Police work to control Spring Break crowds // PHOTO GALLERY
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The crowd got to Wal-Mart before police did. About an hour earlier, as the sun began to set over another day of Spring Break recently, 10 or 20 officers from the Panama City Beach...
View ArticleEx-teacher reprimanded for insults // DOCUMENTS
PANAMA CITY — A former Bay High School teacher was reprimanded recently for telling a disruptive student “everyone in the class hates you” and making other derogatory statements two years ago,...
View ArticleTwo injured in Sunday morning wreck
Two pedestrians were injured Sunday morning when a drunk driver hit them, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP officials reported that Richard Allen Johns, 29, of Panama...
View ArticleNew book explores the U-boat invasion of America
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Over the course of six grisly months in the first half of 1942, German U-boats prowled the eastern seaboard of the United States, laying mines and attacking ships. More than 200...
View ArticleCruising into retirement
PANAMA CITY — Some couples ease into retirement — a quiet beach bungalow, a cozy country place — but not the Erbens. They set out on a 6,200-mile boat trip, circumnavigating half the U.S. On Jan. 5,...
View ArticleOfficials dig deeper into Springfield's 'financial emergency'
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield will be evaluating two areas at the core of local government to gauge their fiscal feasibility in the wake of a “financial emergency” declaration, according to city...
View ArticleBMC involved in new heart surgery study
PANAMA CITY — Biodegradable stents could possibly replace commonly used metal, pending a nationwide study one local hospital is taking part in. Bay Medical Center Sacred Hearth Health System is...
View ArticleOur View: A close vote should not be the end
Just as waves, over time, erode a beach’s resistance, the push to at least try some sort of lifeguard protection on a portion of our beaches seems to be slowly wearing away resistance in light of...
View ArticleUpdated: Malaysia PM: plane plunged into Indian Ocean
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said...
View ArticleBig climate report: Warming is big risk for people
If you think of climate change as a hazard for some far-off polar bears years from now, you're mistaken. That's the message from top climate scientists gathering in Japan this week to assess the...
View ArticlePC’s MacLean owns top bracket in ESPN tourney contest
PANAMA CITY — Marc MacLean’s bracket might not be perfect, but it is one in 11 million. The 29-year-old former Mosley High School athlete is currently tied for first place in ESPN’s NCAA Tournament...
View ArticleOperation Spay Bay’s low-cost clinic opens // PHOTOS, VIDEO
PANAMA CITY — A few snafus pushed back opening day surgeries at the new animal clinic, but, since it was three years coming, staff members were glad to finally establish it as a low-cost spay and...
View ArticleLynn Haven expected to finalize city manager pick
LYNN HAVEN — A contract for Lynn Haven’s new city manager is all but approved. The signature of Joel Schubert, bureau chief in the state Department of Revenue, is already on the contract for the...
View ArticleBCSO: Hathaway Bridge jump was suicide attempt
PANAMA CITY A woman who jumped off the Hathaway Bridge just before noon Sunday was suicidal, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. The woman, who was not identified in a BCSO press release,...
View ArticleCrash injuries could end PCBPD captain’s career
PANAMA CITY BEACH The police captain struck early Sunday morning might never return to work, Panama City Beach Police Chief Drew Whitman said Monday. Capt. Ron Crowson is scheduled to retire after 31...
View ArticleUPDATED: Two injured in scaffolding incident
PANAMA CITY— One man’s heart stopped and another suffered electrical burns after a piece of metal scaffolding made contact with power lines at a church construction site Tuesday morning, according to...
View ArticleMarianna woman wins $3 million scratch-off prize
MARIANNA — A Marianna woman has claimed a $3 million prize in the “Super Millions Scratch-Off” game, according to the Florida Lottery. Melenna Ritz, 34, chose to receive the winnings in a one-time,...
View ArticleDeputies nab domestic violence suspect
Bay County Sheriff's deputies were called to a Panama City Beach home at about 2 a.m. this morning. When they arrived on the porch they could hear through open windows a woman screaming “Please don’t...
View ArticleTwo injured in wreck
PARKER -- Two people were injured, one critically, in a head on collision in Parker Monday afternoon. Joan Peoples, of Parker, was driving a Saturn and Glenda Taylor, a Tyndall Air Force Base...
View ArticleMan convicted of burglary
PANAMA CITY -- Jesse Alan Fortson was convicted Tuesday of burglarizing a Panama City car parts business, according to a news release from the state attorney’s office. Fortson, 31, of 17000 Hernando...
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