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Panama City Beach residents shopped locally at the 1st indoor flea market
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) – A good way to shop locally while beating the heat and the rain. It’s the first-ever indoor air-conditioned flea market in Panama City Beach. Within the Lindsey Furniture store, a whole area was sectioned off solely for vendors. There were over 50 vendors. Folks were selling a variety of […]
Panama City CRA tweaks $500,000 FDOT agreement for St. Andrews landscaping improvements
PANAMA CITY — Local officials are working to aesthetically improve areas of the the St. Andrews Community Redevelopment Agency. In a CRA meeting on Tuesday, local officials approved an amended joint participation agreement with FDOT that will use a $500,000 grant to pay for landscaping improvements in St. Andrews along State Road 30, U.S. 98, Business 98 and Beck Avenue from 16th Street to 10th Street.
North Bay Haven Senior Gillian Peaden Becomes National Champ at National Meet
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Just about a month ago, North Bay Haven rising senior Gillian Peaden took to the U17 weightlifting platforms at the USAW National meet for the 2nd year in a row. All she did once getting her stance, win gold in the snatch with a 67 kilo lift, that’s 134 pounds, then she followed that up with a gold in the clean and jerk, that a 86 kilo or 190 pound lift.
'Not a roadmap for this': Bay Democratic, Republican leaders react to Biden dropping out
PANAMA CITY — For Laura Bjorklund, whoever becomes the Democratic nominee would make a better commander-in-chief than former President Donald Trump. Following news on Sunday that President Joe Biden officially ended his bid for re-election, Bjorklund, chairperson of the Bay County Democratic Executive Committee, said she plans to fully support her party's candidate,...
Gov. DeSantis encourages sheriffs, awards teachers at 2 events in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis had a busy morning in Central Florida on Tuesday. He spoke Tuesday morning at the Florida Sheriffs’ Association 2024 Summer Conference in Orlando. As he did at the Republican National Convention, DeSantis spoke against Amendment 3, which would legalize recreational marijuana in...
🍎 Who's got a 10% back-to-school discount?
🌠Happy Tuesday! We are 15 weeks from Super Tuesday, and our state's Democratic Party has officially endorsed Kamala Harris as the party's nominee for president of the U.S. As of this writing, 236 out of 254 Florida's delegates have thrown in for the vice president. While the presidential race made its historic pivot...
Florida hopes to reduce ‘diagnostic odyssey’ for children with rare diseases
Tiem Strouse seemed like a perfectly healthy baby boy when he was born in 2013 in St. Petersburg. But at about 13 months his development stalled. The baby words that had come early stopped. He would only walk on the balls of his feet and at times would spin around for no reason, mom Liz Strouse said. He also appeared to be suffering from night terrors.
Florida seeks direction from Hillsborough’s school tax referendum battle
The big story: Hillsborough County school district officials say they were caught off guard when county commissioners denied the district’s effort to hold a property tax referendum in November. It surprised observers across the state, too. The expectation was that commissioners would pass through the ballot initiative, as is...
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