Lynn Haven News

Hundreds lining Ohio Avenue in Lynn Haven celebrating America's 233rd birthday. "We are just thankful to live in a country that's free," Marian Nickel, a local resident said.

For a list of Fourth of July activities in the Panama City region, click here: http://www.newsherald.com/news/activities-75390-pop-weekend.html More fireworks will fill the sky July 4 than ever before in the Panama City region.

These are among Fourth of July weekend festivities in the Panama City region. To add a listing, e-mail to news@pcnh.com or fax to 747-5097 Friday, July 3 Cape San Blas Lighthouse : Arts and Craft Fair 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. EDT Friday and Saturday, noon-6 p.m. Sunday.

State 77 motorists will encounter three separate lane closures in Lynn Haven and Southport this week, according to a release from the Florida Department of Transportation.

The unemployment rate in the Gulf Coast Workforce Region was 8.5 percent in May 2009, 4.1 percentage points higher than the region's year ago rate and 1.5 percentage point lower than the state rate of 10.0 percent and 0.5 points lower that the national rate at 9.1. Out of a labor force of 100,696, there were 8,553 unemployed Gulf Coast residents.

Jurors deliberated for 45 minutes Thursday afternoon before acquitting Paul Fuder of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in a Sept.

The Bay District School Board is looking for ways to cut spending in tough economic times, and that means some consolidation could be on the way.

The Lynn Haven Police Department arrested twenty-eight year old Yancy Myers, twenty-seven year old Justin Hunter and thirty-year old Raymond Ledbetter.

Lynn Haven Police officers have arrested three people in connection with a missing $100,000 worth of jewelry.

Panama City Beach, Fla: Kids from all over the country will road trip to Panama City Beach to play ball.

A Lynn Haven Methodist associate pastor is in critical condition at the hospital after wrecking his plane on a dirt road near Greenhead in Washington County.

Two people from Bruce were critically injured and two from Lynn Haven were seriously injured in a Sunday morning wreck on State 20.

According to Lynn Haven Police, 24-year-old Kevin Bay Moran was travelling at a high rate of speed before losing control of his motorcycle.

Two environmental groups are threatening to sue Phoenix Construction Services over alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act for its construction activities at the new airport.

The Florida Highway Patrol worked a car crash in Washington County Sunday morning.

Volunteers with the Toys For Kids Foundation were busy this Saturday. Volunteers and riders got together for the second annual Ashley Slonina Memorial Poker Run.

The Panama City chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart is raffling off a black 1984 Mercedes Benz 190E model to benefit wounded combat veterans.

Sometimes it's hard to believe that building a new airport in the middle of remote wetlands was considered the more environmentally friendly alternative to extending the current facility's runway into Goose Bayou.

A Chipley woman who locked herself out of her vehicle was arrested Thursday when it was discovered she had an out-of-state warrant.

Savanna Dykes told jurors Wednesday that she couldn't get out of the car fast enough on June 18 when two men carjacked her.