Affordable Care Act enrollment seminar set
PANAMA CITY — A seminar and open enrollment fair for health insurance and the federal Affordable Care Act will be held Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Emerald Coast Behavioral Hospital, 1940...
View ArticleBig buck leads to bust
CRESTVIEW - A 21-year-old Baker man has been charged with illegally harvesting what may be one of the biggest bucks to come out of the county in some time, authorities say. Misdemeanor charges against...
View ArticleWoman arrested for false abduction report
PANAMA CITY — A 26-year-old Callaway woman has been arrested after police said she made a false report of an abduction, the Panama City Police Department said Thursday. On Nov. 25 at 1:50 a.m.,...
View ArticleFSU Panama City engineering students show off creations
PANAMA CITY — The goal for the project is an inexpensive radar that would detect birds before they reach a contaminated water source. A more developed version would then emit a signal to keep the...
View ArticleDeeper mill channel sought in St. Andrew Bay
PANAMA CITY — As cargo ships get bigger, Panama City mill company RockTenn is seeking a deeper shipping channel in St. Andrew Bay. To begin the process to dredge a portion of the East Channel, Port...
View ArticleUber launches in Bay County
PANAMA CITY — Bay County residents and visitors now have a new way to get from point A to point B. Uber, a company that uses a smartphone application to connect riders and drivers, announced Thursday...
View ArticleRecords: Widow of homicide victim had 'plans'
PANAMA CITY — The widow of a contractor shot to death at a Panama City Beach construction site had spoken with friends about a plan to deal with her abusive husband in the weeks before he was killed,...
View Article7th Special Forces soldier killed in Afghanistan
EGLIN AFB — Staff Sgt. Matthew Ammerman, a member of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), died Wednesday while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Ammerman, 29, of...
View ArticleOur View: Be the ball at Bay Dunes
The Bay Dunes Golf Course got a temporary stay of execution this week unlike all those boys Judge Smalls — the villain in Caddyshack — sent to the gas chamber. If you saw the movie you might recall...
View ArticleUPDATE: Body found in submerged car
A body has been located in the car found this morning submerged in Joe’s Bayou in Destin. PHOTOS: View photos from the scene. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Michele Nicholson confirmed...
View ArticleStolen 5,000-pound bridge recovered in Michigan
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man says his family's 5,000-pound footbridge has been recovered after being stolen from his property in suburban Detroit. Robert Cortis filed a police report...
View Article2 get home confinement in stolen cooking oil case
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two brothers in their 70s have been sentenced to home confinement and probation for conspiring to sell 200,000 gallons of used cooking oil stolen from restaurants in Rhode...
View ArticleBoil water notice issued for eastern Panama City Beach
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A main break of the Panama City Beach Utilities water supply line experienced temporary loss in pressure and residents in southeast Panama City Beach may experience discolored...
View Article3 public safety employees fired after Tallahassee deputy shooting
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Three employees were fired in the wake of the shooting death of a Leon County sheriff's deputy. The Tallahassee Democrat reported Friday that employees at the city-county emergency...
View ArticlePHOTOS/VIDEO: Area Christmas tree lightings usher in holidays
Bay County and Callaway held respective Christmas tree lightings on Thursday. Bay County hosted the annual event at the Government Building on 11th Street. Callaway invited residents to the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing Bonifay senior citizen found safely
A missing senior citizen from Holmes County was found on Friday, Bonifay Police report. Levin, 66, was found safely in Tallahassee, according to a short press release. He had walked away from an...
View ArticleParade to close Harrison Avenue
PANAMA CITY — Harrison Avenue from downtown to 13th Street will be closed from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday along the annual Jaycees Christmas Parade route. The parade begins at the Panama City...
View ArticleCallaway to discuss code enforcement issues
CALLAWAY — The Callaway City Commission is scheduled to discuss code enforcement issues — a source of frustration often voiced by Callaway residents — at its meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The first issue...
View ArticleMan arrested for sex with teen
SPRINGFIELD — A 29-year-old Springfield man has been arrested on four counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child under 16. According to Springfield Police Chief Philip Thorne, Robert Tony...
View ArticleProsecutors drop charges in 2012 Eastpoint traffic fatality
EASTPOINT — More than two years after a May 2012 collision on the Gorrie Bridge took the life of an Eastpoint woman, prosecutors have dropped vehicular homicide charges against the 21-year-old...
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