UPDATE: 2 bodies found at PCB condo; police investigating
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police are investigating the deaths of two people found dead in a 24th-floor condominium Friday morning. Cleaning crews found the bodies, a male and female, dead with gunshot...
View ArticleCareer Expo next week
PANAMA CITY -- CareerSource Gulf Coast will host its 10th annual Career Expo at the Panama City Mall Thursday, with more than 50 prospective employers signed up to participate. Employers will be...
View ArticleParker broadens parking policy
PARKER — Parker Council members heard public approval for sweeping new parking and traffic rules during the law’s first reading this week. The ordinance before Council members broadens punishable...
View ArticleWatch for swimmers, runners and bicyclists Saturday
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Officials are urging caution as hundreds of athletes take to Bay County roads Saturday. By 7:10 a.m., all of the Gulf Coast Triathalon’s 974 participants will have submerged in...
View ArticlePort plans for future warehouse expansion
PANAMA CITY — The Panama City Port Authority is planning ahead for an anticipated spike in demand for warehouse space in the coming years. At a meeting Thursday, the Port Authority directed staff to...
View ArticleExtension office cuts ribbon
PANAMA CITY — Bay County Commissioners Mike Nelson and Bill Dozier were among those celebrating the ribbon cutting at the renovated University of Florida Extension Office in Panama City Friday. The...
View ArticlePolice arrest more suspects for school break-ins
SPRINGFIELD — Several more juveniles suspected in a string of school burglaries — including the break-in of a school for students with mental disabilities — have been arrested, police reported Friday....
View ArticleShots fired at mall
PANAMA CITY -- Police are looking for someone who opened fire at the Panama City Mall Thursday night. According to police reports, they are looking for a white Ford Crown Victoria in connection to...
View ArticleGCSC graduates 1,032 students
PANAMA CITY — Commodores who walked across the stage Friday graduated learning that there is no limit to aspiration. Gulf Coast State College outgoing president Jim Kerley pumped up graduates for a...
View ArticleLooking for a dog? Consider adopting a mother
BONIFAY — Few things are cuter than a puppy, but one animal rescue group suggests people planning to adopt a dog consider the puppy’s mother instead. Teri Mattson of Lucky Puppy Rescue in Holmes...
View ArticleFinding their way: Mothers break the cycle of addiction
PANAMA CITY — Some mothers get a second chance. Diane Sweeney realized it was time to end a pattern of alcohol and drug abuse when she found herself, her daughter and her unborn granddaughter all...
View ArticleBaldwin Road widening inches closer
LYNN HAVEN — Traffic bustles in the mornings and afternoons on Baldwin Road, and Haney Technical Center Assistant Principal Antonius Barnes catches traffic at both times of day on the two-lane road....
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View ArticleGCT red-flagged: Sass is first to cross in shortened race
PANAMA CITY BEACH — It was a day of firsts at the Gulf Coast Triathlon on Saturday. For the first time in the event’s 32-year history, race organizers had to scrap the 1.2-mile swim due to rip...
View ArticlePC may halt state and fed funding for low income housing
PANAMA CITY — Projects funded in part by federal or state money could be barred from a large part of Panama City following Tuesday’s city meeting. City commissioners will be considering a moratorium...
View ArticleUpdated: More information expected Monday in death investigation
PANAMA CITY BEACH - Panama City Beach Police officials confirmed that autopsies were conducted Saturday on the bodies of Robert and Susan Marcinkus of Kenosha, Wis., who were found shot to death...
View ArticleCommissioners OK response to heavy rain
PANAMA CITY — After listening to a detailed report from a utilities official on procedures at Deer Point reservoir, Bay County Commissioners Guy Tunnell and Bill Dozier gave high marks to the way the...
View ArticleChamber introduces PCB rewards card
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce is urging residents and visitors to “Play More and Spend Less” through a new program designed to drive business on the beach. The chamber...
View ArticleFree Online Edition Today
Due to a technical error readers of Monday's print paper did not receive the complete stories on our front page. The News Herald has made the online edition of our paper free today so that our readers...
View ArticleCops: Eastpoint man bludgeons to death sexual predator
A 46-year-old Eastpoint man has been charged in the beating death Saturday night of a notorious sexual predator who once attracted nationwide attention when he fled the county after release from state...
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