New commissioners sworn in, celebrate // PHOTO GALLERY
CALLAWAY — After being sworn in Tuesday, Callaway city commissioners and residents celebrated. Newcomers Melba Covey and Robert Pelletier and incumbents Pamn Henderson and Mayor Thomas Abbott took the...
View ArticleThunder Beach rolls into PCB
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The thunder will continue to roll in Panama City Beach this week, even after the skies clear. The 16th annual Thunder Beach Rally kicks off Wednesday night rain or shine, with...
View ArticleFood: Get ready for Cinco de Mayo
SEACREST — Sharing tortilla chips and fresh salsa with family and friends is enough to celebrate. Add in delicious Mexican cuisine, margaritas and music and you have a full-blown fiesta — any day of...
View ArticleProsecution nears finish in bankers’ trial
PANAMA CITY — As the trial of three former leaders of Coastal Community Investments moved into the middle of its second week, jurors appeared to be developing a comfort bred by familiarity. Groups of...
View ArticleSchools closed after school day starts // VIDEO
PANAMA CITY — Parents started trickling in at about 9 a.m. to pick up Cedar Grove Elementary fourth graders who had loaded two buses three hours earlier for a field trip bound for a tour of the...
View ArticleMosley softball regional semi pushed back to Saturday
LYNN HAVEN — Brian Wilke worked around the elements as a young baseball player in Wisconsin, and nothing has changed in that regard now that he is the softball coach at Mosley. The torrential downpour...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Readers share their photos
PANAMA CITY - Storms across the Panhandle made for some incredible and terrifying images. Our readers shared their shots with us on Facebook and Twitter. Here are just some of them. You can share more...
View ArticleFlorida State’s Winston suspended after shoplifting citation
TALLAHASSEE — Jameis Winston was suspended from the Florida State baseball team on Wednesday following an adult civil citation for shoplifting seafood from a Tallahassee Publix store. The relief...
View ArticleBay County sees heavy flooding // PHOTO GALLERY
PANAMA CITY — PANAMA CITY — Bay County officials issued a state of emergency Wednesday morning and urged the public to stay off the roads as heavy rain bore down, causing flooding and road closures in...
View Article‘Here we go again’
PANAMA CITY — Every community in Bay County felt the impact of flooding and constant rain Wednesday. In Panama City, one of the hardest hit areas was Cincinnati Avenue in St. Andrews, where resident...
View ArticleWhat spared Bay?
PANAMA CITY — A rare storm system left much of the northwest Panhandle in soaking wet shambles; however, Bay County was relatively spared from the worst of the storm. A slow-moving cold front stalled...
View ArticleFlorida jail explosion kills 2 inmates, 3 missing
PENSACOLA — An apparent gas explosion all but destroyed a jail in the Florida Panhandle, killing two inmates, leaving three others missing and injuring more than 180 people inside the building,...
View ArticleTurtle Watch begins patrol for PCB nesting season
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Loggerhead nesting has been making a comeback in Panama City Beach over the last two years, but the threatened sea turtle species still has a long way to go to rebuild its...
View ArticleFree comics are coming Saturday
PANAMA CITY — Comic book shops in Panama City are getting ready for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday. Comic Emporium, 2403 N Highway 231, the oldest comic book store in town, is planning to give away...
View ArticleGCSC hosting Startup Weekend
PANAMA CITY -- Gulf Coast State College is hosting Startup Weekend Panama City beginning Friday in partnership with the Millway Institute for Entrepreneurship and Florida Small Business Development...
View ArticleLynn Haven gets first shot at buying depot land
LYNN HAVEN — The city of Lynn Haven has first rights to about 150 acres of bay-front property after a City Commission vote Thursday morning. U.S. Air Force officials offered control over 144 acres of...
View ArticleBed tax committee refines plan
PANAMA CITY — Members of a committee tasked with developing a program to drive tourism to Panama City narrowed where the money from a new tax in the city could be spent during their Thursday meeting....
View ArticleMosquito-borne illnesses a threat after flooding
PANAMA CITY --The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reminds residents of the Florida Panhandle of the increased risk of mosquito-borne illnesses after flooding and offers tips to...
View ArticleWater floods Ebro, residents move on
EBRO — The small retention pond down the potholed street didn’t stop waters from creeping to Jackie Casey’s door step. “It’s under there,” she said, tapping the raised planked porch with her foot,...
View ArticleWoman arrested after shooting at ex-husband
PANAMA CITY BEACH — An Alabama woman was arrested early Friday after allegedly shooting the windows out of her ex-husband’s vehicle in the parking lot at Summit Condominiums in Panama City Beach. The...
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