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Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 4:18 AM CDT
|By Sam Martello
Panama City Beach officials have revised the rules regarding double red flags on the beaches.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 4:21 PM CDT
|By WWSB Staff
A rare two-headed southern black racer was recently found at a residence in Palm Harbor, FL.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 10:16 AM CDT
|By WWSB Staff
On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida schools should never close again.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2020 at 12:44 PM CDT
|By Blake Brannon
Bay County beachgoers can soon bring their four-legged friends with them to a new part of the beach.
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Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 10:28 PM CDT
|By Natalie Williams
The final walkthrough for the Marianna K-8 School happened on Tuesday.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 9:28 PM CDT
|By Natalie Williams
Bonifay Post Office will reopen.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 9:26 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Kernbach
City officials are requiring face masks for all vendors and patrons.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 4:20 PM CDT
|By WTVY Staff
Early voting is underway in Georgia and started Monday, Oct. 19, in Florida.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2020 at 9:04 AM CDT
|By WCTV Staff
Vice Presidential Communications Director Katie Miller tweeted Pence’s schedule for the week Monday morning.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2020 at 9:26 PM CDT
|By Blake Brannon
Johnson said they have applied for someone from the Guinness Book of World Records to come look at the sand dollar and hope to hear something in the next few weeks.
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Updated: Oct. 17, 2020 at 4:45 PM CDT
|By Olivia Michael
In just a few short weeks Floridians will be turning their clocks back an hour to mark the end of Daylight Saving Time on November 1.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2020 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By WJHG Newsroom
One local doctor was arrested Monday after Bay County Sheriff’s deputies say he threatened his Uber driver with a gun.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2020 at 8:44 PM CDT
|By Grayson Jarvis
The Tourism Development Council is working on other ways to increase the beach's social media presence.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 12:33 PM CDT
The Bay County Tourist Development Council is re-launching its “Stay it Forward” initiative next month.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 12:26 PM CDT
Stone crab season begins on Thursday and it’s slated to be an interesting season. This year the regulations are a little different. The Florida Fish and Wildlife conservation commission says the changes are meant to increase the stone crab population. Some of those changes include ending the season two weeks earlier and increasing the minimum claw size. You can find more information on all the changes here.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 3:50 AM CDT
|By Kellie Sanchez
In a year when many community events are getting cancelled because of COVID-19, the Walton County Fair is on.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 at 4:20 AM CDT
|By Newsroom
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s officials say one swimmer drowned and another was rescued Saturday after getting caught in a rip current.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 9:22 PM CDT
|By Emma Wheeler
Dorms designated for COVID-19 quarantine at Florida State University are nearly empty.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 8:12 PM CDT
|By Gretchen Kernbach
Two years ago Hurricane Michael ravaged our area, and for some, they’re still feeling the effects.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 8:10 PM CDT
|By Kellie Sanchez
All of the ideas brought up by the citizens will be presented at a Walton County Commission meeting before the end of the year.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 8:05 PM CDT
|By Kellie Sanchez
By next summer, beach goers in Walton County could see higher fines for violating red flag warnings.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 7:40 PM CDT
|By Sam Martello
85 new homes have been built in Mexico Beach this year.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 11:06 AM CDT
|By WJHG Newsroom
A Walton County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher has been fired from his job and arrested after an investigation into embezzlement at a DeFuniak Springs church.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 10:43 AM CDT
|By WJHG Newsroom and Gretchen Kernbach
The fall 2020 Thunder Beach motorcycle rally is back on.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 3:33 PM CDT
|By WJHG Newsroom
Washington County Sheriff’s deputies say two teens are in custody after a shooting in the Sunny Hills Community.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2020 at 4:31 PM CDT
|By Jackie Kelly, WWSB
Florida implemented 24 new laws on Oct. 1, one of which focused on law enforcement body cameras.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 7:22 PM CDT
|By WWSB Staff
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis directs flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 11:51 AM CDT
|By Edan Schultz
Lawmakers across state lines and from both sides of the aisle are offering thoughts and prayers to President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump after their diagnosis of COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 10:52 AM CDT
|By Pat Mueller
According to the press release, 200 jobs are expected to be created as a result of the grant.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 8:47 PM CDT
|By Kellie Sanchez
Officials said, this is important because families need help now more than ever because of the impacts of the coronavirus.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 8:17 PM CDT
|By Olivia Michael
As Florida enters the month of October, 24 new laws will take effect. They range from increased penalties of shark finning, to new guidelines for specialty license plates and protecting veterans from scams.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2020 at 11:25 AM CDT
|By Julie Montanaro
Floridians can now dial **TIPS from anywhere in the state to report a crime.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 9:06 PM CDT
|By WTVY Staff and WJHG Newsroom
A man wanted for murder out of Richland County, Illinois has been captured in DeFuniak Springs.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 8:43 PM CDT
|By Blake Brannon
The new deadline for Bay County is February 11th, while the October 11th deadline still applies to surrounding counties.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 8:06 AM CDT
|By Sophia Hernandez
Tuesday night, a panel of four discussed three of the six amendments that will be on Florida’s ballot this election season.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 11:51 AM CDT
|By Press Release: Walton County Sheriff's Office
Walton County Sheriff’s Office is up for reaccreditation and now assessors are inviting the public to comment on the agency’s performance.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 9:11 PM CDT
|By Jacob Murphey
A worker at the Apalachicola Oyster Company says hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of oysters have been stolen from this hatchery in recent days.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Hanna Rizzi, WTVY Staff and WJHG Newsroom
Every so often, the St. Andrews Pass has to be dredged to maintain a viable navigation channel to the Gulf of Mexico.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 2:37 PM CDT
Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson, Jr. is one of ten in Florida to be tasked with drafting, maintaining, and reviewing the training standards for law enforcement and correctional officers.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2020 at 9:48 AM CDT
|By Jacob Murphey
After Florida entered Phase 3 of reopening, local business owners and politicians are taking a cautious approach on what steps to take next.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 4:09 PM CDT
|By WJHG Newsroom
When double red flags are flying on the beach that means stay out of the water.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 3:55 PM CDT
|By Grayson Jarvis
A number of beach flagpoles were damaged or destroyed, and now questions have arisen on where beachgoers can get flag information.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 2:51 PM CDT
|By Olivia Michael
In a few short weeks, Floridians will take to the polls to vote for the country’s next president, but that’s not the only thing they’ll vote on.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 3:53 PM CDT
|By Ashley Brown
Hundreds possibly thousands of books were destroyed by Hurricane Sally's rainfall.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 1:09 AM CDT
|By Kellie Sanchez
County officials plan to send out bulk trash pickup trucks to clean up debris near homes along the coast, rivers, and bay.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2020 at 7:08 PM CDT
|By WJHG Newsroom
Officials say small buildings will need repairs before housing animals again.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 2:39 PM CDT
|By WTVY Staff and Noel Rehm
Andrew Otazo, an environmentalist who lives in south Florida, has spent two and a half years removing 11,000 pounds of trash, which is equivalent to 5.5 tons. It was at the age of thirteen when Andrew determined that he wanted to be a part of a solution to keep our ecosystems clean.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2020 at 10:14 AM CDT
You may not "fall back" this November.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 11:28 PM CDT
|By Hanna Rizzi, WTVY Staff and WJHG Newsroom
The plans for the Thunder Beach motorcycle rally scheduled for October have been denied by Panama City Beach city leaders.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 7:15 PM CDT
|By Hanna Rizzi and WTVY Staff
As hurricane Sally looks to make landfall late Tuesday night and possibly into Wednesday, two of our own reporters headed down to the coast again this week.