PCB voters approve all proposed charter amendments
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Panama City Beach voters approved a dozen amendments to the city’s charter at the polls Tuesday, with each proposed change garnering a yes from the majority. Some of the major...
View ArticleStrange holds on to Panama City Beach Council seat
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Josie Strange knocked on 1,711 doors on crutches while campaigning to keep her seat on the Panama City Beach Council. It was a feat she said was well worth it as the election...
View ArticleMexico Beach elections highlight political division
MEXICO BEACH — The election results should erase any lingering questions about how stark the political dividing line is in Mexico Beach. Voters split almost evenly Tuesday, and the result was a photo...
View ArticleCallaway votes to keep Abbott mayor
CALLAWAY — With more than 100 votes over the mayoral seat contender, Callaway residents elected Thomas Abbott to lead the city into its future. “It’s humbling that the citizens have asked me to...
View ArticleDistrict 1-5A baseball: Mosley, Rutherford set for final clash
PANAMA CITY — Todd Harless and Jon Hudson could host a late-night infomercial entitled “Get Ahead, Stay Ahead.” The respective coaches at Mosley and Rutherford saw their teams build early leads and...
View ArticleCovey, Pelletier win in Callaway
CALLAWAY — Ward I has a new face for the first time in eight years. Melba Covey, chairwoman of the Citizens Advisory Committee in Callaway, took the reins of the ward with 656 votes, 306 more than...
View ArticleWarrior Beach Retreat, Wall of Remembrance set this week
PANAMA CITY — Two events this week — Warrior Beach Retreat and the Wall of Remembrance — will celebrate veterans who were wounded or killed in action. The Warrior Beach Retreat is in its fifth year....
View ArticleOne person seriously injured in PCB crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH - One person was seriously injured in a traffic crash on Back Beach Road and Lullwater Drive at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night. According to a news release from the Panama City Beach...
View ArticleHancock bank to close 16 branches
GULFPORT, Miss. — Regional bank Hancock Holding Co. said Wednesday that it has met efficiency targets nearly a year early, as quarterly profits bounced back thanks to lower expenses but it will be...
View ArticleSenate Bill would eliminate alternative path to graduation
PANAMA CITY — Once their diploma is in hand, many high school graduates grapple to find a job that suits them. Twenty-year-old Candice Hodgson, a student with disabilities, is no different. She’s...
View ArticlePriest to honor former pope in Rome
SUNNY HILLS — Pope John Paul II had a tremendous impact on Monsignor Francis Szczykutowicz, priest at St. Theresa’s Parish in Sunny Hills. That’s why he’s attending the pope’s canonization ceremony...
View ArticleScooter shops not happy with new PCB ordinance
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The City Council was accused of crushing the American dream at a meeting Thursday as they moved forward on an ordinance to tighten regulations for scooter rental companies on the...
View ArticleCollin Raye concert gives back to another generation
PANAMA CITY — Spend An Evening with Collin Raye on May 7 at St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church to be inspired by stories and songs of faith. “It’s a Christian concert — not country like he...
View ArticleCollin Raye concert gives back to another generation
PANAMA CITY — Spend An Evening with Collin Raye on May 7 at St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church to be inspired by stories and songs of faith. “It’s a Christian concert — not country like he...
View ArticleCaz: Why not hold Spring Break forum?
If you’re going to have controversy around something as big, important to the economy and critical to our image as Spring Break, at least we’re having the right kind now. At Thursday’s Panama City...
View ArticleFWC schedules meetings on bears
PANAMA CITY — Six public workshops — one of them in Panama City — are scheduled in the next month to discuss management of black bears. The Panama City meeting, hosted by the Florida Fish and...
View ArticleExhibit honors fallen soldiers
PANAMA CITY – The Global War on Terror Wall of Remembrance exhibit closed Sunday after being on public display in Oaks by the Bay Park since Friday. “We decided that we needed it with 17 of our own...
View ArticleDIB wants to get rid of debt
PANAMA CITY — The Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) is looking to get out from under more than $50,000 of debt and could sell off downtown parking areas as a way to do that. During their meeting...
View ArticleNo new alternative school for beach
PANAMA CITY — The Bay District Schools superintendent said he scrapped plans to start an alternative school serving beach-area, at-risk students because of “too much misinformation and too many...
View ArticleLocal businessman elected to BBB board
PANAMA CITY -- Local businessman Robert Wilkos of Roussos Air Conditioning in Panama City has been elected to the Better Business Bureau Board of Directors for the Northwest Florida Region. Wilkos was...
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