Florida State to honor championship team Feb. 1
TALLAHASSEE — Florida State football supporters can shake hands with star quarterback Jameis Winston and receive commemorative posters as part of a rescheduled national title celebration. The revamped...
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PANAMA CITY — Sandi Hawks exemplifies the ideal support employee at the school district. “She has all of the qualifications,” Sue Mullen, last year’s district and state Support Employee of the Year,...
View ArticleResidents must decide park’s fate
PARKER — Many Parker residents wish they could forget what council members told them Thursday. Council members called two workshops to discuss ownership rights of a park at Donalson Point, which will...
View ArticleRegion soccer: Hallmon, Mosley girls rally past Gulf Breeze
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Mosley tested the tensile strength of Gulf Breeze’s defense and finally found the breaking point. Taylor Hallmon’s two goals in the first four minutes of the second half helped...
View ArticleBay Medical announces 2 new leaders
PANAMA CITY -- Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System recently welcomed two new additions to the hospital’s leadership team. The facility’s new chief financial officer is Warren Ladner, who...
View ArticleChamber presents top honor // PHOTO GALLERY
PANAMA CITY BEACH — “You can’t out give” was the message Hugh Roche gave at the Bay County Chamber of Commerce’s annual Awards Ceremony and Dinner Friday night. “Whatever little bit I’ve been able to...
View Article1,700 Floridians who lost homes to receive checks
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — More than 1,700 Floridians who lost their homes to foreclosure will receive small payments as part of a national settlement with five major banks. Florida Attorney General Pam...
View ArticleGovernment Calendar
Following are dates and times for public meetings in the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2 MONDAY What: Lynn Haven Commission Workshop When: 3 p.m. Where: Lynn Haven City Hall, 825 Ohio Ave. ——— What:...
View ArticleHalifax All-Star Classic turning 10; set for April 5
PANAMA CITY — The Halifax All-Star Classic will celebrate a decade of prep basketball excellence on April 5. The 10th annual event returns to Gulf Coast State College’s Billy Harrison Field House for...
View ArticleGovernor Stone restored, almost ready // VIDEO, PHOTO GALLERY
PANAMA CITY — Months of restoration will allow for national historical landmark the Governor Stone to set sail once again in a few weeks. “The restoration has been about five months and we’re getting...
View ArticleSeveral Sea Grant programs on tap
PANAMA CITY — The county’s new Sea Grant agent has plenty on tap for 2014, including lionfish control, artificial reef creation, oyster reef restoration and classes on how to be a master naturalist....
View ArticleKids unmask their artistic talent // PHOTO GALLERY
PANAMA CITY — Children painted for a good cause Saturday at The Art Garden. Covenant Hospice partnered with The Art Garden, 3454 E. Highway 98, to host the Junior Mask Project, an art project for...
View ArticleP.C. may put cleanup cost on tax bill
PANAMA CITY — City commissioners Tuesday will consider a law allowing the city to add cleanup costs for nuisance properties onto tax bills. With the combination of the housing market crash resulting...
View ArticleAARP tax help starts Feb. 3
PANAMA CITY -- The AARP Tax-Aide Program with its volunteer tax counselors will provide free income tax assistance and tax counseling, along with free electronic filing starting Feb. 3. Taxpayers can...
View ArticleWaiting for a home // MAP
PANAMA CITY — Jacqueline Trabal has lived in public housing with her 15-year-old son for about five months and compared to her previous situation it is “paradise,” she said. Moving from a notoriously...
View ArticleMany on waiting list not exactly homeless
PANAMA CITY — Many of the people waiting on the Panama City Housing Authority’s list are not “homeless,” by the strict definition of the word. The majority lack a “regular, adequate nighttime...
View ArticleOut of the Past: The diary of Samuel A. Floyd continues
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh of a series of articles from an old Apalachicola diary. Samuel A. Floyd, log and timber inspector of Franklin County, continues: JUNE 18th — (At a dance) the buckle...
View ArticleCRA funds short in some districts
PANAMA CITY — Projects in some of the Panama City Community Redevelopment Agency’s (CRA) districts will need to be cut or delayed due to funding shortfalls, but compared to the overall budget the...
View Article'I can do anything'
PANAMA CITY — The paintbrush sets Amy Petty free. Her disabilities aside, when the paintbrush is in her hand, it might as well be the world. “I can do anything I want,” Petty, a student at Pyramid’s...
View ArticleBay leads state in rate of kids removed from homes
PANAMA CITY — Seventy-nine. That’s the number of children who have been relocated outside of Bay County after being removed from abusive or neglectful homes. With 320 local children currently removed...
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