental health facilities are too few to handle the volume of individuals in need of inpatient services, according to local behavioral hospitals. The state funds...
View ArticleTDC watches slow tourism growth in eastern PCB
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Bay County Tourist Development Council (TDC) is keeping an eye on an area of Panama City Beach with slowing growth in visitation. Despite record-breaking tourism numbers this...
View Article10 years after Hurricane Ivan, survivor looks back on devastation
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Tornado survivors often compare the storm’s sound to that of a train, but Andrew Mask remembers it differently. “It was just a big gust of wind,” said Mask, who was just 9 years...
View Article75 years together: Wayne and Elaine Walker celebrate ‘a great love story’
PANAMA CITY — Wayne Walker grinned like a Cheshire cat Saturday afternoon as his granddaughter pinned a white rose boutonniere on his crisp royal blue shirt. His wife, Elaine, chattered with a visitor...
View ArticleCounty, Callaway choose mediator
CALLAWAY -- Callaway and Bay County have agreed on a mediator for the hearing about the Cherry Street lift station: Carlos Alvarez of Tallahassee Alvarez is a lawyer who runs a mediations practice....
View ArticleRape trial to continue Wednesday
PANAMA CITY — The trial of a Cincinnati man accused of trapping a woman in his car before beating and raping her continues Wednesday after a judge rejected an attorney’s request for an acquittal...
View Article3 injured when dump truck overturns
PORT ST. JOE -- Three men sustained minor injuries after a dump truck overturned Monday afternoon, according to Florida Highway Patrol reports. The Mercedez Benz dump truck was northbound on State 30A...
View ArticleDriver ditches moving car
PANAMA CITY -- Police are asking for public assistance to find a Panama City man who abandoned his moving car after an attempted traffic stop, officials said Tuesday. Officers attempted to conduct a...
View ArticleMan charged with robbery
SPRINGFIELD -- Police have arrested a Panama City man for a purse snatching, according to Springfield Police Department press release. Springfield police arrested Richard David Seaborn, 30, for...
View ArticleCounty Commission endorses tax hike
PANAMA CITY — Homeowners pleaded with the Bay County Commission on Tuesday night to either not raise property taxes or trim what they were proposing, saying they could not afford a nearly 27 percent...
View ArticleUPDATE: Chipley man dies in suspected electrocution accident
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 27-year-old Chipley man died in what deputies suspect to be a work-related electrocution accident. According to a Bay County Sheriff’s Office incident report, deputies were...
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