Governor Stone setting sail second Saturday each month
PANAMA CITY — The sounds of creaking wood in the wind and splashing of the water — noticeably unhindered by the persistent hum of a motor — are reminders that sailors are on a piece of history....
View ArticleLuke Bryan, the pied piper of Spring Break
I can’t help but think of Luke Bryan treating rehearsals like science experiments. “No, we cannot start the song that fast, it’s got to build into a party crescendo,” he shouts at his a rent-a-band...
View Article‘A blessing’ 7 Glenwood homes getting touch-up
PANAMA CITY — The two Americorps volunteers started by scraping old white paint off the porch ceiling of the Glenwood cottage on Friday. On the docket was painting the exterior baby blue, at the...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 shot, 1 beaten in family battle
BAYOU GEORGE — A beating that prompted a shootout at a Bayou George home left three people injured, one of them with a gunshot wound to the face, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. BCSO was...
View ArticleSpring Break visitor beats 93-year-old man
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A man visiting the area on Spring Break was arrested and charged with attacking an elderly man in his home for no apparent reason, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday....
View ArticlePCB approves agreement for Loop Road
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A highway that officials say will be the start of an alternative corridor to traveling Back Beach Road is a step closer to reality. The Panama City Beach City Council, on the...
View ArticleWork planned on Thomas Drive flyover Sunday
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Bridge joint maintenance work will take place in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 98 Thomas Drive flyover in Bay County on Sunday, according to the Florida Department of Transportation....
View ArticleThrowing Lead: Turkey hunting a time you want to choke
Tombo Martin is one of the stars of Buck Commander on Outdoor Channel, a former major league baseball pitcher, graduate of Bay High and resident of our area. If you have a question for Tombo send it...
View ArticleBCSO arrest log (March 4-9)
Information is provided by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office on people arrested on charges March 4-9. Those arrested can contact The News Herald if charges are dropped or if they are acquitted....
View ArticleGet your Gobble on!
The first gobble on the first morning of Spring Turkey season, for a hunter, is a sound as sweet as the cork popping off a vintage bottle of champagne or the crack of a baseball leaving the bat for a...
View ArticleCaz: There’s no life in death but none without it
It can be tiring, the turmoil of life as we lead it. Times are uncertain, as is the future for many. Companies cut costs, stress arises, bills are due and we worry and fret and try to hide all of that...
View ArticleOur View: A “church” and state conundrum
Whatever you might think of Markus Bishop’s spiritual abilities, his earthly abilities have always seemed clear. The guy can collect money. Bishop was once the pastor of Faith Christian Family Church....
View ArticleMan found dead in hotel room
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Panama City Beach Police Department is investigating the death of 21-year-old Coty Trenell Haywood, of Perry. Officers responded to a call about an unresponsive person at...
View ArticleArnold's Carlan, McClanahan win state titles; first in county since '99
KISSIMMEE — It has been since 1999 that a Bay County wrestler won an individual state championship. Make that had. More precisely, had, had. Arnold’s Richie McClanahan and Brock Carlan each won titles...
View Article1999 slaying of Janet Lay still a mystery
SAND HILLS — As detectives tried to piece together the scene of an afternoon house fire in 1999, Janet Lay’s body lay smoldering among the ashes of her mobile home. And authorities have yet to find...
View ArticleGuardian Angels join family in remembering Reny
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Reny Jose went missing during Spring Break last year. His family, loved ones, the Baltimore Guardian Angels and others have not forgotten. A candlelight vigil was held Saturday to...
View ArticleAudit: Agencies handle public record requests differently
JACKSONVILLE (AP) — A statewide audit by Florida newspapers shows most local and state agencies respond efficiently — and in some cases thoroughly — to simple public records requests, although the...
View ArticleCollege to host summer STEM camps
PANAMA CITY— Florida State Univesity Panama City will hold several educational camps for middle and high school students this summer. These camps will take place through June and July, Monday through...
View ArticleChase leads to arrest
MARIANNA -- A Fort Walton Beach man was arrested early Sunday after leading a Jackson County deputy on a chase. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Sunday at about 1:15 a.m., a deputy...
View ArticleUPDATE: Robert Durst says in HBO doc finale he 'killed them all'
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The arrest of Robert Durst, a wealthy eccentric linked to two killings and his wife's disappearance, came on Sunday just before the finale in an HBO show about his life in which he...
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