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3 days ago | 
mypanhandle.com | Delaney Vega
File Photo by: Delaney Vega Posted: Jun 24, 2025 / 10:28 PM CDT Updated: Jun 24, 2025 / 10:30 PM CDT WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the Walton County Fire Rescue are on the scene of a vehicular crash in Freeport.
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3 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Delaney Vega
WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the Walton County Fire Rescue are on the scene of a vehicular crash in Freeport. According to a WCSO Facebook post, this vehicular crash has shut down Highway 20 in both directions near Dolphin Cove. The Florida Highway Patrol is en route to the scene and drivers are asked to use an alternate route. News 13 will provide updates as soon as more information becomes available.
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3 days ago | 
mypanhandle.com | Delaney Vega
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) – In an effort to improve Panama City’s quality of life, officials are working to enhance the city’s public spaces. Daffin Park and the Glenwood after-school assistance program have received $400,000 in community block development grant funds for the updates. Enhancements for Daffin Park include basketball courts, bleachers, football goal posts, lights and more.
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4 days ago | 
mypanhandle.com | Tom Lewis |Delaney Vega
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) – A Panama City man is in the Bay County Jail facing child sex charges. Bay County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 41-year-old Tarus Denard Giles Monday evening. Police said Giles molested and groped two girls, ages 13 and nine. The activity allegedly happened since the beginning of 2025. He is charged with one count each of lewd and lascivious molestation and lewd or lascivious exhibition of a child under 12. He’s in the Bay County Jail, held on a $200,000 bond.
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5 days ago | 
mypanhandle.com | Delaney Vega
by: Delaney Vega Posted: Jun 22, 2025 / 04:55 PM CDT Updated: Jun 22, 2025 / 04:59 PM CDT WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – The Walton County Sheriff’s Office and the Walton County Fire Rescue are on scene at Stow-Away Storage for a reported structure fire in Freeport. According to a WCFR Facebook post, multiple storage units caught fire at Business 331.
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6 days ago | 
mypanhandle.com | Tom Lewis |Delaney Vega
GULF COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – The Port St. Joe port authority has three new board members. Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed new members of Jessica Rish and Zachary Childs, along with Christian Johnson, and the reappointment of Guerry Madgison. Rish and Childs are both involved in real estate. Johnson is a partner in several food and beverage businesses. Madgison is retired from the financial field.
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1 week ago | 
mypanhandle.com | Delaney Vega
LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (WMBB) – Local authorities reported to the scene of what is being described as a fatal crash involving a personal watercraft. This happened around 8 p.m. Friday evening, June 20. The incident took place in North Bay just off shore of the 2500 block of Country Club Drive in the Panama Country Club in Lynn Haven. According to Lynn Haven Police, a pre-teen was on the watercraft, pulling three others, who were riding on an inner tube. They allegedly hit something.
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1 week ago | 
mypanhandle.com | Delaney Vega
(Getty Images) by: Delaney Vega Posted: Jun 20, 2025 / 08:37 PM CDT Updated: Jun 20, 2025 / 08:37 PM CDT BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has responded to a collision on Spikes Road. According to a news release, the accident involves injuries, but these injuries have yet to be specified.
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1 week ago | 
mypanhandle.com | Tom Lewis |Delaney Vega
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Bay County Sheriff’s investigators have arrested a Panama City man on child pornography charges. 44-year-old Raymond Lee Jennings III allegedly engaged in sharing and discussing child pornography on social media sites, Snapchat, Telegram, Session and Reddit. Investigators seized Jennings’ phone and said they found enough evidence to charge him with promoting the sexual performance of a child and possession of obscene material depicting child sexual conduct.
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1 week ago | 
wkrg.com | Delaney Vega
Posted: Jun 19, 2025 / 12:16 PM CDT Updated: Jun 19, 2025 / 12:18 PM CDT PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) – Panama City plans to use the Florida Auction Network LLC to sell its assets in a live auction on Saturday, June 21. According to a news release, this includes items from the Bay County Transportation Planning Organization, Bay County Board of County Commissioners, Cities of Panama City, Panama City Beach, and more.
