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22 hours ago | mypanhandle.com | Melanie Mitchell |Tom Lewis

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – An Oklahoma man is being charged with making a bomb threat involving a future Okaloosa County tourist attraction. Cherokee Police and Alfalfa County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Trey Everts Roots on Wednesday. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s investigators said Roots made a bomb threat over the internet back on March 28th. Authorities said Roots was apparently upset over Okaloosa County officials buying the Oceanliner S.S. United States and future plans for the ship.

1 day ago | mypanhandle.com | Amelia Henderson

by: Amelia Henderson Posted: Apr 23, 2025 / 07:09 AM CDT Updated: Apr 23, 2025 / 07:09 AM CDT We are starting Wednesday with a dense fog advisory until 9 a.m. with calm winds and increasing moisture. An upper-level ridge will help bring out the sunshine with gradual clearing skies and blocking the front to our north from bringing any showers or storms into the Panhandle.

3 days ago | mypanhandle.com | Tom Lewis |Stephanie E Pitts

FLORIDA (WMBB) – Florida gas prices declined for the second week in a row. The price of a gallon of regular unleaded dropped by 11 cents last week and dropped 9 cents the week before. As of Sunday, the state average for a gallon of unleaded was $3.00. That’s 59 cents less than it was this time last year. The state’s most expensive gas is in West Palm Beach and Boca Raton at $3.15 a gallon. The least expensive is in Fort Walton Beach at $2.75. Panama City is the third least expensive at $2.83.

3 days ago | mypanhandle.com | Tom Lewis

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast has reason to celebrate these days. Newsweek magazine has named the hospital’s ‘family birth place’ to its list of America’s best maternity care hospitals at the highest five-ribbon level. This is the 5th year in a row that Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast has earned the honor. “The first that comes to mind is our NICU and what care we deliver in our 10-bed NICU. We have in-house 24/7 NICU providers caring for those babies.

3 days ago | mypanhandle.com | Amelia Henderson

by: Amelia Henderson Posted: Apr 21, 2025 / 06:25 AM CDT Updated: Apr 21, 2025 / 06:35 AM CDT Panama City, Fla. (WMBB) – A strong ridge is set up off the east coast of Florida and continues to keep the shower and storm chances on the lower end all week long.