School district looking at bus solutions
PANAMA CITY — Bay County parents may have noticed a few bumps in the school district’s transportation system in recent weeks, including recurrent delays in getting students home in the afternoons....
View ArticleAmendments 1, 3 overshadowed by medical marijuana
PANAMA CITY — With the legalization of medical marijuana hanging in the balance for voters in the coming weeks, Florida’s other two constitutional amendments have been somewhat left in the shadows....
View ArticleDistrict 2 Q&A: Gwen Graham, Steve Southerland
Gwen Graham Current occupation: Mother, attorney and congressional candidate Relevant experience: I worked as head negotiator for the Leon County School District to find solutions for disputes between...
View ArticleHot congressional race enters final stretch
PANAMA CITY — With fewer than 20 days before the election, Rep. Steve Southerland has not made his stance on hugs known, though hugs are not generally a prominent feature of his campaign stops. Not so...
View ArticleNo. 2 FSU rallies, hangs on to eke past Notre Dame
TALLAHASSEE -- Playing from behind generally hasn't been part of the script over the last two years for Florida State. The end of the story, however, always has remained the same. Karlos Williams...
View ArticlePC records 8th homicide of year
Glenwood residents awakened to more bloodshed Sunday and parishioners headed to Mt. Olive Baptist detoured around crime scene tape as Panama City police investigated the city’s eighth homicide of the...
View ArticleFlorida District 5 candidates share history, some beliefs
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — The remaining candidates in the race for the District 5 state House seat have a bit of a history with one another. Back in 2011, Karen Schoen met with then-District 7 Representative...
View ArticleThree vying to replace Patronis in Florida District 6
PANAMA CITY — Candidates vying for the House District 6 seat — Democrat Jamie Shepard, Republican Jay Trumbull and Green Party candidate Henry Lawrence — all say creating well-paying local jobs would...
View ArticleBay County to consider St. Joe plan Tuesday
PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Commission on Tuesday is scheduled to vote on an amendment to a plan that is proposed to outline how the St. Joe Co. could develop 23,400 acres of its property. The...
View ArticleSaturday shooting victim identified
PANAMA CITY — The Panama City Police Department announced the name of the victim in the fatal shooting on 13th Court Saturday night. Christopher Coleman, 21, was killed in what authorities called a...
View ArticleBlogging Dead: Meeting Father Gabriel, we are the Hunters and Bob tastes like...
Episode 2 brought with it a familiar phrase: “Don’t trust anybody.” It ended with a most disturbing sight courtesy of the Hunters. We saw the appearance of Season 5’s newest member, as Rick and his...
View ArticleBay Medical welcomes new chief nursing officer
PANAMA CITY — Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System recently welcomed Jan Thornton as its new chief nursing officer (CNO). Thornton joins the hospital with 25 years of nursing leadership in...
View ArticleSpringfield looks to improve water meters, software
SPRINGFIELD — Mayor Ralph Hammond brought visual aids to the Springfield Commission meeting on Monday. He showed two service lines he described as ready to blow and two connector valves caked with...
View ArticleParker looking to change maintenance contract
PARKER — Like Callaway, the city of Parker is considering a right-of-way maintenance contract with Infrastructure Corp. of America (ICA) at its meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. All municipalities in Bay...
View ArticleAirport looks to FEMA to correct flood affliction
WEST BAY — The stormwater system at the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport was designed to sustain 25-year storm events, not 100- or 500-year events as required by the Federal Emergency...
View ArticleWoman accused of impersonating law enforcement officer
PARKER — Police have arrested an Alabama woman for attempting to protect and serve — eventually abusing her power — though she was not actually a law enforcement officer, according to police reports....
View ArticleCrist knows his audience, but not all impressed
PANAMA CITY BEACH — It takes at least half an hour to walk down the block with Charlie Crist. It’s not because the trim, 58-year-old is slow. But a stroll down the street with the former Republican...
View ArticlePesto pronto: Fall for fresh basil in Italian sauce
PANAMA CITY — A plentiful garden of fresh basil led Chef Paul Denaro to create myriad uses for pesto. “I had a garden several years ago that was just herbs, and I had so much basil toward the end of...
View ArticleProminent FSU fraternity suspended
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — One of Florida State University's more prominent fraternities is being suspended amid an ongoing rape investigation. Campus police say they are investigating an alleged sexual...
View ArticleCitizens advisory board mulling new Mexico Beach City Hall
MEXICO BEACH — The Mexico Beach Citizens Advisory Board — brought together by the City Council to pitch ideas on how to utilize $600,000 in insurance money for a new City Hall, a special events area...
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