Panama City might change fleet to natural gas
PANAMA CITY — Panama City is considering modifying its fleet of vehicles to run on natural gas. The report from Zeit Energy, hired by the city to study natural gas conversion for a fee not to exceed...
View ArticleFSU rallies, tops Clemson 23-17 in OT
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida State's ambitious plan to deflect unwanted attention away from Jameis Winston unraveled quickly. The Seminoles did not allow the distraction to undermine their game or their...
View ArticleArea springs get restoration money
FOUNTAIN — State funding has been secured in this coming year’s fiscal budget to restore two local springs that feed water bodies of popular local recreation areas. The Econfina Creek and Holmes Creek...
View ArticleCallaway Commissioners poised for budget battle
CALLAWAY – Commissioner Melba Covey should be the driver of discussion at both Callaway’s budget meeting 5:01 p.m. Monday and Commission meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Covey vowed after the last budget...
View ArticleRutherford ladies celebrate friendship in mini-reunion
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The cake said “60,” but the birthday girls acted more like they were going on 16. Wine and memories were flowing on Sept. 18 at a rented house on Panama City Beach as fifteen...
View ArticleSchool district updates anti-bullying policy at LGBT group’s request
PANAMA CITY — The Bay District School Board voted unanimously on August 12th to update the district’s anti-bullying policy to include enumerated language. Supporters of the gay and lesbian community...
View ArticleTransients led to locked beach access
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The owner of Pineapple Willy’s restaurant has installed a metal gate to block the public from accessing the beach over his property. Pineapple Willy’s owner Bill Buskell said the...
View ArticleBat attack victim: ‘It is the strangest thing’
MARY ESTHER – Despite portions of south Okaloosa County being under a rabies alert, little information has been released about the incidents that led to the warning. But on Monday, one of the victims...
View ArticlePanama City being cautious on marina proposals
PANAMA CITY — The City Commission is taking a cautious approach in selecting a marina developer with certain worst-case scenarios in mind. For City Manager Jeff Brown, that scenario is half-built...
View ArticlePutnam calls for state aid if oyster harvesting halted
APALACHICOLA — Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said state officials must be ready to assist thousands of families whose lives would be impacted if the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
View ArticlePanel to decide future transportation priorities
PANAMA CITY — Bay County staff is requesting two changes to a roadwork priority list being considered by a transportation board on Wednesday. One would add a major intersection improvement project at...
View ArticleBCSO seeks help locating missing teen
LYNN HAVEN — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has asked for the public’s help in locating missing juvenile Austin Smith. Smith, 15, was last seen at 10 a.m. on Friday at Mosley High School. He is...
View ArticleSometimes, 'staying small' is secret to success // video
HILAND PARK— Katrina Stallworth never imagined she and her two daughters would be living in a shelter. Stallworth, 35, and her family lived comfortably on dual incomes until her husband went to jail,...
View ArticleMan dies after being pulled from water
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the death of a 55-year-old man after he was pulled from the Gulf of Mexico. The man’s name was not released. BCSO officials said they...
View ArticleFlorida State University ready to pick president Tuesday
TALLAHASSEE — Florida State University is set to pick a new president on Tuesday, despite criticism from some students and faculty that the search has been designed the entire time to steer the job to...
View ArticleCity rejects Marie Hotel plan
PANAMA CITY — Royal American pulled out all the stops to try to get a deal done on the Marie Hotel property, but it wasn’t enough as the Panama City City Commission on Monday night voted against the...
View ArticleU.S., Arab allies hit Islamic State strongholds in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — Combined U.S.-Arab airstrikes hit Islamic State group military strongholds in Syria and Iraq as a simultaneous U.S. strike attacked an al-Qaida cell of hardened veterans with...
View ArticleMan injured in motorcycle crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A high-speed motorcycle wreck over the weekend sent metal shrapnel tearing through a motel billboard. Ricardo Keith, of North Dakota, was taken to a local hospital following the...
View ArticleCounty passes tax increase over residents’ objections
PANAMA CITY — Residents were unsuccessful in convincing the Bay County Commission on Tuesday to back down from increasing the county’s property tax rate by about 27 percent. The increase would add...
View ArticleSchool Board hires new transportation director
PANAMA CITY — Bay District Schools named a new director of transportation and discussed upcoming changes to the district’s student discipline policy in a meeting on Tuesday. The board accepted the...
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