Ride for Sammy: County workers give retiring employee a truck
PANAMA CITY — For decades, Sammy Scott brought a smile to fellow Bay County employees as he delivered inter-office mail. Always upbeat with an entertaining story to tell, he loved to water the plants...
View ArticlePublic meeting set about State 77 plan
WAUSAU — The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will hold a State 77 public information meeting Thursday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Wausau Town Hall, 1607 Second Ave. The meeting is being...
View ArticleQuestions raised about proposed pot rule
TALLAHASSEE — A lawyer for the Legislature is questioning the Department of Health’s proposed medical-marijuana rule, slated for a public vetting on Monday. The top lawyer for the Joint Administrative...
View ArticleBCSO arrest log (Feb. 17-24)
Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on charges Feb. 17-24. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted....
View ArticleAds may be coming to buses
PANAMA CITY — Bay Town Trolley buses could soon be plastered with advertising that could help fund the service. Companies will soon be asked to put forth proposals to advertise on the buses. City and...
View ArticleEarly morning shooting suspect detained
BONIFAY — A Chipley man is behind bars after he broke into a home on Neal Lane in Bonifay and shot one of the home’s occupants during an altercation. A witness in the home identified Taj-Addaryll...
View ArticlePanama City Beach hotels brace for spring breakers
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The quiet months of winter are over in Panama City Beach. With the first influx of spring breakers descending on Bay County this weekend, it’s crunch time for the many hotels and...
View ArticleWest Bay coming back to life
WEST BAY — In an effort to relieve overcrowding of Beach area schools, district officials voted to reopen West Bay Elementary in August for the first day of the next school year, but which students...
View ArticleCampus crunch: Growth brings influx of young students to Beach schools
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Beach is booming. Bed tax collections and sales tax revenue show visitors are returning to Panama City Beach in record numbers. But as the Beach recovers from the Great...
View ArticlePerformer: Sword swallowing all about nerve endings (VIDEO)
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Before Harley Newman swung fishhooks from his eyelids, he had visitor tie his wrists to his head with a padlocked chain. Newman was at Ripley’s Believe It or Not in Panama City...
View ArticleCommunity remembers local pioneer
PANAMA CITY — The late Frank Bacen will be remembered as a man who helped shape the local community. Bacen, who served as the head of the Bay County Chamber of Commerce for 25 years, passed away...
View ArticleClub La Vela announces Spring Break concerts
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Club La Vela announced its Spring Break concert schedule, with the first Feb. 28 and the final event to be held March 31. The series is touted as one of the largest for the club,...
View ArticleShots fired during chase, crash on Harrison Avenue
PANAMA CITY — A man was arrested after leading Panama City police on a chase that ended when the suspect crashed early Sunday. The incident happened at about 2:40 a.m. and no one was seriously...
View ArticleMexico Beach mulls Leave No Trace
MEXICO BEACH — Discussion of a possible Leave No Trace ordinance continued during a Mexico Beach City Council workshop last week. The issue was raised at a previous workshop by Councilwoman Mary...
View ArticleStudents can explore ‘Fast to the Future’
PANAMA CITY — College and high school students may want to meet with an important figure in their planned career for direction and advice. An upcoming event will give students a chance to do that —...
View ArticleHealth grants support local charities
PANAMA CITY — Nine local charity organizations received a boon recently as the Bay Health Foundation awarded $500,000 in grants. Rebecca Pierson, the Bay Health Foundation’s community development...
View ArticleBus service to PCB may expand
PANAMA CITY — Cities and Bay County will be asked to pitch in more than $52,000 to increase weekday and Saturday service on the Bay Town Trolley’s Beach route from March through August. Trolley...
View ArticleTwo new airlines set for takeoff this month
WEST BAY — Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport is gearing up for a busy spring and summer. At an Airport Authority meeting Wednesday, officials finalized a pair of agreements with two new...
View ArticleWhat a shock! Students build Tesla Coil
PANAMA CITY — Technical students have completed a shockingly practical project. Students of the electrical school at Haney Technical School have costructed a Tesla Coil in-house from raw materials....
View ArticleAzalea Trail opens preliminary judging to public (PHOTOS)
PANAMA CITY — The Panama City Garden Club made a little bit of history Sunday afternoon as its annual Azalea Trail Pageant’s preliminary judging was held open to the public for the first time. “We...
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