Updated: 10:02 AM Panama City - As your bank account can tell you, it's costing us more to eat. Consumer price index statistics show the cost of food is up more than 5% from a year ago. Fuel prices have a lot to with it. NewsChannel 7's Meredith TerHaar met Dr. Tali Cluxton, a chiropractor who specializes in nutrition, at the Grocery Outlet in Panama City to learn how to get the best nutritional bang for your buck.
Updated: 7:50 PM Panama City - Eighteen different Bay County schools and organizations are participating in this year's Empty Bowl fundraiser on Tuesday, April 3rd to raise awareness about hunger in our community. Ceramic bowls crafted by hundreds of students will be sold to raise money for two different Bay County organizations. One, a homeless shelter for women and children. The other, the Chataqua Learn and Serve Charter School Adult Program, which receives no funding beyond grants and donations.
Updated: 7:57 AM Panama City Beach- It's no secret that many spring breakers come to Panama City Beach to party. But now some local businesses have joined together to entice spring breakers to stay sober by offering all kinds of activities and discounts. It's the first effort of its kind in the area and organizers are hoping for success.
Updated: 7:48 PM Panama City - Bay District School officials are trying to make parents aware of major changes to the F-CAT grading system which could affect their child's score and their school's grade. In December the State Board of Education raised F-CAT scores for reaching passing level, making the cut more difficult to achieve. Now the board is set to vote Tuesday on changes to the way schools are graded, which could result in a full letter drop for many schools.
Posted: 11:45 AM Drivers bracing for more pain at the pump as gas prices continue to rise, up 7 cents from a week ago to $3.75 a gallon on average.
Updated: 2:44 PM A local pediatrician tells how he escaped his homeland of Syria 30 years ago. Now, he shares his story, hoping change will finally come to his homeland.
Updated: 8:32 PM Panama City Beach Parks & Recreation Department will temporarily close the “Under the Palms” playground at Frank Brown Park.
Updated: 1:58 PM Two people who have spoken with Whitney Houston's family say the singer's body will be taken home to New Jersey late Monday for a funeral to be held at week's end.
Updated: 11:51 AM A surprising discovery by researchers, who found that eating dessert for breakfast, could actually contribute to weight loss!
Updated: 8:53 AM More people than ever are being diagnosed with seasonal or food allergies, and researchers say allergies could make people sick in other ways, too.
Updated: 11:28 AM 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.
Updated: 10:53 AM 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.
Updated: 7:56 PM Advertising could soon be coming to a school bus near you. A divided State Senate Committee in Tallahassee narrowly approved a measure allowing some advertising on school buses Monday.
Updated: 2:07 PM The unemployment rate fell again last month for the fourth straight month as employers increased their hiring.
Updated: 7:36 PM Panama City Beach - Friday is the last day for the "Fun for the Holidays" Christmas display at the old Miracle Strip lot in Panama City Beach. The massive million-dollar display and ice skating rink was set up with funds from BP to attract more tourists to the beaches.
Posted: 5:56 PM A world famous recording artist is helping the South Walton Tourist Development Council sell the area.
Updated: 8:39 PM Communications giant AT&T is helping a local organization support our troops overseas.
Updated: 8:13 PM Panama City- woman driving a caravan plowed through Enzo's Pizza at the corner of Beck and 14th Street in St. Andrews around 2:45 Sunday afternoon.
Updated: 2:50 PM Orlando officials and gay advocates expect a rush of same-sex couples at City Hall when a new domestic-partnership registry opens next month.
Updated: 7:51 PM If the Payroll Tax Cut is not extended, what it means for you?
Updated: 6:05 PM New study suggest, adults get stuck with lousy Christmas gifts.
Updated: 10:16 AM A Florida woman who vanished two decades ago while facing prison time walked into a county office to request a state ID - in her own name.
Posted: 10:00 AM Mexico Beach Police are investigating a shooting that happened Sunday evening.
Posted: 10:14 AM Opponents of expanded gaming are getting a big boost tonight. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam are joining their fight.
Posted: 10:15 AM Members of the Community Resource Task Force are making it clear the organization will not be providing food and shelter for the homeless.
