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National Heart Association Go Red For Women
Last Updated: 7:44 PM 02/03/12 - Every year, almost 218,000 American women die from heart disease. In fact, statistics show more women die from heart disease than from all cancers combined.
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Bay Education Support Personnel Members Protest
Last Updated: 6:13 PM 02/03/12 - The Bay Education Support Personnel union, or BESPA, and Bay District Schools have been negotiating their contract for months.
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Bay Medical Center is One Step Closer to Becoming Privatized
Last Updated: 7:49 PM 02/03/12 - Panama City - The lease agreement for Bay Medical Center has cleared another hurdle. Bay Medicals Board of Trustees unanimously approve a resolution Friday backing the lease to a Joint Venture.
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Old Airport's Closing Day Nears
Last Updated: 7:52 PM 02/03/12 - Airport board members looked over the final selling documents Friday morning in a special meeting.
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Woman Questioned on Run for Beach City Council
Last Updated: 6:20 PM 02/03/12 - Panama City - A former Panama City Beach City Council woman is running for reelection but in a ward she does not even live in. Some say she is breaking the law.
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Video Shows Trolley Driver Crashing into Building
Last Updated: 5:54 PM 02/03/12 - Newly released video shows a Bay Towne Trolley driver losing control of her bus when she is tossed from the seat while turning a corner. The bus ended up running into a building.
Fla. Panhandle Deputy Sent to Jail in Battery Case
Last Updated: 10:38 AM 02/03/12 - PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- A sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to 10 days in jail after he was captured on video throwing a handcuffed man to the floor at a Florida Panhandle jail.
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Helps Vets Recover
Last Updated: 10:44 AM 02/03/12 - Panama City - Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder are becoming the signature injuries of the Iraq and Afhgan wars. With symptoms like depression, irritability, hyper-vigilance, short-term memory loss, and difficulty sleeping, some affected vets have trouble doing the simplest things. But now some vets are finding help in an unusual way. A treatment developed to cure the Bends in divers is now being used to heal the brain and cure vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that resulted from traumatic brain injury.
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Woman Blames Big Breasts for Declining DUI Breathalyzer Test
Last Updated: 11:11 AM 02/03/12 - A Port St. Lucie woman who said her big breasts hindered her ability to perform field sobriety tests was arrested on a DUI charge after starting to dance and disrobe.
Intersection improvements to begin
Last Updated: 4:26 PM 02/03/12 - On Monday, Feb. 6, workers will begin construction on a project to improve intersections on County 389 at U.S. 231 and County 390 north of Hiland Park..
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Overnight Gulf County Crash Leaves Woman Dead
Last Updated: 10:13 AM 02/03/12 - A Wewahitchka woman died late Thursday night in a single car traffic crash on State Road 71 in the Honeyville area.
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Fatal Bicycle Accident on Highway 231
Last Updated: 8:18 AM 02/03/12 - A Fountain man riding his bike along a dark stretch of Highway 231 lost his life late last night after being hit by not just one but three cars. The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the bicyclist as 21 year old Anthony Edward Cory Hinds.
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Hospital Officials May Sign 40 Year Lease Friday
Last Updated: 7:47 PM 02/02/12 - Panama City - The documents needed to lease Bay Medical Center for the next 40 years could be signed as early as Friday. All parties involved took part in a workshop Thursday to tie up some loose ends and discuss concerns about the lease.
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Bald Eagle Recovering from Attack by Mysterious Culprit
Last Updated: 7:42 PM 02/02/12 - The Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge in Fort Walton Beach is nursing an American Bald Eagle back to health, but exactly what caused the bird’s injuries is in question.
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Bare Knuckle Politics Over Prisons
Last Updated: 6:08 PM 02/02/12 - Private prison companies that donated almost a million dollars to political parties were on the verge of getting a multi billion dollar contract to operate more than two dozen Florida prisons.
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Nurses and Teachers Tug-o-War
Last Updated: 8:34 PM 02/02/12 - Nurses and teachers say they’re being pitted against each other in a tug-o-war battle for state cash. Lawmakers are trying to balance the budget with two billion fewer dollars. They plan to cut two billion dollars from heath care and increase education spending by a billion.
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County Considers Settlement With Redpine
Last Updated: 8:13 AM 02/03/12 - Panama City - Bay County commissioners are considering a settlement agreement with Redpine Health care Technologies. But county officials say it would not get the county all of its money back that it invested in Redpine.
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New Fundraiser for Chipola College Center for the Arts
Last Updated: 5:40 PM 02/02/12 - Marianna- Chipola College's new Center for the Arts is kicking off an aggressive fundraising campaign called "Applause."
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Men Vs. Women- Who Better Prepares for Retirement?
Last Updated: 8:21 PM 02/02/12 - Marianna- A new nationwide survey shows men are better than women at planning for retirement, but the findings aren't sitting well with some.
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Panama City Murderer Still Awaits Execution
Last Updated: 4:50 PM 02/02/12 - It was a gruesome murder that shocked the Cove neighborhood 23 years ago, and the man convicted of the crime will stay on Florida’s death row.
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Chipley Woman Killed When Struck by Car
Last Updated: 2:17 PM 02/02/12 - A 33-year old Chipley woman was killed Jan. 28 when she was struck by a car along South Boulevard.
PCB Hedgehog Predicts Wonderful Season
Last Updated: 1:03 PM 02/02/12 - The Panama City Beach hedgehog didn't see its shadow this morning on city pier.
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16 Year Old Charged With Burglaries and Rapes
Last Updated: 8:16 PM 02/02/12 - Police from three agencies have wrapped up an investigation which began last summer into burglaries and rapes which had been occurring in in the Apalachicola and Carrabelle areas.
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Hip Replacement Goes Back To The Future
Last Updated: 9:11 PM 02/01/12 - In the 1950's surgeons used what is called the Smith-Peterson approach for hip replacement. It provided a great view of the hip but surgeons had to cut through muscle which meant a long recovery time. Recently the anterior hip procedure was improved and one local orthopedic surgeon is happy to see its revival.
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National Signing Day is a Highlight for High School Players
Last Updated: 8:46 PM 02/01/12 - FL- The first Wednesday in February isn't a national holiday, but it's close to that for college football fans. It's national signing day for high school football recruits hoping to play college ball.
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Callaway Post Office to Close
Last Updated: 8:10 PM 02/01/12 - Postal officials are continuing to evaluate their plans to cut a multi-billion dollar deficit. They've been closing post offices around the country, including a few in Bay County.
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Parents Worry about Bus Stop Safety
Last Updated: 6:08 PM 02/01/12 - Panama City - The first national survey of it's kind shows that more than 76 thousand drivers a day do not obey the law when it comes to safely passing a school bus.
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Public Pools Must Be Handicap Accessible or Risk Fines
Last Updated: 6:35 PM 02/02/12 - With a new American Disabilities Association law taking effect March 15, 2012, many public pool owners have a little over a month to ensure their pools are handicap accessible or risk paying thousands in fines.
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Jackson County Economy on the Rebound
Last Updated: 8:22 PM 02/01/12 - Marianna- The economy appears to be in recovery mode in Jackson County. New businesses are opening, others expanding, and unemployment is decreasing.
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School Choice Begins In Bay County
Last Updated: 8:01 PM 02/01/12 - Wednesday is the first official day to submit applications for School Choice in Bay County.
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Florida Tuition Fight Brewing
Last Updated: 3:21 PM 02/01/12 - University students and their parents could see tuition go up by as much as 15 percent this year if some lawmakers have their way, but Governor Rick Scott has other ideas.
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School Prayer Moving Through Florida Senate
Last Updated: 3:09 PM 02/01/12 - By a vote of 31 to 8 Florida Senators approved legislation to allow prayer at school events. The bill soared through the legislative process with bipartisan support, but the members who opposed the bill say if it becomes law court challenges will follow.
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Fla. House Moves Ahead with $69.2 Billion Budget
Last Updated: 2:47 PM 02/01/12 - The Florida House is moving ahead with a $69.2 billion budget that raises college tuition and eliminates thousands of state jobs but provides more money for the state's public schools.
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Southeast Alabama Man Dies After Police Shooting
Last Updated: 2:16 PM 02/01/12 - Authorities say a 33-year-old Headland man has died from his injuries after a confrontation with police in Headland.
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Bobcat Tests Positive for Rabies
Last Updated: 10:53 AM 02/01/12 - Bay County – A bobcat tested positive for rabies on January 31, 2012. The bobcat was killed by a dog in West Bay, just south of the Highway 79 B.V. Buchanan Bridge.
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Romney Defeats Gingrich in Florida, Looks Ahead to Obama
Last Updated: 8:00 AM 02/01/12 - Mitt Romney now has a Florida victory to go along with his triumph in New Hampshire.
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Voters Approve Slots in Washington and Gadsden Counties
Last Updated: 12:58 PM 02/01/12 - For the first time a majority of voters here in the panhandle have approved what most consider a form of casino gambling. Voters in two counties passed referendums Tuesday night that will allow slot machines at two parimutuel facilities.
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Destin Election Day
Last Updated: 8:50 AM 02/01/12 - Destin's voters went to the polls Tuesday in a city wide election to elect four city council members.
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Private Prison’s on Legislative Agenda
Last Updated: 7:57 PM 01/31/12 - For the second year in a row, key state lawmakers are on a path to turn 29 state prison facilities over to private contractors. The plan is being criticized because Data on potential cost savings is incomplete.
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Eastside Fire Destroys Home
Last Updated: 8:22 PM 01/31/12 - Thirty foot flames destroyed a home in the Millville area of Panama City Tuesday morning.
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Bay County Republicans Head to the Primary Polls
Last Updated: 8:34 PM 01/31/12 - BAY COUNTY, FL- In Tuesday's Florida Republican Presidential primary only registered Republicans were able to vote for a Republican nominee.
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DeFuniak Springs City Council Considering Use of Golf Carts on City Streets
Last Updated: 8:53 AM 02/01/12 - DeFuniak Springs- At Monday's city council meeting Mayor Harold Carpenter appointed a special committee of city officials to conduct a study that will examine which city streets would be best fit for golf cart accessibility.
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DeFuniak Springs Man Charged in Drug Bust
Last Updated: 4:42 PM 01/31/12 - A DeFuniak Springs man faces multiple drug charges after a traffic stop in Walton County.
Pair Charged in Bay Point Car Burglaries
Last Updated: 4:47 PM 01/31/12 - Two people from Panama City Beach have been charged in a string of car break-ins in the Bay Point area in December. Mugshots are in the accompanying slide show.
Florida Considered the Worst Place to Lose Your Job
Last Updated: 4:05 PM 01/31/12 - If you lose your job in Florida, chances are you will have a hard time finding another according to new study.
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DeFuniak Springs Man Charged with Sex Assault on Child
Last Updated: 3:12 PM 01/31/12 - The Walton County Sheriff's Office has arrested a DeFuniak Springs man on charges of sexual battery on a child under 18.
Two Panhandle Counties Vote on Slots Tuesday
Last Updated: 3:06 PM 01/31/12 - Tuesday’s slot machine votes in Gadsden and Washington County may be the best chance gambling supporters have ever had here in the panhandle. They're promising more jobs and prosperity, but opponents have their doubts.
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Original Tuskegee Airman Shares his Story and Thoughts on 'Red Tails'
Last Updated: 5:04 PM 01/31/12 - The new movie "Red Tails" tells the story of the famous World War II flying unit, the Tuskegee Airmen. There are very few of the original Tuskegee Airmen left, but one of them is live and well in the panhandle.
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Santa Rosa Author Shares His Love of Sherlock Holmes with Book and Society
Last Updated: 10:53 AM 01/31/12 - Santa Rosa Beach - A Santa Rosa Beach man believes readers can't get enough of detective Sherlock Holmes. That's why two years ago "Chick" Huettel set out to write a tale of mystery and romance based on the most famous Sherlock Holmes story "The Hound of the Baskervilles." An international publishing company out of London liked what they saw and picked it up.
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South Walton Residents Make Compromise in Retreat Restoration Project
Last Updated: 8:30 AM 01/31/12 - Grayton Beach- The Retreat is in the midst of a $1.5 million dollar dune restoration project but neighbors say the dump trucks are destroying their beach at the expense of the restoration.
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