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PANAMA CITY — Plans to develop the historic Glenwood community have been postponed to gather more input from the community, city officials discussed on Tuesday. At a meeting Tuesday, officials with Dover, Kohl, and Partners presented the latest plans for Millville, St. Andrews, downtown Panama City, and Glenwood. Much of the discussion centered on the fact that the plans to approve the latter had been put on a four to six-week hold as the city continues to receive input from community members. However, city officials assured the public that the holding period will in no way interfere with ...

PANAMA CITY — Local officials said former senior logistics manager John Paul Jones was not fired because he questioned the legality of how last year's Christmas lights were purchased, but because he violated city policy. Jones was fired last Wednesday, two days after he filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against the city that alleged differently. According to a letter from City Attorney Nevin Zimmerman to City Manager Mark McQueen, the lights were bought "using the emergency and sole-source policy" since they were "specifically manufactured and were procured with short notice and while suppl...

PANAMA CITY — A Panama City employee was fired Wednesday, two days after he filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against the city. According to the case dockets listed on the Bay County Clerk of Court website, former senior logistics manager John Paul Jones claims the city retaliated against him after he questioned if it illegally purchased Christmas lights last year. A termination letter to Jones from City Manager Mark McQueen states that he was fired on Wednesday— two days after filing the lawsuit was filed.  The lawsuit states that following the city's annual budget review last June, ...

Of the 25 vessels, 10 are considered derelict and 15 were damaged by Hurricane Michael in 2018. The hurricane-damaged vessels should be the last from Michael's destruction, according to UF/IFAS Extension Bay County and Florida Sea Grant agent Scott Jackson. Funds are in place and contractors are preparing to remove the 25 vessels in the spring. The COVID-19 pandemic slowed the Derelict Vessel Removal Program between March 2020 and September 2020, but it allowed the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to complete the legal work.  The removal of each vessel can cost $1...

Slot arcade chain eyes former Union Street cinema © DCT Media Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A national chain of gaming halls could move into a listed Aberdeen building, which once housed a popular city cinema. Cashino Gaming has lodged plans for an adult gaming centre in 181a Union Street, once the Gaumont Cinema. And the council has been urged to back the proposals to bring “vitality and vibrancy” back to a stretch of the Granite Mile property experts say is in decline, “despite their best e...