Destin- A recount in Crestview Saturday declared Cyron Marler the official winner of the fourth seat on the Destin City Council.

It's time to pull out your favorite mask and beads because it's officially Mardi Gras time! The first Mardi Gras celebration in Bay County kicked off Friday night with the Krewe of Massalina in downtown Panama City with a block party.

Some children in Bay County had the opportunity Saturday to express their artistic side all for a good cause.

A man who fled to our area after a gruesome killing in Connecticut is ordered held on one million dollars bails.

Florida Department of Education officials continue to encourage schools to emphasize science technology engineering and math, or STEM, programs.

Friends and co-workers of a young Fountain man killed while riding his bike on Highway 231 this week are doing everything they can to help his family pay for his funeral expenses.

The effort to bring three mega resort casinos to South Florida is dead for the 2012 legislative session. The house bill was pulled from committee just minutes before a scheduled vote. And now, House leaders say they won’t allow the gambling bill to be heard on the House floor this year.

Gulf County Commissioners received results of an audit they requested on the Tourist Development Council’s questionable spending habits. The audit has led to the immediate suspension of TDC Executive Director, Tim Kerigan for the next two weeks.

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.

The Bay Education Support Personnel union, or BESPA, and Bay District Schools have been negotiating their contract for months.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — When many people are heading to a bar or filling up a keg shell for their annual Super Bowl cookout, Dan Luoma and David Murphree brought another option to Panama City Beach. At their transitional recovery center Bridging the...

PORT ST. JOE — To a group of residents in Port St. Joe, the Gulf Coast Hope Center prompts concerns not so much of the present, but of the future and its links to the Panama City Rescue Mission. The links are unmistakable, a group of concerned...

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.

Uno. Maybe Sam. How about Sunny? There was no shortage of suggestions Saturday for a name to give a baby gorilla, the newest family member at The Gulf Breeze Zoo. The 2-week-old male gorilla, the first born at the zoo, made its first public...

PANAMA CITY -- St. Andrew Bay Quilters’ Guild is holding its annual Quilt Show for 2012 on Friday and Saturday The event showcases quilts made by guild members. Quilts will be awarded with ribbons after being judged in three categories: hand...

PANAMA CITY -- Superintendent of Bay District Schools Bill Husfelt will announce his campaign for re-election at a reception Tuesday. The reception will be at the Martin Theatre on Harrison Avenue at 5 p.m. Husfelt, a Republican, was first elected in...

PANAMA CITY — The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Panama City post is encouraging students from middle school through college to study engineering and the sciences by providing scholarships and “hands on” summer camp...

PORT ST. JOE — Matt Scoggins knows homelessness. He knows what it is like to have no roof overhead, no idea where the next meal is coming, how to care for a young child when there is nothing. Matt Scoggins has been there.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Arnold High School band has set out to raise money for new uniforms because the current uniforms are about 12 years old and falling apart. Arnold was in the rotation for funding from the school district for the needed uniforms,...