Panama City, FL

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The Arete Collaborative Academy kicked off a science fair competition for homeschool students in the program. Nearly three dozen students from 3rd grade to high school participated in the competition Wednesday afternoon at City Church of Northside in Panama City. The students showed off their...

Homeschool Collaborative hosts science fair

The Bacot Academy is celebrating Autism Awareness Month with an Au-come Fest Saturday, Apil 1. This week's 850Strong Student of the Week is Anniston Gainer. Congratulations to this week's 850Strong Student of the Week. More fashion tips for Wear It Wednesday. Updated: 5 hours ago. Getting expert fashion advice from...

College Point fires

Panama City Beach, FL

SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A boy from Panama City Beach continues to amaze his family, therapists, and peers every day. First-grader Will Whitworth is making a huge transformation in his ability to speak to others. He has gone to Ascension Sacred Heart Pediatric Rehabilitation at Santa Rosa Beach...

PCB boy perseveres through speech and motor difficulties

The Bacot Academy is celebrating Autism Awareness Month with an Au-come Fest Saturday, Apil 1. Two homes are now unliveable after a possible lightning strike caused a fire to burn both houses. More fashion tips for Wear It Wednesday. Updated: 5 hours ago. Getting expert fashion advice from Can't Hide...

This week's 850Strong Student of the Week is Anniston Gainer

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Students at Patronis Elementary School did more than their usual classwork on Tuesday. Naval Support Activity Panama City brought equipment from the base to the school. Students learned about a fire truck, police car, an explosive ordnance disposal vehicle, and more. Officials on the base...

Naval Support Activity Panama City broadens students’ horizons

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - In recognition of Autism Awareness Month, join Bacot Academy at their first ever Au-Some Fest. Activities for the free event kick off at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1 and come to a close at 3 p.m. Located at 700 West 23rd Street Suite F in Panama City, the academy’s parking lot will be the site of the awesome event.

Join the Bacot Academy at AU-SOME Fest 2023

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - One’s man mission to run the circumference of the world continues in Panama City Beach. Ultra-runner Tomasz Drybala is taking on his fourth and biggest running challenge, The Mindful UltraRun. Drybala says his mission is to positively impact the lives of a billion people...

Join the man running around the world in the Mindful UltraRun

Lynn Haven, FL

One man is hoping to inspire others to run with him as he attempts to run the circumference of the world. Getting ready for the City of Lynn's Easter Egg Hunt. The City of Lynn Haven tells us everything we need to know about this year's egg hunt. Family Thanks...

Time to UnwineD on NewsChannel 7 Today

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Here at NewsChannel 7, Tuesday is our favorite day of the week because we get to enjoy a blast from the past from local historian, Bill Hudson. Check out what clips he has to show off this week.

Time Travel Tuesday

Kentucky State

Getting ready for the 10th annual Chamber of Commerce block party. Food, T-Rex races, and more at the Chamber's 2023 block party. Local restaurant owner shares how 2022 ‘PCB Takeover’ event impacted business. Family whose kids were killed in PCB in 2020 welcome newborn baby. Updated: 13 hours...

The Chamber of Commerce 2023 block party

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Dinosaurs are on the loose this Thursday at the Bay County Chamber of Commerce’s Block Party, and they are ready to race. The T-Rex Relay Race is only one part of the block party’s family-fun hosted by the Bay County Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the community.

Get ready for Bay County Chamber of Commerce’s Block Party

LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Spring is here which means Easter is just around the corner. Celebrate the holiday early in Lynn Haven on Saturday, April 1st. Events start at 8:30 a.m., the egg hunt starts at 10 a.m., and will wrap up at noon at A.L. Kinsaul Park. Not...

Get an early hop on Easter with Lynn Haven’s Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Brick-and-mortar car dealers in Panama City will no longer compete against staged car lots. City commissioners passed a regulated remote vehicle sales law at this Tuesday’s meeting. It prohibits car sales in parking lots that aren’t done by brick-and-mortar licensed car dealers in the city.

Panama City Commissioners crack down on staged car lots

Florida State

The storms have moved out and the cooler air will move into NW Florida over the coming days. A Bay County community is on a mission to make little moments big memories. More than a dozen rough surf conditions calls in the last 48 hours, that's why South Walton Beach safety officials are trying to get the word out.

Panama City Murder Update

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - On March 27, 2005, tragedy struck the Kight family, but it was a tragedy that was felt throughout our community. Kevin Kight was a sergeant with the Panama City Beach Police Department. That Easter Sunday, he was conducting a traffic stop at the intersection...

Community Remembers Sergeant Kevin Kight

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Our Walborsky, Bradley and Fleming Student Athlete of the Week takes our focus up to the baseball diamond at Holmes high school and a senior first baseman there who suffered a serious setback in the Devils title run last season but has come back to make his senior year count!

Student Athlete of the Week: Hayden Revels

Georgia State

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The Raiders headed into the National Championship game coming off of wins against South Georgia Tech and Southern Idaho. Two games where they found themselves down double digits at points of the game but each time able to fight back with impressive 18-0 and 20-4 runs.

The Northwest Florida Lady Raiders are 2023 National Champions

Freeport, FL

FREEPORT, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A Freeport family is picking up the pieces after they lost their home in a house fire. “I sat up in bed and immediately smelled smoke.” Amy Stoyles, wife and mom of the family, said. “Your heart kind of races... so I ran downstairs. My son Brighton was asleep in his bedroom. I grabbed him and ran him out the door, and then when I turned around I could see the flames under the house and up the wall.”

Family thanks community for support after home burns down

LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A nightmare that no homeowner wants to have, unfortunately, happened Tuesday afternoon in Lynn Haven. Two homes in the College Point area caught fire destroying almost everything inside. “We got the initial call around 2:30 this afternoon for fires in multiple fires in the College...

Two College Point homes destroyed by fire

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Expect to see spotty showers overnight, but dense fog may be the bigger issue overnight. Lows will fall into the mid to upper 60s. Winds will be South at 5 mph. On Tuesday, a cold front will bring a line of strong to severe storms through NWFL starting late Tuesday AM into Tuesday afternoon. Rain chances will be 70-80%. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s. Once the front moves through cooler, less humid air returns to NWFL for a few days. Temperatures will fall into the low 50s Wednesday AM. Skies will be slow to clear Wednesday w/highs in the low 70s. Rain returns to NWFL by the weekend.

Monday Evening Forecast

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Authorities are asking the public for help in finding a suspect wanted for burglaries over the weekend. On March 24, reports of two burglaries were made to the Panama City Police Department at the 3300 block of Frankford AVenue and the 3600 block of Calhoun Avenue.

Police looking for burglary suspect

Jackson County, FL

Grand Ridge, FL

JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A Jackson County woman is in custody after deputies say she had drug and paraphernalia in her car. On Monday, deputies with Jackson County Sheriff’s Office were conducting a building check around Blondies in Grand Ridge, and say they observed a white vehicle backed into a parking space with three people inside.

Woman arrested for drug possession

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Almost time to sign up for BDS Pre-K program

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - It is almost time to sign your child up for pre-kindergarten in Bay County. Applications are opening in just a few...

Almost time to sign up for BDS Pre-K program

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