Red Cross to share fire safety tips
PANAMA CITY – The American Red Cross volunteers will spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which falls on Jan. 20 this year, canvassing neighborhoods in the Glenwood and Cedar Grove areas to share fire...
View ArticleDetroit auto show concepts that made it _ or not
DETROIT — Prototype cars — also called "concepts" — appear at every auto show. They're a way for companies to test ideas, gauge reaction and hint at future designs. Audi, Nissan, Kia, Volkswagen and...
View ArticleProposed Medicare drug change stirs access worries
WASHINGTON — In a move that some fear could compromise care for Medicare recipients, the Obama administration is proposing to remove special protections that guarantee seniors access to a wide...
View ArticleFWC investigating manatee deaths
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has stepped up efforts to respond to manatees in distress and determine the cause of death when possible. During 2013, a preliminary total...
View Article‘Snowbirds’ are on the hunt for live music and dancing
PANAMA CITY BEACH – The parking lot at The Boardwalk Beach Resort is full of cars bearing plates from Iowa, Michigan, even Ontario and Nova Scotia, which can mean only one thing – it must be snowbird...
View ArticleFlorida House panel votes to ban new red-light cameras
TALLAHASSEE — Installation of new red-light cameras would be banned across the state under a bill that passed a key committee in the Florida House Thursday, signaling a renewed debate over the...
View ArticlePolice: Cellphone use at theater led to shooting
WESLEY CHAPEL — Authorities say a man has been arrested on suspicion of shooting two people — one fatally — after an argument over cell phone use at a Florida theater. Pasco County Sheriff's spokesman...
View ArticleDistrict soccer: Arnold, Mosley girls seek extension of regional streaks
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Mosley’s prowess in girls soccer in recent years has been well documented. But when the District 2-3A tournament begins at Arnold Tuesday evening, it isn’t the Dolphins boasting...
View ArticleRoper excited for opportunity to turn around Florida's offense
GAINESVILLE — While many might see extreme risk in his decision to leave David Cutcliffe and a stable situation at Duke to join Will Muschamp and the uncertainty of a Florida program coming off a 4-8...
View ArticlePCB boil water notice rescinded
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Officials have rescinded the precautionary boil water notice issued Friday for Bay Side Trailer Park, Big Daddy Drive, Sunrise Drive, Linda Lane, Bay Circle and Marina Drive in...
View ArticleKindergarten registration opens
PANAMA CITY — Registration for kindergarten students is open until Sept. 1. Students must be 5 years old by Sept. 1 to register for the next school year, which begins in August, a Bay District Schools...
View ArticleGraham has more than $1 million cash on hand
TALLAHASSEE — Democratic candidate Gwen Graham now has more than $1 million cash on hand as she prepares to challenge U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland for his District 2 seat in the U.S. House of...
View ArticleVeterans’ tuition bill advances
TALLAHASSEE — Honorably discharged veterans wouldn’t have to worry about paying out-of-state tuition in Florida if the rest of the Legislature takes the same view as a state House panel did Monday....
View ArticleYoung activists sought for MLK events
PANAMA CITY — The men and women behind Bay County’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration are getting grayer and calling on younger people to do their part to carry on the demonstration. “I would...
View ArticleLocal family copes with infant’s special needs // VIDEO
LYNN HAVEN — A constant sputter. It’s the sound of baby William Snow’s oxygen concentrator, which is connected to a tracheostomy tube attached to a hole in the infant’s neck. The sputter — not the...
View ArticleDowntown housing plan draws concern
PANAMA CITY — Planning board members Monday approved a development plan that would put more condo units at a beachfront motel, but they tabled a request some members feared might allow developers to...
View ArticleBookIt.com secures $10 million for growth
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Panama City Beach travel agency BookIt.com announced Monday the acquisition of $10 million in funding from Chicago investment firm Monroe Capital to support growth. Tom DiBacco,...
View ArticleCove golf carts get the green light
PANAMA CITY — A pilot golf cart program in the city is a go. City commissioners steered the golf cart test run in the Cove area to more align with state requirements before voting 4-1 in favor of the...
View ArticleHalf-million dollar sidewalk project approved
PANAMA CITY — City commissioners set a nearly half-million-dollar sidewalk project in motion Tuesday. Panama City commissioners, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) board, approved a...
View ArticleBudget plan could ease flood insurance pain // VIDEO, DOCUMENT
PANAMA CITY— A measure in the $1.1 trillion federal budget may bring Florida’s homeowners some flood insurance relief. The spending plan would delay some premium increases caused by the changes in the...
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