Bay County News

Authorities are investigating a series of woods and brush fires that appear to be the work of an arsonist, a law enforcement official said Monday.

Panama City - Firefighter are still battling a fire at the Bay County waste to energy facility, better known as the incinerator, that's been burning for nearly 24 hours.

Two million men and women have served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and those that return home, especially those who have been injured, face a 9.1 percent unemployment rate.

Katie Cherry, tour guide with the St. Andrews Waterfront Partnership, stands near the pelican tree in St.

Just before 7:00 Sunday night, Bay County firefighters and a hazmat team were called to a fire at the Bay County Incinerator.

Bay County officials put out an all call for volunteer firefighters to help with a blaze at the Bay County incinerator on Bayline Drive shortly before 7 p.m. Officials are still arriving on scene and we will have more information as this story develops.

There's no doubt it would have been a bad deal for Sandy Creek residents if Callaway did not buy the beleaguered water system that serves the residents there, but the alternative doesn't seem to be a great deal for residents either.

Motorists can expect intermittent lane restrictions on three Bay County roads as state Department of Transportation crews perform routine maintenance work.

Intern Dan O'Keefe works on the computer as nurse practitioner Linda Caruso gives a physical examination to Erica Cumbee at the St.

The U.S. unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percent last month to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.

A recent AAA study shows most people believe men are more likely to get charged with driving under the influence than women A recent AAA study shows most people believe men are more likely to get charged with driving under the influence than women.

Panama City - Elementary school kids could soon enroll in medical school. A new charter school in Bay County plans to offer a mini-med school to its students.

Several local financial institutions report there is a new banking scam that has now shown up in the the Bay County area.

For all the people who use the Bay Haven lottery as defense against the skewed numbers in racial diversity and test scores, how about checking socioeconomic diversity? In the recent school rankings that everyone was so very proud of, Bay Haven elementary's free or reduced lunch program participation rate is 16 percent; North Bay Haven's also is 16 ... (more)

The 25th annual Bay County Job Fair will be Friday at Haney Technical Center, 3016 Highway 77, in Panama City.

The Bay County Sheriff's Office is working a case involving a parked school bus on the campus of Mosley High School.

Another man was arrested Wednesday in connection to a drug distribution ring after K-9 search units from three local prisons.

The proposed charter school legislation being heard in the Legislature still leaves us shaking our heads.

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A bill in the Florida House has county officials across the state, including Bay County, trying to figure out what their role in public health would be if health departments are brought under local control.