Weekend holds promise
PANAMA CITY BEACH - This is the weekend you have been waiting for. The one where the kids are out of school and the lack of a major holiday means fewer tourists. This is the one. Temperatures in the...
View ArticleHealth department plans $1.9 million expansion
The Bay County Health Department is planning a $1.9 million expansion that will add exam rooms and create space for diabetes prevention and support programs. The County Commission on Tuesday approved...
View ArticleLynn Haven woman uses fake ID to dodge traffic tickets
PANAMA CITY — A Lynn Haven woman has admitted to using the identity of a Louisiana woman to rack up traffic fines throughout Bay County. The outstanding traffic citations of Shauterica Keyaire...
View ArticleSex offender sent back to prison
PANAMA CITY — A sex offender has been sentenced to six years in prison for crashing into police while attempting to flee arrest. Joshua Warren Lutz, 32, pleaded no contest Friday to a litany of...
View ArticleLatest FCAT scores rise for most Bay District schools
PANAMA CITY — More 10th-graders passed the state reading assessment — which students must pass for graduation — this year than in the past two years. “Our biggest celebration is how well our...
View ArticlePanel to discuss growth in Bay County
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- The Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce will host a Lunch & Earn Workshop Wednesday featuring a panel discussion about growth in Bay County led by several local leaders. The...
View Article'It's always bittersweet’ // PHOTO GALLERY
LYNN HAVEN — By 11:30 a.m. an end-of-the-school-year chant filled the hallways at Hiland Park Elementary. “Sum-mer, sum-mer, sum-mer,” third-graders chanted in building four. Bay District Schools...
View ArticleMan gets 14 years in prison for grease attack
PANAMA CITY — A man who threw boiling grease on his sleeping sister and elderly mother will spend the next 14 years in prison following a plea agreement Friday. Grace Atkinson, mother, told Judge...
View ArticleJewelry heist convict denied retrial
PANAMA CITY -- Judge Michael Overstreet threw out a motion to retry a man guilty of heisting more than $100,000 in jewelry from several Bay County stores. Maurice Robinson was sentenced to 55 years in...
View ArticleMan charged with burglary
PANAMA CITY -- A man was arrested Friday and charged with trying to sell items that he had stolen in a burglary, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said. BCSO received a complaint from a real estate...
View ArticleSoutherland leads poverty workshop
MARIANNA — U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland told a group of community leaders Friday that fighting poverty in his district is his number one priority. Southerland, a Panama City Republican up for...
View ArticleMarlins select Chipola pitcher Mader in third round of MLB Draft
MARIANNA — Friday was a great day to be Michael Mader, Danny Mars and a few other incoming Florida State recruits. It was not a good day for Seminoles’ coach Mike Martin, however. Mader and Mars, both...
View ArticlePanama City murder suspect nabbed in Ocala
OCALA – A convicted felon wanted for murder in the Florida Panhandle was caught without incident Friday during a traffic stop in Marion County. Stephen Trusty, 32, of Panama City, was wanted for...
View ArticleSpringfield dissolution appears unlikely
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield commissioners’ only option for the city if they do not approve an ad valorem tax is dissolving, city officials said. “They’re basically trying everything they can not to do...
View ArticleBay ends valedictorian recognition: Only North Bay Haven continues the tradition
PANAMA CITY — After giving a graduation speech, North Bay Haven valedictorian Sallie Haney took a “selfie” of herself on stage in front of her seated class of 99 graduates at the school’s first-ever...
View ArticleAmbitious water tank now unused
CALLAWAY — Late in the last decade, the city set out to build a water system that would provide for the community as it grew. Now, the huge water storage tank on State 22 east of town sits dormant....
View ArticleNature day a good time for kids and parents
PANAMA CITY BEACH – Irryana Stewart, 7, carefully placed stickers and glued strips of newspaper to a card she made for her grandfather Saturday. The card, addressed to “Pops,” said he was the “best...
View ArticlePolice shoot suspect after foot chase
PANAMA CITY — A man was hospitalized Saturday morning after he was shot by police. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is investigating the incident. As of Saturday night, Panama City...
View ArticleP.C. Marina drawing interest, concern, from developers
PANAMA CITY — While developers agree the Panama City Marina project could be lucrative, they are hesitant to commit, citing a lack of information and direction from city officials. Still, several...
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