2 prison officers arrested in 2 years
GREENHEAD — While state law enforcement proceeds with investigations into brutality on inmates at a Washington County state prison, a review of court documents shows two corrections officers at the...
View Article‘Rhythm’ project facing tight deadline
FOUNTAIN — Plans to build a huge housing development in southern Washington County are in jeopardy, a local expect said. The proposed 1,883-acre, age-restricted community called “Rhythm” received a...
View ArticleFDLE: Officer-involved fatal shooting ruled ‘justified’
CHIPLEY — An officer-involved fatal shooting that took place near the Holmes-Washington county line earlier this year has been ruled “legal, justified under the circumstances,” according to the Office...
View ArticlePublic meeting on West Bay Parkway Thursday night
SOUTHPORT -- Residents are being invited Thursday night to a meeting at which state transportation officials will get the public’s views about what road projects they would like to see come to...
View ArticleCounty planning commission to review massive St. Joe plan
PANAMA CITY -- The Bay County Planning Commission is slated to review a 110,000-acre, long-term development plan from Northwest Florida land giant the St. Joe Co. at a meeting Thursday. The meeting is...
View ArticleMan charged with robbery
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City man who attempted an afternoon snatching of a store clerk’s purse failed to notice the store’s customers, according to officials. Walter Lee Barnes, 49, was arrested...
View ArticleMan guilty of raping, beating Lynn Haven woman
PANAMA CITY — Jurors have found an Ohio ex-convict guilty of violently beating and raping a Lynn Haven woman before threatening to kill her and her child in an attempt to prevent the woman from filing...
View ArticleWounded warriors retreat in Bay County this week
PANAMA CITY BEACH — When her son was badly injured in Iraq in 2006, Linda Cope saw firsthand how war casualties impact more than the men and women on the battlefield. Sgt. Joshua Cope lost both his...
View ArticleSenior affordable complex planned for Frankford
PANAMA CITY — The Panama City Housing Authority plans to build a 100-unit senior affordable housing complex on 12 acres it bought on Frankford Avenue just south of 23rd Street. The L-shaped piece of...
View ArticleLost ring? Maybe she can help
PANAMA CITY BEACH — If your high school mascot was a wildcat and you visited Panama City Beach during Spring Break three years ago, Barbara Holcomb is looking for you. “I’ve been searching for him...
View ArticleParker approves health insurance switch
PARKER — Facing a 20 percent increase from the city’s current health insurance provider, the Parker City Council has opted to change plans to Blue Cross and Blue Shield, although the new policy will...
View ArticleAnother tax ‘holiday’ begins Friday
TALLAHASSEE — State officials are promoting the potential for long-term savings on utility bills as they tout sales-tax breaks this weekend for shoppers who buy energy-saving and water-conserving...
View ArticleMan charged with shooting into home
CAMPBELLTON — Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting into a home occupied by a mother and 10 children who has been at large for about a year, officials announced Wednesday. The Jackson...
View ArticlePatronis appointed to PSC
PANAMA CITY — State Rep. Jimmy Patronis has been appointed to the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC), Gov. Rick Scott’s office announced Thursday. The position pays $131,036 annually. The PSC is...
View ArticleSale of Tan Fannies delayed a week
PANAMA CITY — The developer looking to purchase Tan Fannies said Thursday the two sides still are working through a deal but had to push back the closing deadline to Sept. 25. The developer, who asked...
View ArticleTDC approves $14.3 million spending plan
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Bay County Tourist Development Council (TDC) approved a $14.3 million spending plan for the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) at a meeting Thursday, paving...
View ArticleFWC: Too early to predict red tide’s path
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The red menace abounds. But for the moment, the strain of Karenia brevis algae associated with Florida’s “red tide” has not crept west of shorelines along Taylor County. Migration...
View Article110,000-acre St. Joe plan advances
WEST BAY — A major St. Joe Co. development plan for 110,000 acres in Bay and Walton counties is now one step closer to becoming reality. At a meeting Thursday, the Bay County Planning Commission voted...
View ArticleCounty salutes wounded warriors // video, photo gallery
LYNN HAVEN — John McKay grew up on the east coast of Florida and loved to fish. Then he grew up and became a Marine. He was deployed to war zones three times, and each time he lost a part of himself...
View ArticleUPDATE: 8 killed in shooting near Gainesville
BELL -- A grandfather, his daughter and six grandchildren ages 3 months to 10 years old died Thursday afternoon as a result of a murder-suicide at the grandfather’s home in northern Gilchrist County,...
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