Bay County gun range nearly ready
WESTBAY — To practice shooting, Joe Davenport has been driving 100 miles roundtrip from his home on Panama City Beach to a Gulf County gun range. “I was a member at the St. Joe Rifle & Pistol Club...
View ArticleMarie Hotel demolition plan advances
PANAMA CITY — City officials have approved a demolition order for a vacant building that’s been at the center of a fight over the future of the property. A demolition plan, now approved by the Panama...
View ArticleBrock takes the stand
PANAMA CITY — The Fountain man accused of stabbing, shooting and bludgeoning his neighbor before robbing him took the stand Thursday against charges he premeditated the murder to gain riches. Philip...
View ArticleChipley woman sentenced to 10 years for killing boyfriend
PANAMA CITY — A love-lost Chipley woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death in an American Legion parking lot was sentenced to almost 10 years in prison Thursday. Earnestine “Tina” Canuet, 65, pleaded...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office hosting domestic violence workshop
PANAMA CITY — Bay County Sheriff’s Office is hosting its 2014 Domestic Violence Seminar on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Bayside Auditorium at Florida State University Panama City. The purpose...
View ArticleGulf Breeze wears down Rutherford in district showdown
PANAMA CITY — This time the hare didn’t make any pit stops. Gulf Breeze and Rutherford exhibited contrasting philosophies in how to execute a productive offense Thursday night in a District 1-5A...
View ArticleMarianna man dies in rollover accident
MARIANNA — A Marianna man was killed when ejected during a rollover accident at 10:34 p.m. on Thursday on Indian Springs Road. Robert A. Prinz, 24, was driving his 2005 Ford pickup south on Indian...
View ArticleCasino head puts up money to defeat pot amendment
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — A billionaire casino magnate is putting up more money to defeat a proposal to legalize medical marijuana. New campaign finance reports filed Friday show Sheldon Adelson has donated...
View ArticleFSU's Greene continues chase of Sellers' marks
TALLAHASSEE — Ron Sellers did not rewrite the record books at Florida State. He basically penned them himself. Peruse FSU’s team records for receiving, and Sellers stands out as the most prolific wide...
View ArticleLandscaping underway on Beach side of Hathaway Bridge
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The entrance to the Thomas Drive flyover is getting a makeover. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) describes its work leading up to the Hathaway Bridge as bold...
View ArticleCandidates take to the stump at First Friday (PHOTOS)
PANAMA CITY — Candidates for state and federal office stumped at the Bay County Chamber of Commerce’s First Friday this week — each poised on an actual stump. Candidates were given just a short 2...
View ArticleUPDATE: Local plans among $627 million oil spill recovery projects
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Officials approved plans Friday to spend $627 million on 44 projects — including several in Bay and surrounding counties — meant to aid recovery from the 2010 oil spill in the...
View ArticleOfficials roll out Jackson County megasite
CAMPBELLTON — Representatives from across a dozen North Florida and South Alabama counties converged at the state line Friday to celebrate one mega opportunity. With the Florida Welcome Center as the...
View ArticleNo murder charges in double homicide
PANAMA CITY — No murder charges will be filed in connection with a May double homicide that presaged a string of summer shootings, Police Chief Scott Ervin said. That’s because one of two men gunned...
View ArticleMan arrested on child solicitation charges
SPRINGFIELD — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office culminated a two month investigation Friday with the arrest of a Springfield man on child solicitation charges. Kammerynn Weeks, 20, 411 Helen Ave.,...
View ArticleBrock jury continues deliberations
PANAMA CITY — Jurors deliberated into early Saturday morning in the fourth murder trial of a Fountain man accused of shooting, stabbing and beating his neighbor and friend to death. Philip Dean Brock,...
View ArticleHomicides spark potential for change
PANAMA CITY — Dorothy Price didn’t want her son to go when he said earlier this year he was leaving New Orleans to stay in Panama City with a girlfriend. “I’m just puzzled,” Price said in a phone...
View ArticleSummer of violence left city searching for answers
PANAMA CITY — The bloodstains were still fresh in Tavish Greene’s car as he recounted for police the events leading to his passenger getting shot in the head. Panama City detectives took a break from...
View ArticleDefense carries Seminoles in rout of Wake Forest
TALLAHASSEE — Another game, another incomplete performance by top-ranked Florida State. The Seminole defense came up big on a day when the offense seemed to be spinning its tires during much of a 43-3...
View ArticleDeputies respond to another domestic fatality
ALLANTON — Medical examiners loaded the body of 41-year-old James Ivey into a van shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday and drove away from his home in Allanton after an argument turned deadly that...
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