No Minor Task: How to get a team and where to put it
Part II in a four-part series on the prospects for and potential impact of professional baseball in Bay County It isn’t easy to move a professional franchise and possibly more difficult finding a...
View ArticleUPDATED: Teen dies in hospital after Thursday morning shooting
PANAMA CITY — A teenager who was shot in a local apartment complex has become the fifth victim to die from gun-related violence in Panama City in less than a month. Samuel McGriff Jr., 17, was shot...
View ArticleDealership wins honor
PANAMA CITY -- AutoNation Ford Panama City recently received the 2013 Ford President’s Award, an honor presented to dealerships dedicated to customer service across the U.S. It is the second time the...
View ArticleAirport granted new trial
WEST BAY — The Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport Authority has been granted a new day in court after appealing a 2012 jury ruling in favor of construction management company Kellogg,...
View Article7 incumbents will return to office
PANAMA CITY — A slate of incumbent local candidates will serve another term after nobody filed to run against them as qualifying for the upcoming primaries and general election ended on Friday. But a...
View ArticleMission changes sex offender policy after veteran’s record surfaces
PANAMA CITY — A local man who claimed the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System was refusing to treat him for cancer could have another reason for his lack of treatment. His status as a registered sex...
View ArticleVisitors take lack of water in stride
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Julie Davis expected the water to be working for the $3,000 the Chicago resident paid to vacation this week at the Sunrise Beach Condominium complex on Panama City Beach. But it...
View ArticleNo Minor Task: The cost to the community
Part III in a four-part series on the prospects for and potential impact of professional baseball in Bay County Baseball stadiums don’t come cheap. That said, they can become lucrative investments and...
View ArticleUnemployment rises in region, state
PANAMA CITY — Bay County’s unemployment rate saw a slight uptick last month, from 5.1 percent in April to 5.6 percent, according to figures released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic...
View ArticleAyers donations up to $20,000
PANAMA CITY -- A donation chest to benefit the family of a man killed by a stray bullet approached $20,000 by Friday afternoon. The donation page labeled “Go Without To Help Out: The Ayers Family” on...
View ArticleBlotter: How do you search an exotic dancer?
The Blotter is a look at some of the unusual things that happen on the crime beat in Bay County. PANAMA CITY -- Many people leave gentleman’s clubs with way less money than they expected. For one man...
View ArticleCouple redeems wedding photos 50 years later // PHOTO GALLERY, VIDEO
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — A half-century later, Doug and Emma Corbell finally captured their special moment on camera. In 1964, the Corbells had walked the aisle at chapel number 1 at Tyndall Air Force...
View ArticleFalling limb injures Sheriff’s Office employee
CHIPLEY -- A Washington County Sheriff's Office employee is in critical condition after being injured Thursday in what officials are calling a freak accident. WCSO Fleet Management Supervisor Matt Cox...
View ArticleRestaurant churn: Is it the building or the business?
PANAMA CITY — Some commercial buildings in Panama City have a solid reputation for housing not-so-solid businesses. But does a high turnover rate stem from the business or the building? Patrick Jones,...
View ArticleGovernment Calendar
The following public meetings are scheduled June 23-June 27. Monday What: Lynn Haven budget meeting When: 4 p.m. Where: 825 Ohio Ave. Tuesday What: Panama City Commission meeting When: 8 a.m....
View ArticleThere's a new 'World's Ugliest Dog'
PETALUMA, Calif. — It's that time of year again when dogs with unusually large heads, hairless bodies and other oddities compete to be the World's Ugliest Dog. This year's winner? A 2-year-old mutt...
View ArticleHundreds mourn musician killed by stray bullet
PANAMA CITY — Several hundred people showed their support Saturday for the family of a local musician who was shot and killed last week during a homecoming celebration for his newborn son. The...
View ArticleCounty gets budget requests
PANAMA CITY — For years, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office has been fixing up aging patrol cars, some with hundreds of thousands of miles on them, Sheriff Frank McKeithen said. Employees have gone...
View ArticleKady: Numbers show most low-income housing in city
PANAMA CITY — Panama City Commissioner John Kady, who has proposed a short-term moratorium on new low-income housing in city limits, recently explained his position to local advocates for the...
View ArticleCity to consider bid for stormwater facility
PANAMA CITY – The Panama City Commission will consider a bid for $850,820 for the Lisenby Regional Storm water facility at its meeting at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The bid is from L&R Contracting, which had...
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