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Several families were able to enjoy a fireworks show Friday evening at the Boardwalk Beach Resort Hotel & Convention Center.

Several visitors say this is a weekend to celebrate our country and our freedom, but they say it’s also a way to celebrate freedom from being locked inside their homes during pandemic.

Airport traffic is down this Fourth of July holiday weekend, compared to last year.

The Red Bar has set a reopening date for mid-July.

The Franklin County TDC is offering grants for local nonprofits.

The Panama City Center for the Arts opened a Black Lives Matter exhibition Friday.

Governor DeSantis recently signed a bill defining the Fourth of July a designated holiday when people can legally shoot fireworks in Florida.

Several cities across the panhandle will be holding fireworks shows this 4th of July.

Jackson County School District seniors will have to wait a little longer for their graduation ceremonies.

The organizers of the Destin Seafood Festival have canceled 2020′s event.

Starting Friday, visitors will not be allowed into the hospital.

Health officials say 3,785 people have died from the virus in the state.

An estimated 770,000 felons too poor to pay their legal financial obligations believed they’d be allowed to vote in the upcoming elections after a federal court found the state could not block them from registering to vote.

France is to name a new prime minister on Friday shortly after the announcement of Edouard Philippe’s resignation. French President Emmanuel Macron wants a new government to focus on efforts to relaunch the French economy deeply hit by the coronavirus crisis.

Officials with the Florida Department of Health In Bay County say the majority of the 173 recently added cases were from antigen tests collected last month.

The new downtown Panama City microbrewery has drawn big crowds in its first month of operation.

Restaurants are still hiring amid the pandemic.

Saltwater grill has reopened its doors after closing temporarily.

Two grand openings on the same day are just the start of what’s to come to Panama City Beach.

FEMA approves $21.4 million dollars for Mexico Beach Hurricane Michael recovery.

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Panama City Beach resident Clark Walters and his wife Kay decorate their neighborhood with American flags every 4th of July, but after his wife recently passed away Walters was able to keep the tradition going with a little help from others.

A new lawsuit seeks to force all of the state’s elections supervisors to keep digital images created from paper ballots, but some supervisors worry the coming election is already complicated enough in this age of COVID.

High School graduations will proceed as planned in Okaloosa County; however, slight modifications have been made amid the pandemic.

After several inmates had fevers higher than 100.4 degrees, officials with the Walton County Jail say they're now testing all inmates for COVID-19.

In Bay County, this adds a total of 118 probable cases from June 4 through June 30 to our case totals.

The suspect accused of murdering a man in Panama City Monday has been taken into custody.

The total Florida cases in the last 24-hour period is 10,109. Of those, 9,558 are Florida residents. This is a record number of cases for the state.

As the Fourth of July holiday weekend approaches, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Surgeon General are reminding all Floridians to protect the vulnerable by avoiding the Three Cs: Closed Spaces, Crowded Places, and Close-Contact Settings and by wearing a mask in public:

Scallop season will help the tourism economy of Franklin County, according to locals.