Employee Tuition Assistance Scholarships recipients announced
PANAMA CITY -- The Bay Education Foundation announced its 2014 fall semester Employee Tuition Assistance Scholarships recipients Thursday. The foundation partners with the Consortium of Florida...
View ArticleSpeed limit changed on State 71
BLOUNTSTOWN -- Based on the results of a recent speed study, the Florida Department of Transportation will increase the speed limit from 55 MPH to 60 MPH on State 71 in Calhoun County on April 24. New...
View ArticleSome Springfield commissioners against cutting their pay, benefits
SPRINGFIELD — While the city prepares to levy its first-ever property tax on residents, some elected leaders are not ready to part with their own taxpayer-funded benefits. Salaries and life, health,...
View ArticleCity fine-tuning bed tax plan
PANAMA CITY — Defining the bay versus the beach will be a priority for funds collected from a new tax in Panama City. Members of Panama City’s Tourist Development Council (TDC) Plan Advisory...
View ArticleGulf Coast clinches state softball berth
Northwest Florida State helped out Gulf Coast in a big way on Thursday, as the Lady Commodores locked up a state softball tournament berth. The Raiders blasted Pensacola State 16-0 in the first game...
View ArticleDistrict 1-5A softball: Lopes, Mosley roll past Gulf Breeze
SPRINGFIELD — Pressure manifests itself in a variety of ways. There is the pressure that occurs naturally, like that found in Mosley’s eight-inning nailbiter against Arnold on Wednesday night. Then...
View ArticleBay County approves Carillon Beach development plan
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 117-lot subdivision is in the works at a wooded, 40-acre site on the eastern edge of Lake Powell. The Bay County Commission approved an application for the planned unit...
View ArticleLocal insurance agent honored for volunteerism
PANAMA CITY -- Panama City Allstate agency owner Greta Langley recently was honored by the Allstate Foundation for her commitment to helping others in the local community. Langley received the Agency...
View ArticleBay unemployment declines in March
PANAMA CITY — Bay County’s unemployment rate continued to tick down last month, while the state of Florida observed a slight increase in unemployment between February and March. Bay County’s...
View ArticleLane closures planned for roadways I-10
CHIPLEY -- Construction crews will install fiber optic conduit along Interstate 10 Tuesday through Friday from 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. The work will require intermittent lane closures on State 285, County...
View ArticleMinor traffic delays on State 79
EBRO -- Traffic on State 79, 1/2 mile north of Happy Hills Road, will be restricted to one lane from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday as crews to perform roadway work. Motorists are reminded the speed limit...
View ArticleCity: Don’t swim after sewage spill
PANAMA CITY -- Officials are advising against swimming after about 2,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled into local waters, according to reports. A sewer line blockage Thursday in the 2400 block of...
View ArticleLeague of Women Voters announces new leadership
PANAMA CITY -- The League of Women Voters of Bay County announced a new leadership team, headed by local attorney Cecile Scoon, who will serve as president. Mechelle Grady and Nancy Jones-Gaglio also...
View ArticleEmergency calls sometimes crazy, sometimes tense // PHOTO GALLERY
SOUTHPORT — With less than a year on the job, communications specialist Sarah Kirkland already has had a man with a hole in his pocket call 911 for help tracking the money he’d lost. “There’s crazy...
View ArticlePlan would upgrade Constitution Convention Museum
PORT ST. JOE — A museum celebrating Florida’s history may get a bit of a modern sheen. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is writing a new management plan for the Constitution...
View ArticleShooter’s trial starts Monday
PANAMA CITY — After spending more than a year in either the Bay County Jail or a state mental hospital, Joseph Moody will be in court Monday to help his attorneys select the men and women who will...
View ArticleWhen it rains, it floods // PHOTO GALLERY
While the Northeast Florida Beaches International Airport saw 1.79 inches of rain through 6 p.m. Friday, and Tyndall Air Force Base recorded 1.2, areas north and west of Bay County were hit harder....
View ArticleBill could slow Florida craft beer industry growth
SANTA ROSA BEACH — The fight between craft brewers and the distributors of Budweiser over the legalization of half-gallon beer containers has gotten so bitter that it is even being likened to...
View ArticleLocal hotel owners await BP settlement
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Brothers-in-law Harry and Chase Patel are business partners with five hotels in Bay County — two of them within a mile of the Gulf of Mexico. They also have a Super 8 and a Red...
View Article4 years after BP, thousands still wait for money // INTERACTIVE MAP
An optometrist had to take out a loan to pay his employees. A waitress had to find another job because the customers stopped coming. A property manager had to give up the extras in her life the year...
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