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Whitman was selected as manager in March from a pool of more than 90 applicants from across the nation. His hiring came about a month after former City Manager Tony ORourke was unexpectedly fired. From then until now, officials worked to hash out the details of Whitmans contract. According to the meetings agenda, he will be paid an annual salary of $150,000, about $20,000 more than he made as police chief. Whitman worked for PCBPD for about 30 years, climbing the ranks from corporal all the w...

April 19, 2021 It is still early in the season, but one of the aspects of hitting that stabilizesrelatively quickly is changes to approach. Swings are a more common occurrence, so the sample for these statistics grows faster than those that rely on an accumulation of plate appearances. So who seems to have made some changes in the early going? To get an idea, I took all players who accumulated 250 plate appearances combined in the 2019 and ’20 seasons (I chose to group these seasons together...

Print article LIBBY, Mont. - On the morning he was scheduled to get his first shot of coronavirus vaccine, Mike Jellesed woke in a fury and wheeled his pickup out of his trailer park, headed for the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in town. A giant star-spangled bus that had crossed 160 miles of the Rocky Mountains from Spokane, Wash., was waiting for him in the parking lot. Inside were three Department of Veterans Affairs workers and 26 Moderna syringes ready to go. Jellesed, a 61-year-old Air ...

In a presentation during the meeting, David Campbell, manager of citys Community Redevelopment Agency, said the four projects to begin this year are: Front Beach Road Segment 3, which will cost about $28 million, break ground in late April or early May and take about 18 months to complete. It will redevelop Front Beach Road from about Winn-Dixie to Lullwater Drive, as well as on State 79 from Front Beach Road to Panama City Beach Parkway. A roundabout also will be installed at the intersectio...

2:28pm CDT 2:28pm: Lorenzen had a setback in his initial recovery from the shoulder strain and, after getting a second opinion from a specialist, recently received a plasma-rich platelet injection, MLB.com’s Mark Sheldon reports. He’s scheduled for a second such injection in two weeks, and the Reds are hopeful that he’ll be able to return sometime in the month of June. That, of course, is dependent on how his shoulder responds to the pair of injections, though 2:21pm: The Reds announced W...

Damage Reported Across Southeast from Strong Storms April 12, 2021 A cluster of severe storms swept across the South early Saturday, leaving one person dead in Louisiana, toppling trees and power lines in Mississippi, dropping large hail on an Alabama coastal city and leveling buildings in the Florida Panhandle. St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard confirmed a man’s death in an early morning tornado in Palmetto, Louisiana. Bellard told KLFY-TV that Jo...

PANAMA CITY — The National Weather Service has confirmed three tornadoes hit Bay County during Saturdays storm, the most to hit the county in one day since Sept. 15, 2004, when Hurricane Ivan unleashed four twisters. According to the NWS in Tallahassee, a tornado hit southeast of Laguna Beach, a second in Gulf Lagoon Beach and a third in Lynn Haven. Strong winds generated by the tornadoes caused widespread damage to buildings across the county and knocked out power to thousands of homes on...

Area officials ecstatic over plans for new Panama City Beach medical campus © [NATHAN COBB/THE NEWS HERALD] Latitude Margaritaville Watersound begins by-appointment tours of property PANAMA CITY BEACH — Bay County Commissioner Griff Griffitts says officials have discussed the need for a medical facility on the Beach as long as he can remember.  As a third generation resident and someone whos spent his entire life living along the Gulf of Mexico, Griffitts said its exciting to see the pr...

Severe storm kills one in La., damages buildings in Florida panhandle By Associated PressUpdated April 10, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Trucks made their way through high water Saturday at the Graffiti Bridge in Pensacola, Fla., after a powerful storm swept through the area.John Blackie/jblackie@pnj.com/Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A cluster of severe storms swept across Southern states early Saturday, leaving at least one dead in Louisiana, bringing down trees and power line...

Severe storms leave at least 1 dead in Louisiana; Florida, Alabama and Mississippi report damage Updated Apr 10, 2021; Facebook Share A cluster of severe storms swept across Southern states early Saturday, leaving at least one dead in Louisiana, bringing down trees and power lines in Mississippi, dropping large hail on a coastal Alabama city and leveling buildings in the Florida Panhandle. St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard confirmed a fatality related to an early morning tornado in Pa...