Mexico Beach News

For me it always comes down to a census of the people. As a curious, if sometimes too cynical, reporter, taking stock of the people who have shaped your year is too often a case of counting who is gone.

A Senior Trip payment of $60 is due in January. Seniors, check the scholarship box in guidance for new scholarship information.

Another area bank is in trouble with federal regulators. The Office of Thrift Supervision has issued a Cease and Desist Order to Bayside Savings Bank in Port St.

What happens at the other end of the phone when 911 is called? Along with the primary units, First Responders are also often dispatched to render emergency intermediate aid.

Last year, around this time, Traci Gaddis journeyed to the Mexico Beach post office in her usual holiday fashion.

Riding the Bay Town Trolley will cost more in 2010. The Bay County Transportation Planning Organization board narrowly passed a motion Wednesday afternoon raising monthly passes from $20 to $25, and raising the cash fare from $1.25 to $1.50. The higher rates, which go into effect Jan.

The Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence is in great need of toys for children living in Florida's domestic violence centers across the state.

The weather was feeling a lot like Christmas last Saturday night as the annual Christmas on the Coast in Port St.

Toucan's Restaurant on U.S. 98 in Mexico Beach is supporting the Port St Joe NJROTC through an extremely generous fund-raising effort during the Army-Navy game on Dec.

It's a sad fact, that in our society today, many have never heard a real Christmas Carol! Through the ages, God has frequently conveyed His message to us through music.

Congratulations to everyone who helped serve or deliver over 700 meals on Thanksgiving Day.

Bay County Bay County Schools are open Wednesday. Students who do not attend school or who are tardy due to weather conditions will have excused absences if their parents notify the schools using proper procedures.

Two of six proposed routes for the Gulf Coast Parkway project will cut through Port Panama City's intermodal distribution center currently under construction.

On November 7, a flotilla of charter boats from the Destin Charter Boat Association in Florida formed a symbolic blockade along Floridaa s Destin Harbor, while simultaneous rallies were held in nearby Panama City and Mexico Beach, and also in Orange Beach, Alabama.

Michelle Jones appears to be a typical ninth-grader. She is dressed in blue jeans, a T-shirt with an artistic design printed on the front and an array of bracelets on her arms.

Grab your garland and tinsel and start decorating those golf carts! Mexico Beach will host the first ever Christmas Golf Cart Parade.

For one night, they relived their youth. Port St. Joe High School alumni returned home, reunited with lost friends and danced until midnight in the Centennial Building.

Motorists driving on Highway 98 between Tyndall AFB and Mexico Beach should expect traffic delays from 8:30 to 9 a.m., 11 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 2 p.m. Nov.

Ida at present is a Cat 2 hurricane. NHC Advisory: "A hurricane watch has been issued east of the Mississippi/Alabama border to Mexico Beach, Florida." Highlights from the 11:00 am NHC discussion : Hurricane Ida is moving a little faster than projected earlier.

ALTHOUGH IDA IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AND BECOME NON TROPICAL AS IT NEARS THE COAST MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OF HURRICANE CONDITIONS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST AND THE PANHANDLE COASTAL WATERS.