Whole Foods coming to Destin
DESTIN — The largest organic and natural grocery chain in the country is expected to open its first store in Northwest Florida in 2016. Whole Foods Market announced Wednesday it is developing a store...
View ArticleScooter driver dies in crash
PANAMA CITY — A man died following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday night, the Panama City Police Department reported. The crash occurred at the intersection of 11th Street and Fairy Avenue at around...
View ArticlePCB boil water notice rescinded
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The boil water notice posted for portions of Panama City Beach on Tuesday has been rescinded. A bacteriological survey deemed water to be safe following a damaged water main. The...
View ArticleSpring bicycle race proposed for Panama City
PANAMA CITY — Hammer Down Multisport Inc. is moving forward with plans to bring a bicycle race to downtown Panama City on April 14. JoJo Fritz said his company still needs to get approval from the...
View ArticleLawyer: Murder confession coerced
PANAMA CITY — The trial of a man jailed on charges he shot his landlord on church grounds will be delayed as defense attorneys attempt to suppress a video taken the day of his arrest. Christopher...
View ArticleUPDATE: Panama City Toyota owner dies
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Panama City Toyota owner Christopher Hill was found dead at his home on Thursday, family members confirmed. Emergency medical personnel responded to a call at around noon when Hill...
View ArticleUPDATE: Tyndall pilot dies in F-16 crash in Gulf
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — An F-16 pilot was killed Thursday when his jet crashed in the Gulf Mexico 50 to 75 miles south of Panama City, according to Air Force officials. Search and rescue teams with...
View ArticleThe Frankenstein state of Florida
A new idea proposed in South Florida has us feeling a little like Frederick Frankenstein in Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” after discovering his father’s instructions on how to create life with dead...
View ArticleUnited Airlines to take off from Bay County in 2015
WEST BAY — Northwest Florida fliers will have new options next year, as United Airlines soon will take off at the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP). United announced this week it...
View Article81-year-old charged with looting tangerine grove
LAKELAND — A Lake Wales man was charged Wednesday with stealing 11 truckloads of tangerines from groves around Polk County then selling the fruit at Parksdale Farms in Plant City. Herman Southall, 81,...
View ArticleCourt reaffirms BP is liable in Gulf oil spill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has reaffirmed its ruling that BP is liable for federal Clean Water Act damages stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the latest loss for...
View ArticleUPDATE: Sexual battery at Mosley leads to student’s arrest
LYNN HAVEN — A 17-year-old Mosley High School student has been arrested following the alleged sexual battery of a disabled student, the Lynn Haven Police Department (LHPD) announced Friday. Jay D....
View ArticleChamber speakers talk education, airport successes
PANAMA CITY — State and local leaders highlighted successes both in the classroom and the local airport terminal at the Bay County Chamber’s First Friday event this week. The November program brought...
View ArticleGulf Coast educator honored
PANAMA CITY — Growing up in a little speck on the map called Iola, Kan., Aubri Hanson never imagined she’d be teaching engineering students or accepting the 2014 Post-Secondary Educator of the Year...
View ArticleFormer Bay County employee charged with grand theft (REPORTS)
PANAMA CITY — The former executive administrative assistant to the Bay County Commission has been arrested on grand theft charges after allegedly obtaining $48,830 from the county by providing false...
View ArticleElderly woman injured in house fire
SPRINGFIELD — An elderly Springfield woman was transported to Bay Medical Center with multiple burns shortly after 3 p.m. on Friday after a fire broke out in the widow’s home at 615 Williams Ave. “I...
View ArticleUPDATE: Air Force officials identify pilot killed in F-16 crash
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — The investigation into a F-16 crash 50 to 75 miles off the Panama City coast was ongoing Friday as officials revealed the name of the pilot who died during a routine training...
View ArticleStocks that could benefit from a GOP-led Congress
NEW YORK (AP) — Lower taxes for medical device makers. Lighter regulations for coal. If the new Republican-led Congress manages to push through these policy changes it could lift stocks in the health...
View ArticleBack Beach Road eyed for golf cart crossing in Panama City Beach
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Dee Gibson and her neighbors in the Bid-A-Wee community frequently drive their golf carts around their neighborhood and are hoping to use them to travel out of it through a new...
View ArticleTeen Court celebrates 20 years of rehabilitating youth
PANAMA CITY — Juvenile offenders who get their day in Bay County Teen Court get a lot more than a chance to explain their actions to a jury of their young peers. If all goes according to plan, it’s...
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