Panhandle Championship titles enjoyed, sights quickly set on districts
LYNN HAVEN — Savoring titles in the Panhandle Championship lasted mere moments on Saturday with anxious wrestlers eyeing medals of a different kind. The last major tournament before district events...
View ArticleCounty water project $1.6 million under budget
PANAMA CITY — The county’s alternate water supply project has come in about $1.6 million under budget — before construction even started. The Bay County Commission is slated to vote on the $23.4...
View ArticleState to pay thousands of held-up jobless claims
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of unemployed Floridians whose benefit checks have been held up by the state's troubled new system will soon get their payments. State officials announced Saturday...
View ArticleChristie raises cash in Florida
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie left a political scandal back home as he raised money Saturday for fellow Republicans in Florida. As chairman of the Republican Governors...
View ArticleGreat white shark 'pings' again off coast
DAYTONA BEACH -- Katharine, the 14-foot great white shark with a satellite tag tracking her every move, showed up again Saturday far off the coast east of Edgewater — part of her extended stay in the...
View ArticleMontgomery's record, triple-double pace GC women to win
PANAMA CITY — Kayla Montgomery can simply throw her hands to the sky and be an effective defender on the basketball court. When she is as engaged defensively as she was Saturday night at the Billy...
View ArticleTeen killed in early morning wreck
MARIANNA - A 16-year-old was killed early Saturday morning when his vehicle ran off State 71 south of Marianna in Jackson County. Nolan Bailey Musgrove was driving south on State 71 at or near the...
View ArticleFive Fashion Investments to Make in 2014
Next year always seems so far away, until suddenly, it’s upon us, and then it’s a few days old, and we realize that this year looks startlingly similar to the last, and that not much has changed...
View ArticleLynn Haven pitches residential development program
LYNN HAVEN — Residents could soon see a program encouraging residential development of lots in the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) boundaries. To gauge public opinion of a Lynn Haven CRA...
View ArticlePlanning, support groups can ease tough times after a death
PANAMA CITY — Knowing her mother would die didn’t prepare Sandy Davenport for her mother’s death. “I know she’s at peace,” she said, “but I would like to live the rest of my life in a happy fashion.”...
View ArticleMarvelous Manning to Super Bowl, Broncos beat Patriots for AFC crown
DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning stuffed the football into his helmet and handed it to an equipment man for safekeeping. The connection: Flawless, as usual. The keepsake: Certainly one he'll want to hang...
View ArticleTrumbull trumps his competition again in fundraising
PANAMA CITY — Jay Trumbull continued to lap his opponents in the fundraising race in December, as he seeks the state House District 6 seat. Trumbull, R-Panama City, followed up a strong November when...
View ArticlePostal Service, union wrangle over Staples outlets
WASHINGTON — The opening of Postal Service retail centers in dozens of Staples stores around the country is being met with threats of protests and boycotts by the agency's unions. The new outlets are...
View ArticleStellar-defensed Seahawks rally, best 49ers for NFC title
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks are bringing their game-changing defense — and the 12th Man — to the Big Apple for the Super Bowl. Seattle's top-ranked defense forced three fourth-quarter...
View ArticleBroncos-Seahawks Super Bowl pits NFL's top offense, best defense
Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos and Richard Sherman's Seattle Seahawks were the NFL's best all season, so it's fitting that they'll meet in the Super Bowl. Nobody scored as many points or gained as...
View ArticleRoad to regionals begins for Bay County boys soccer teams
Don’t blame the boys soccer coaches in District 2-3A for not predicting Mosley’s dominance during the regular season. In addition to first-year Dolphins head coach Ryan Rogers, Rutherford (Craig...
View ArticleMLK participants encourage students to pursue life of service // GALLERY
PANAMA CITY — Lessons for leading a life of service to others, preached by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., were in practice Monday during the annual recognition of the civil rights leader’s birth....
View ArticleTeen in serious condition after Washington County shooting
VERNON — Authorities are investigating an incident in which a 16-year-old girl shot herself in the leg during a hunting outing Sunday. Paramedics life-flighted Andrea Wright to Sacred Heart Children’s...
View ArticleGulf Coast pediatric ICU sees first patients // VIDEO
PANAMA CITY — Angie Harwood cradled her 13-month-old daughter, Joyanna, as she recovered from a respiratory virus in the region’s only pediatric intensive care unit on Monday. Had Joyanna fallen ill...
View ArticleCommissioner: Fire courthouse project contractor
PANAMA CITY — A Bay County commissioner said Monday he wants to dump the contractor overseeing a multimillion-dollar county courthouse expansion project. The Bay County Commission signed off on the...
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