FSU Panama City hosts open house
PANAMA CITY — Florida State University Panama City will host an open house from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday beginning in the Holley Academic Center at 4750 Collegiate Drive. This event offers prospective...
View ArticleLynn Haven looking to save on engineering costs
LYNN HAVEN — The Lynn Haven commission tabled a proposal on Tuesday to pay $140,000 of engineering costs to the Florida Department of Transportation to move city utilities during State 390 expansion....
View ArticleUnited Way to honor Publix employees
PANAMA CITY — United Way of Northwest Florida will visit three local Publix Super Markets today to honor employees for the charitable contributions made to the nonprofit organization both locally and...
View ArticleCallaway pays city manager for leave
CALLAWAY — The Callaway City Commission approved paying $1,538 to City Manager Michael Fuller to cover 40 hours of annual leave time on Tuesday. Fuller accumulated 294 hours of leave before being...
View ArticleBCSO issues scam alert
PANAMA CITY — Officials issued a scam alert Wednesday to remind the community about the prevalence of telephone scams involving utility companies. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced several...
View ArticleMan charged with arranging meeting with child
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police have arrested a man who they said was going to meet what he thought was a child to engage in sexual contact, according to officials. Jon Edwin Spears, 52, was arrested...
View ArticleNelson wants federal probe of reform school deaths
PANAMA CITY — A Florida lawmaker has called for a federal investigation into the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna where scientists have exhumed dozens of children’s graves,...
View ArticleWoman convicted after smuggling pills into jail in her genitalia
A Jackson County jury convicted Tonya Diane Anderson on Tuesday of possessing Xanax and bringing it into the Jackson County Jail by hiding it in her genitalia. Assistant State Attorney Laura Wahlquist...
View ArticleMan arrested who investigators say was hitman in Springfield murder
PANAMA CITY — Authorities have arrested a man who investigators said was hired as a hitman and charged him with not registering as a career criminal, according to court records. Omar Fidel Redmon, 34,...
View ArticlePCB set to accept money for Spring Break security
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Spring breakers should notice beefed up security on the beach this year. The Panama City Beach City Council on Thursday is scheduled to take what could be the last of many steps it...
View ArticleChipley rolls over Hawthorne for Class 1A boys championship
LAKELAND — For the second time in the past four seasons, the Chipley Tigers are Class 1A state champions. After dispatching Malone 85-66 in Tuesday’s semifinal, the Tigers destroyed Hawthorne 69-40...
View ArticlePolice fundraiser planned
PANAMA CITY — Beef O’Brady’s in Lynn Haven will host a fundraiser for the Police Unity Tour from 4 p.m. to close on Monday. The restaurant will donate 10 percent of proceeds for patrons who mention...
View ArticleTDC moves forward on sports village
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Bay County Tourist Development Council (TDC) Chairman Mike Bennett pegged a proposed project to develop a Panama City Beach Sports Village as one of the most important in the...
View ArticleAzalea Trail preliminary judging Sunday
PANAMA CITY — The Panama City Garden Club’s annual Azalea Trail Pageant will hold its preliminary judging at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Martin Theatre, 409 Harrison Ave., Panama City. This is the first time...
View ArticleDIB to pay off city debt
PANAMA CITY — Panama City Downtown Improvement Board has laid out a plan to pay off its debt. The DIB will pay $20,000 using the $55,000 loan granted from the city in March and then pay $5,000 each...
View ArticleThe Last Echo: Abandoned vessel to be moved soon
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Last Echo, a sailboat left sitting on the beach at Camp Helen State Park, will be removed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at the end of this...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing man found, returned to family
PANAMA CITY — Calvin Sowell made contact with his son and was reunited with his family Thursday afternoon, the Bay County Sheriff's Office reported. Sowell, 54, was believed to be endangered due to...
View ArticleRegulators approve tougher rules for Internet providers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Internet activists declared victory over the nation's big cable companies Thursday, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to impose the toughest rules yet on broadband...
View ArticleDOC: Jackson County inmate dies after assault
SNEADS — An inmate at a state prison in Sneads died Thursday after an assault by another inmate, the Florida Department of Corrections Office (DOC) announced in a news release. DOC officials said the...
View ArticleScott honors veterans with Governor’s Veterans Service Award
PANAMA CITY — Gov. Rick Scott awarded 132 Florida veterans with the Governor’s Veterans Service Award for their service to Florida and the nation. “As a Navy veteran myself, I was honored to recognize...
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