Food: Enchance flavors of fish
PANAMA CITY — Whether you caught the fish yourself or purchased it from a seafood market, preparations should enhance the natural flavors. Ferrucci Ristorante, 301 Harrison Ave., serves Pesce di...
View Article12-year-old takes school bus for joy ride
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Deputies have arrested a 12-year-old boy after an early morning joy ride across the county in a school bus. Employees of the Wal-Mart at 10270 Front Beach Road notified a Bay...
View ArticleMan injured in wreck
VERNON -- A Wausau man was in serious condition at Bay Medical Center Tuesday morning after colliding head-on with a tractor trailer on State 79 just south of Sugar Doll Road, according to the Florida...
View ArticleCommission recognizes 2 departing officials
PANAMA CITY — Two retiring city employees went to their final commission meeting Tuesday. City Clerk and Treasurer Terri Lillard is retiring after five years in the position and 17 years working in...
View ArticleSniffing out arson // Photo gallery, Video
PANAMA CITY — When something smells funny at the scene of a charred car or a house fire, Panama City fire officials call in their resident expert. Brandon, a Labrador retriever, sniffs out...
View ArticleState House candidates talk business at forum
PANAMA CITY — The eight-candidate pool for the District 6 state House seat was narrowed down to seven Tuesday night during a forum at the Gulf Coast State College Advanced Technology Center, where...
View ArticleCallaway calls AWT meeting
CALLAWAY –— The Callaway Commission voted to hold an Advanced Wastewater Treatment meeting in mid- July, depending on when Webster Environmental Associates Engineer Buz Rush would be available, about...
View Article2014 FSU Football Preview: Weeks 2, 11 - The Citadel, Boston College
Part 3 in a 10-part online-only series … Game 2, vs. The Citadel Sept. 6 in Tallahassee, 6:30 p.m. CDT, ESPN3 — The first nonconference meeting between the teams in nine years and sixth overall with...
View ArticleJustices rule for broadcasters in fight with Aereo
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a startup Internet company has to pay broadcasters when it takes television programs from the airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on...
View ArticleDrug suspect arrested in club parking lot
PANAMA CITY BEACH - A Club La Vela lighting and sound guy was arrested and charged Tuesday night after police allegedly found a large quantity drugs in his possession. Jeremy Matthew Osborne, 36, was...
View ArticleSlick charged with second-degree murder of mother
A Port St. Joe man was formally charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of his mother in their Cape San Blas home last month. Jarrod Powell Slick, 23, is already in jail without bond in the...
View ArticleDiver has ‘always loved being in the water’
Business: Clean Hull Diving Services LLC Contact info: Clean Hull Diving Services LLC, 850-814-7251; www.cleanhull.us, andru@cleanhull.us Number of employees: one Owner’s name: Andru Hollendoner...
View ArticleCity to decide fate of amusement park Thursday
PANAMA CITY BEACH —The City Council is slated Thursday to make a final decision on whether to allow a small amusement park in Pier Park. The council is scheduled to conduct a rehearing at 12:30 p.m....
View ArticleSuperintendent: Stolen bus a valuable lesson
PANAMA CITY — The driver of a county school bus has been suspended after a 12-year-old boy found the keys in the parked bus and took it on a joy ride, school officials said Wednesday. Bay District...
View ArticleHigh court rebukes Obama on recess appointments
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the president's power to fill high-level vacancies with temporary appointments, ruling in favor of Senate Republicans in their partisan clash with...
View ArticlePolice seek van connected to homicide
PANAMA CITY — Police identified a vehicle Thursday that may have been used in the shooting death of a local teenager. Samuel McGriff, 17, was shot in the gut June 16 at about 4:30 a.m. while standing...
View ArticleBlotter: Has it been a year yet?
The Blotter is a look at some of the unusual things that happen on the crime beat in Bay County. PANAMA CITY -- As people age, time seems to slip past at an increasing rate. But the observation has...
View ArticleUSA falls to Germany, still qualifies for knockout stage
RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — The United States reached the knockout stage of consecutive World Cups for the first time, just not the way the Americans wanted. Germany beat the U.S. 1-0 Thursday in soggy...
View ArticleMiracle Strip hearing will resume today
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Panama City Beach City Council has granted the owners of a small amusement park standing in an appeal it has brought forth to challenge a Planning Board decision earlier this month...
View ArticleCentennial names new regional president
PANAMA CITY -- Centennial Bank recently announced Jim Haynes as its new Northwest Florida regional president, a coverage area that spans from Tallahassee to Pensacola. Haynes enters the position with...
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