Escaped Alabama work-release inmate captured in Panama City, Florida
Police say Baldwin County authorities alerted Bay County law enforcement that Jackie Dewayne Littrell could be in the area
Jun 26, 2026Open source
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Panama City, Florida. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Bay. Associated ZIP codes: 32401, 32402, 32403, 32404, 32405, 32406, 32408, 32409, 32411, 32412, 32417.
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Chilling shark attack at Florida Navy base caught on camera
An employee at a Naval Warfare Center in Panama City, Florida, was mauled by shark on Monday in a disturbing attack that was captured on cellphone video.
Jun 11, 2026Open source
Chilling shark attack at Florida Navy base caught on camera
An employee at a Naval Warfare Center in Panama City, Florida, was mauled by shark on Monday in a disturbing attack that was captured on cellphone video.
Jun 10, 2026Open source
Police open investigation into possible drowning in Honaunau Bay
Mindy Morris, 65, of Panama City, Florida, was transported to Kona Community Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
May 12, 2026Open source
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Popular beach towns go quiet as Isaias surges towards Florida’s Gulf Coast: ‘Kind of eerie’
Communities from Ocean Springs, Mississippi to Panama City Beach, Florida hunkered down in preparation for Hurricane Isaias landfall on the Panhandle.
Oct 10, 2026Open source
Exclusive: ICE Seeks Custody of Jamaican Illegal Alien Accused of Florida Burger King Stabbing
ICE agents are seeking custody of an illegal alien accused of carrying out a stabbing attack at a Burger King in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Aug 19, 2026Open source
System in Gulf upgraded to Tropical Depression Two; tropical storm watch issued
Tropical Depression Two: A disturbance off Florida's Gulf Coast, south of Panama City Beach, is bringing rain to Florida this week.
Jul 20, 2026Open source
Good Samaritan tip leads Coast Guard to 50-pound marijuana bale off Florida's coast
50 pounds of marijuana were recovered from the Gulf of America off Panama City Beach on Friday after a Good Samaritan reported a suspicious floating package.
Jun 28, 2026Open source
Alabama man’s new prosthetic leg gets swept away first day of vacation
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - An Alabama family’s ordinary beach day turned into a costly one.
Jun 18, 2026Open source
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Alligator-Shaped Xbox Will Be Snapped Up by One Gamer
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Tampa-born Florida Avenue Brewing Co. permanently closes its Seminole Heights location
The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
GOP sweep: Uthmeier, Ingoglia, Simpson win Florida Cabinet races
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
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Panama City is in Bay County, Florida.
Region: North Florida
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32401, 32402, 32403, 32404, 32405, 32406, 32408, 32409, 32411, 32412, 32417
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Alligator-Shaped Xbox Will Be Snapped Up by One Gamer
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Tampa-born Florida Avenue Brewing Co. permanently closes its Seminole Heights location
The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
GOP sweep: Uthmeier, Ingoglia, Simpson win Florida Cabinet races
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
Nov 4, 2026Open source
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Panama City, the seat of Bay County, grew from small settlements on St. Andrews Bay. When Spanish explorers passed through between 1516 and 1558, the Chatot and Yuchi peoples lived in the area seasonally. The first European-American settlement was at St. Andrews, where a retired governor of Georgia built a large log home and lived from 1827 until his death in 1832. The few year-round residents made salt, fished and boarded visitors who came for the "healthy sea baths." During the Civil War the St. Andrew Bay Saltworks became one of the South's largest salt producers, with an estimated 2,500 men exempted from combat to work its wood-fired kettles. Union raids beginning in August 1862 and again in December 1863 destroyed more than 290 salt works, but workers rebuilt them, and they ran until February 1865. On March 20, 1863, Confederates under Captain W. J. Robinson attacked a scouting party from the Union bark Roebuck here, killing two sailors.
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St. Andrews flourished in the late 1800s after brothers Lambert and Francis Ware opened a store and wharf around 1879, and the Historic St. Andrew Church, built in 1887, is the oldest church in the area. That year George M. West of Escanaba, Michigan, bought a home here. When the United States took over the Panama Canal project in 1904, West promoted St. Andrews Bay as a gateway to the canal, noting that a straight line from Chicago to Panama's capital crossed the bay. In 1906 he renamed the town of Harrison Panama City, and in 1909 Panama City was incorporated, combining Floriopolis, Harrison, Millville, Park Resort and St. Andrews. The Bay County Courthouse, built in 1914 and rebuilt after a 1920 fire, saw the 1961 trial of Clarence Earl Gideon, whose appeal led to the Supreme Court's 1963 ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright that poor defendants must be given a lawyer. On October 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael struck as a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds, causing catastrophic damage. Sources The Historical Marker Database: Honoring the History (Historic St. Andrews) Florida Department of State, Florida Historical Markers: The St. Andrew Bay Saltworks; The Gideon Versus Wainwright Case (via the Historical Marker Database) The Historical Marker Database: St. Andrews Bay Skirmish (Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials) Wikipedia: Panama City, Florida (citing the Panama City Public Library)
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