Bay County NAACP names student essay winners
Black History Month contest encourages kids to Write Your Way
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PANAMA CITY The Bay County Branch of the NAACP announced the winners of its 2021 Black History Month Student Essay Contest: Write YOUR Way! on March 1.
Students were invited to choose any African American from history, the current news or personal acquaintance, and answer these two questions: How have they changed the world? How do they inspire you?
First Prize in the Elementary School category went to Avery Cruel, a third-grader at McCalister’s Home School Academy. Cruel s essay on activist Rosa Parks was packed with details, including how difficult life was for black children growing up in the 1950s. According to her essay, Parks’ action on the bus was simple, but profound in repercussions, and represented a lifetime of learning and growing.
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The investigation began when PCPD officers were called to The Home Depot on 23rd Street after White was seen loading merchandise into the back of a U-Haul trailer in the store’s parking lot. White was wearing a Home Depot employee apron in an attempt to conceal his acts, police said.
When officers arrived, White ran off but was caught after a brief chase.
During an investigation, it was learned that White had taken more than $1,500 in merchandise from the Panama City location, the Panama City Beach Home Depot location and possibly from Home Depot stores in Tallahassee in the past couple of weeks, PCPD reported. White also had misrepresented himself as a Home Depot employee in all three instances, police said.
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PANAMA CITY Bay County has vaccinated 50% of its senior population from the COVID-19 virus, health officials announced Tuesday.
According to the Florida Department of Health in Bay County, the milestone was reached last week for residents 65 years old and older.
“Last week we reached a significant milestone in our vaccination effort . 50% of our 65 and older residents have received the vaccine,” said Sandon S. Speedling, the health department s administrator and health officer. “This would not have been possible without our valued community partners to whom I am thankful.”
To date, 22,639 county residents have received the COVID-19 vaccine, with 15,714 of them being 65 years old and older.
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TYNDALL Two pilots were injured and taken to a hospital after their aircraft crashed at Tyndall Air Force Base Tuesday morning.
According to a post on the Tyndall Facebook page, at approximately 11:25 a.m. a Mirage F1B aircraft, contracted through Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), crashed off the end of the flight line at the base.
First responders were dispatched to the scene immediately and both pilots were taken to a Panama City hospital to assess injuries they sustained.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the pilots and their families,” Col. Gregory Moseley, 325th Fighter Wing commander, said in the Facebook post. “Tyndall is working closely with ATAC to ensure a thorough and timely investigation of the incident occurs.”