Bay Watch: Leave it to Capt. Anderson’s to mess up my routine
We had dinner there recently and I fought my usual mental battle that starts something like this: “I’m NOT having the stuffed grouper again, I get that every time. I’m going to try the steak.” And it...
View ArticleWhat's On Tap this week (March 2)
Here’s what’s happening in local government, sports and entertainment this week: The following public meetings are scheduled this week: Monday What: Springfield Commission When: 5:30 p.m. Where:3529...
View ArticleBlogging Dead: RIP Rick's beard, smile for the camera and new blood
The group went inside Alexandria and we learned a little more about its residents and how they survived (or how they miraculously did so given their talents). The scouting process revealed Rick and...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 20 years for burglary, grand theft
PANAMA CITY — Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet sentenced Darrin Lee Carmichael on Monday to 20 years in prison for burglary and grand theft. Assistant State Attorney Barbara Beasley took Carmichael,...
View ArticleMan charged in Sunday chase involving gunfire, crash
PANAMA CITY — The Panama City Police Department announced the arrest of a man involved in a Sunday chase that involved police gunfire and a crash. Lafabion Lawson, 23, was arrested and charged with...
View ArticleBoutique hotel, condo proposal unveiled for Mexico Beach
MEXICO BEACH — An international lodging company has announced plans to locate in Mexico Beach. A representative of Wyndham and Tryp went before the Mexico Beach City Council recently to share a...
View ArticleJury acquits Florida man who claimed pot was medicinal
FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) — A South Florida man has been acquitted by a jury after contending that dozens of marijuana plants he was growing were used for his own medicinal purposes. The Broward County...
View ArticleGroup: Great white shark caught, released off PCB
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Gabriel Smeby felt like he was touching history. Awe enveloped the group as Smeby and two Dark Side Sharkers partners, Derrick Keeny and Kyle Register, pulled in the 9-foot,...
View ArticleAmbulance bills may go to collection sooner
PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Commission Tuesday will decide whether to put unpaid ambulance bills in a more serious state of collection sooner than current policy, as the county struggles to find ways...
View ArticleMan given wrong tax return check, spends money, is arrested
PANAMA CITY — Police have arrested a Panama City man for allegedly spending another person’s tax return given to him by accident, according to arrest records. Dominique Alexander Johnson, 21, was...
View ArticleBCSO: Man tried to sell stolen ring to victim
FOUNTAIN — A 19-year-old man was arrested after he tried to sell stolen jewelry to a woman who, it turns out, was the victim of the burglary, according to a Bay County Sheriff’s Office news release....
View ArticleMost Bay County schools cancel state test
PANAMA CITY — Serious technological problems on Monday forced many schools — including most Bay County schools — to suspend a contentious new standardized test that middle- and high-school students...
View ArticleCould Bay's next big thing be a con?
When we were either still dating or just married, my wife made fun of me for wanting to go to a comic book convention. However, she quickly changed her mind when I described what a convention actually...
View ArticleBCSO investigating church burglary
FOUNTAIN — Authorities are investigating a weekend ransacking of a local church that resulted in more than $3,000 of damaged or stolen property, according to Bay County Sheriff’s Office reports...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man, 73, dies in Jackson County crash
GREENWOOD — A man died early Tuesday in Jackson County after a traffic crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). Charles Paul Croft, 73, of Greenwood, was killed after being hit by another...
View ArticleSweeping House gambling bill includes casinos, more slots
TALLAHASSEE — Two Las Vegas-style casinos, greyhound tracks without dog racing and slot machines at two pari-mutuels outside South Florida are all on the table in a sweeping House proposal released...
View ArticleRoussos Air Conditioning wins service award
PANAMA CITY — Roussos Air Conditioning in Panama City was recently honored with the Angie's List Super Service Award for 2014, an annual award based on consumer review ratings on the popular site. On...
View ArticleState Senate passes Greyhound Protection Act
TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s annual lawmaking session opened Tuesday with the Senate’s unanimous passage of bi-partisan legislation to better protect greyhounds by requiring more accountability from the...
View ArticleTunnell: Tyndall says no random waterway closures
PANAMA CITY — Tyndall Air Force Base officials have assured county leaders fishermen and recreational boaters need not worry about being randomly shut out of area waters in and around the base,...
View Article‘Trigger Tre’ faces 10 years in prison
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City man known as “Trigger Tre” has been convicted of being a felon in possession of a loaded .380 caliber pistol, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. A federal grand...
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