Golf carts may go into downtown Lynn Haven
LYNN HAVEN – Lynn Haven City Commission will hear an ordinance to expand golf cart use 4 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 825 Ohio Ave. The ordinance will expand the use of golf carts from East State 77 to...
View ArticleState funds Washington County Courthouse construction
CHIPLEY — More than $9 million of the state’s $77 billion 2015 budget has been set aside to help fund construction of the new Washington County Courthouse. The action, which became law last week, is...
View ArticleCity bed tax goes to commission Tuesday
PANAMA CITY — The City Commission could approve a bed tax for Panama City at its meeting Tuesday. The proposed tax, already approved by the Panama City Tourist Development Tax Planning Committee,...
View ArticlePolice: parents arrested with baby, drugs
PANAMA CITY BEACH Two parents were arrested Saturday night after police watched them do a drug deal with their baby in their car, according to the Panama City Beach Police Department. Gregory Scarver,...
View Article2 hurt in parasailing crash graduate high school
HUNTINGTON, Ind. — Two teenagers badly hurt in a Florida parasailing crash last summer say they're grateful they've recovered enough to graduate from their northeastern Indiana high school. Alexis...
View ArticleScooter company files lawsuit
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A scooter rental company has filed a lawsuit against Bay County and the city of Panama City Beach, alleging that the government bodies exceeded their authority when passing...
View ArticleSupreme Court: BP must pay oil spill claims during appeal
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Supreme Court says BP must continue paying claims from a fund established after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill while the company appeals terms of its settlement with some...
View ArticleAudit: More than 8,500 awaiting initial VA visits in Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE — The Veterans Affairs Department says more than 8,500 new patients are still waiting for initial medical appointments at six VA hospitals and clinics throughout Florida 90 days or...
View ArticleFlorida State football season tickets sold out
TALLAHASSEE — Winning a national championship in football resulted in an expected boost at the Florida State Ticket Office, as the school announced on Monday that its allotment of season-ticket...
View ArticleRecruiter steps down from FSU presidential search
TALLAHASSEE — The wavering search for a new president at Florida State University will go on without its hired recruiter. William “Bill” Funk, a Dallas-based consultant brought in to help find FSU a...
View ArticleCommissioners question golf cart expansion
LYNN HAVEN — Hidden among camel analogies, there was disagreement among Lynn Haven city commissioners about a golf cart ordinance Monday. City Manager Joel Schubert has proposed an ordinance to expand...
View ArticleWant to ‘adopt’ a wild child? // PHOTO GALLERY, VIDEO
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Have you considered adopting an animal? How about a 100-pound wolf? ZooWorld on Front Beach Road is looking for individuals interested in sponsoring animals from across 160...
View ArticleA Life in Baseball: Tolar's journey begins with the White Sox
Part I in a five-part series on Kevin Tolar’s 19-year odyssey as a professional baseball player. It didn’t take Kevin Tolar long to realize professional baseball was going to be like nothing he’d ever...
View ArticleScooter renter injured in crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A man went to the hospital Monday after being in a crash involving a car and the rental motor scooter he was riding. Shortly after noon, Bay County Sheriff’s Office arrived on a...
View ArticleName of man shot by police released
PANAMA CITY — Mike Oliver has had people walk into his house before. The 1800 block of Laurel Avenue in St. Andrews is kind of a rough neighborhood, he said, so people have come inside uninvited. But...
View ArticleTeen dies in latest fatal shooting
PANAMA CITY — A Panama City teen is the latest casualty in a wave of gun violence that has claimed four lives in less than a month. Panama City Police released a brief report that identifies the...
View ArticlePCB planning board moves to allow new rides at Pier Park
PANAMA CITY BEACH — In a hearing labeled “a dress rehearsal” by city staff, the Panama City Beach Planning Board voted unanimously Monday to issue a development order for a 10-ride amusement park at...
View ArticleVIDEO: 2 killed in plane crash
DAYTONA BEACH — Investigators were on the scene Tuesday of a small plane crash that killed two people after take off from Daytona Beach International Airport. The single-engine plane, a Cessna 172...
View ArticleTDC prioritizes amateur fields over minor league team
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Bay County Tourist Development Council (TDC) is ready to throw out the first pitch on a project to build more amateur baseball fields in Panama City Beach. At a meeting...
View ArticleMeth lab explosion prompts hunt for suspects
PANAMA CITY -- Police are searching for suspects after an early morning meth lab explosion along Harrison Avenue. Panama City Fire, along with Panama City Police, responded to the No Name Motel, 1338...
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