Highway expansion to take out homes and businesses
LYNN HAVEN — Charlie Rowe does not want to move his business, Crank It Up Outdoors. He said he would be hard-pressed to find another location with as much space and high visibility as his current...
View ArticleCounty set to OK max tax rate Tuesday
PANAMA CITY — Homeowners on Tuesday won’t know exactly what their property tax bill will be this coming fiscal year, but they will learn the highest tax rate they might be paying. The Bay County...
View ArticlePanama City to propose lower taxes
PANAMA CITY — If you live in the city, here’s a little good news: Panama City staff is recommending a tax decrease. Officials are proposing a max millage rate of 3.86 for the city budget, down from...
View ArticlePolice offer reward for person with accused shooter
PANAMA CITY — Police are offering a reward for information that leads to the identification and arrest of a person believed to have been with a man charged with shooting at the family of a man found...
View ArticleBeach sand must leave school playgrounds
PANAMA CITY — The fine, white, soft sands that have piled up in the shoes of local schoolchildren for ages will be replaced with a more amiable playground turf. School playgrounds will have to...
View ArticleGay marriage case could head to Florida Supreme Court
MIAMI — Attorneys for two Key West men challenging the state's ban on same sex marriage want the Florida Supreme Court to take up the case. The lawyers representing the Monroe County couple filed a...
View ArticleLynn Haven woman recalls service, social changes
LYNN HAVEN — Ninety years of life experience has taught Jayne Sears how to roll with the changes. That’s what she had to do along the way to being announced Lynn Haven Rotary Club’s Rotarian of the...
View ArticleRestoration Council approves RESTORE process for oil spill funds
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A group tasked with paving the way for allocating billions of dollars in Deepwater Horizon oil spill fines has moved one step closer to putting those dollars to work. The Gulf...
View ArticleGovernment Calendar
Monday What: Panama City Board of Adjustments When: 4 p.m. Where: City Hall, 9 Harrison Ave. Tuesday What: Panama City budget workshop When: 2 p.m. Where: City Hall, 9 Harrison Ave. —— What:...
View ArticlePolice seek info about shooting
PANAMA CITY — Law enforcement officers requested residents keep information flowing Monday but asked residents to stop spreading rumors on social media after being inundated with false reports of dead...
View ArticleWater main repair set for completion overnight
SOUTHPORT – At about the time the sun rises Tuesday — if all goes according to plan — the Bay County Utilities Department will be finished replacing a section of pipe damaged last week at the county’s...
View ArticleMan arrested after chase
BAYOU GEORGE -- Deputies have arrested a man who tried to escape arrest in a sports car running on gas fumes, Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported Monday. BCSO arrested Christopher Marcus Coleman, 19,...
View ArticleMan charged in check-cashing scheme
PANAMA CITY -- A Panama City man will spend the next several years on probation for a role he played in a Georgia-based bogus check-cashing operation, according to court documents. Ernest Jones, 36,...
View ArticleU.S.: Russia violated 1987 nuclear missile treaty
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia on Monday of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach "a very serious...
View ArticleUPDATED: Florida poll finds high approval for medical marijuana
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Any way you look at it — age, gender or party registration — Florida voters overwhelmingly support the idea of legalizing medical marijuana, according to a Quinnipiac University...
View ArticleGov. Scott in P.C.: Cut sales tax on machinery // photo gallery, video
PANAMA CITY — By cutting taxes and offering some teachers $10,000 summer jobs, a stronger economy may be in store for future generations under the governor’s job creation plan announced Tuesday. “We...
View ArticlePanama City approves lower tax rate
PANAMA CITY — The Panama City Commission approved the rollback rate of 3.86 as its maximum millage for the 2014-15 budget but voted to keep the millage the same for the Downtown Improvement Board at...
View ArticleCallaway, county to discuss lift station Sept. 2
PANAMA CITY — Callaway and Bay County officials will hold a joint meeting Sept. 2 to discuss possible solutions to the Cherry Street lift station problem after they did not reach a definitive solution...
View ArticleSummer tourism’s hot
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Visitors are flocking to Panama City Beach in droves this summer despite the unsavory national publicity the destination received earlier this year. “With the negative Fox News...
View ArticleUpdate: Police investigate human remains found in Panama City Beach // photo...
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police began investigating a death Tuesday after finding the remnants of an unknown human body in a densely wooded area of Panama City Beach. Crime scene units of Panama City Beach...
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