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PANAMA CITY BEACH — Mayor Mark Sheldon wants Panama City Beach to grow and prosper and an infusion of state money could help hasten development this year. During a City Council meeting Thursday, he and the rest of the council approved a list of items for the city's lobbying team to present to the Florida Legislature in hopes of getting additional funding for future projects. The Legislature's 2021 regular session is scheduled to begin March 2. "This agenda is aggressive and we're asking for a lot of things, but we're going to fight hard. It's what we do," Sheldon said. "There's a lot of...

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Panama City Beach leaders chose their former utilities director on Tuesday to temporarily replace the city manager they abruptly fired last week. The decision to hire Al Shortt came during a special meeting Tuesday that was called by the Panama City Beach City Council after members fired City Manager Tony O'Rourke on Feb. 11. O'Rourke's termination was unanimously approved after Mayor Mark Sheldon sparked a discussion about his performance, which he said was riddled with "inconsistencies and embellishments." That didn't sit well with some residents.  "There's absolutel...

Panama City Beach City Council members voted unanimously on Thursday to remove City Manager Tony O'Rourke from his post after Mayor Mark Sheldon expressed his dissatisfaction with the former city manager's leadership.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — About a year after he was hired as city manager, Tony O'Rourke was fired Thursday during a Panama City Beach City Council meeting. The decision came after the council — apart from Councilman Paul Casto who didn't attend the meeting — unanimously voted in favor of O'Rourke's termination. Although a discussion of the former manager's performance wasn't originally included in meeting's agenda, Mayor Mark Sheldon said he believed it was time to clear the air on a handful of "small errors, inconsistencies and embellishments" he's noticed during O'Rourke's employment. "As ...

PANAMA CITY — In a little more than a year, Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center plans to complete a multi-million expansion project. Motorists traveling along West 23rd Street in Panama City might have noticed there's an uptick in activity at the hospital. As of Thursday morning, construction cranes bordered the building, crews roamed the campus and the sound of power tools could be heard from the parking lot. According to Holly Dean, the hospital's chief operating officer, the extra liveliness is thanks to a more than $60 million project to construct three new floors and add almost 60 m...