Heavy rain and flooding seen Sunday
PANAMA CITY – Bay County residents woke up to rain and lots of it Sunday morning. By 12:30 Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service in Tallahassee received reports of 1.72 inches of rain at...
View ArticleJerry Mathers to speak about diabetes in P.C.
PANAMA CITY — Leave it to Beaver — to promote diabetes awareness. Jerry Mathers, who portrayed Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver on the well-known ‘50s television show “Leave It to Beaver,” is coming to...
View ArticleJudge: City violated federal law in rejecting cell tower
PANAMA CITY — City commissioners violated federal law last year when they rejected a proposal to build a 150-foot cellphone tower at Florida Avenue and 19th Street, according to a U.S. District...
View ArticleDale Jr. wins Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH (AP) — Through rain and wrecks, on Daytona's longest day, this was a drought Dale Earnhardt Jr. was determined to end. NASCAR's most popular driver won the Daytona 500 on Sunday night...
View ArticleRecords show 18 more greyhound deaths since Jan. 1 // Documents
PANAMA CITY — At least 18 more greyhounds have died at Florida tracks since Jan. 1, bringing the total to 92 deaths in the last nine months, state documents show. No new deaths were reported at Ebro...
View ArticleP.C. commissioners again to consider attorney’s pay
PANAMA CITY — City commissioners Tuesday are scheduled to decide payments for city attorney Nevin Zimmerman and how to control work assignments. Following concerns Commissioner John Kady raised about...
View ArticleHarvesting areas close temporarily
BAY COUNTY The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has temporarily closed area 1212 Section 1 of East Bay and area 0822 in the West Bay Shellfish Harvest Area for the harvest of...
View ArticleProposed changes set for State 77 project
WAUSAU The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) says the planned expansion of State 77 won’t mean four-laning through the town of Wausau after all. FDOT spokesman Ian Satter says the...
View ArticleLynn Haven poised to select new manager
WG Today=Tuesday throughout Mug in People: kelley, walter cmyk LYNN HAVEN — New laws and picking a new city manager are up for commission consideration at Tuesday's meeting. City commissioners...
View ArticleCareerSource Gulf Coast tops state in job placements
PANAMA CITY CareerSource Gulf Coast posted the highest percentage of job placements in the Florida during the month of December, topping career centers in 24 state regions. The agency was applauded by...
View Article‘Like love at first sight’
PANAMA CITY — Ricky Mamoran was in search of a companion. Trenton arrived this month to fit the bill. Trenton was among the dogs comprising the 31st graduating class of DAWGS in Prison, a program that...
View ArticleTeen hit, killed by train
DAYTONA BEACH — A 17-year-old boy was hit and killed by a freight train Monday night, police said. The teen was standing on the Florida East Coast Railway tracks some 300 yards north of Wilder...
View ArticleFaith: First United Methodist feeds hungry, sisters start Clothes Closet
PANAMA CITY — After helping out during the Community Breakfast at First United Methodist Church, Emily Olsen felt called to do more. “People would bring a couple of jackets and put them on the tables,...
View ArticlePCB ordinance would require permanent foundations for businesses
PANAMA CITY BEACH — To steer away from a “carnival-type atmosphere,” the Panama City Beach Council will consider an ordinance to prevent permanent businesses from operating out of temporary...
View ArticleTeen seriously injured in Calhoun County wreck
A Marianna teenager was seriously injured in a Sunday night wreck in Calhoun County, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol. Jake T. Daffin was driving a Toyota Tundra north on...
View ArticleFlorida lawmakers to talk water funding, not policy
LAKE OKEECHOBEE — In the marshes along the western edge of Florida's largest freshwater lake, the water is clear, wading birds burst into the sky ahead of an approaching airboat, and there's no sign...
View ArticleGovernor appoints six to Gulf Consortium
TALLAHASSEE -- The governor has appointed six Panhandle residents to the Gulf Consortium, a board created to help allocate RESTORE Act dollars. All appointees technically began serving Tuesday and the...
View ArticleTallahassee doctor arrested at PCB home
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A Tallahassee doctor was arrested Saturday after he triggered an Amber Alert in the hours after his estranged wife was found dead in the pool of one of their houses. Bay County...
View Article‘Uncomfortable’ commissioners stall on city manager
LYNN HAVEN — City commissioners Tuesday delayed a vote to fill the city manager position for more time to discuss aspects left unclear by a seven-hour workshop. Mayor Walter Kelley said the commission...
View ArticleSt. Joe reveals sector plan land uses // MAP
PANAMA CITY BEACH — At an open house meeting Tuesday, St. Joe Co. revealed land use maps for the 112,000-acre Bay-Walton Sector Plan, a majority of which is dedicated to pocketed residential...
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