Cedar Grove News

The murky fiscal 2010 budget picture has led to a confusing discourse between the Bay County Sheriff's Office and the County Commission about what needs to be trimmed for next year.

By DUNCAN MANSFIELD The Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A report says the Tennessee Valley Authority's response to a massive coal ash disaster last year was hampered by emergency communications problems, inaccurate statements to the media and delayed reparations to victims.

The Bay County Commission voted to raise retail wastewater rates Tuesday, a decision in line with the potable water rate increase the commission approved last month.

An arrest is made in the case of an early morning shooting. The Bay County Sheriff's Office has charged 17-year-old Raymond Lee Smith of Panama City with Attempted Murder with at Firearm.

Water Rate Increase The price of your water could soon go up as Bay County Commissioners vote to increase their retail water rate.

Government honored itself last week when Panama City Beach renamed Beckrich Road after longtime City Manager Richard Jackson.

Parker mayor candidate Guy J. Turcotte, who has lived in Florida since 1972, with more than two of those as a resident of Parker, says he sees a beautiful small city with a failing infrastructure and no future planning.

Special Report - Dozier School - A Closer Look 04/01/09 - 11:52 AM Audrey Adair - bio Marianna, Fla: Thirty one unmarked graves line a small field hidden from those who attend the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna.

Inhabitants of another small Florida city are pondering the same move Cedar Grove residents made last year.

The University of Florida-Bay County Extension Office is moving into the former Cedar Grove's Town Hall.

The Bay County Cooperative Extension Office will be closed Friday, March 27, through Tuesday, March 31, for relocation to 2728 E. 14th St.

The Bay County Sheriff's Dept is trying to make the County a little safer. Officers at the Southport Crime Prevention Office were giving out cable locks to gun owners.

A woman is under arrest after Panama City Police say she hit another car. Police say the driver of a truck fled the scene of a traffic accident on 23rd Street.

Sheriff Frank McKeithen announced today that a Gun Lock Safety program will be held at each of the Bay County Sheriffa TMs Office Crime Prevention Offices on scheduled days in March and April, 2009.

Sgt. Gary Goodson spent Thursday evening checking on Cedar Grove. He drove to a retention pond, an unfinished housing development and a collection of asphalt that was supposed to become a commerce park.

Bay County officials are making some improvements around the former town of Cedar Grove.

On the final day of qualifying, Parker Mayor Brenda Hendricks picked up a well-known local challenger, former Cedar Grove Police Chief Guy Turcotte.

What do we know about the county's finances at this point? We know what is not there.

Bay County Commissioners are considering a couple of options for providing law enforcement services in the former town of Cedar Grove.

Cedar Grove is now a part of Unincorporated Bay County which means its people are now protected by the Bay County Sheriff's Office.But the Sheriff's Office is still in the process of making sure Cedar Grove is ...