Melanie Mitchell

6 days ago | wkrg.com | Melanie Mitchell

Posted: Jun 21, 2025 / 06:28 PM CDT Updated: Jun 21, 2025 / 06:28 PM CDT FLORIDA (WMBB) – A human trafficking conspiracy spanning the Florida Panhandle and Southern Alabama was dismantled. According to a news release, over a four-year period, 49-year-old Chad Cornelius Seymore of Dothan, Alabama, conspired with others to bond adult women out of county jail.

6 days ago | mypanhandle.com | Melanie Mitchell

by: Melanie Mitchell Posted: Jun 21, 2025 / 02:05 PM CDT Updated: Jun 21, 2025 / 02:06 PM CDT LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (WMBB) – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Lynn Haven Police Department responded to a tubing incident involving a personal watercraft on Beatty Bayou on Friday.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Melanie Mitchell

LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (WMBB) – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Lynn Haven Police Department responded to a tubing incident involving a personal watercraft on Beatty Bayou on Friday. According to the FWC, three juveniles were transported to a local hospital, where, tragically, one later succumbed to their injuries. FWC investigates Lynn Haven watercraft accident Officials said this incident remains under active investigation.

6 days ago | mypanhandle.com | Melanie Mitchell

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) – The Gulf Coast State College Foundation announced a new partnership with STEM Origins to support the launch of the “Rising Star Scholarship” Program. According to a news release, this program is an initiative aimed at inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators in Bay County. Organizers stated the foundation was originally designed to support three students, but early fundraising has allowed expansion in the inaugural year of the Rising Star.

1 week ago | wdhn.com | Melanie Mitchell

FLORIDA (WMBB) – A human trafficking conspiracy spanning the Florida Panhandle and Southern Alabama was dismantled. According to a news release, over a four-year period, 49-year-old Chad Cornelius Seymore of Dothan, Alabama, conspired with others to bond adult women out of county jail. Then force them to commit commercial sex acts in Alabama and North Florida. Seymore recruited women suffering from drug addictions at hotels and through online advertisements.