🌊 Marine & Beach Safety Heads-UpIf you’re heading out on the water or to the beach, use extra caution. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect from the Okaloosa–Walton County line to the Suwannee River, extending out to 60 nautical miles, through Saturday morning 🚤⚠️At the beaches in Walton, Bay, and Gulf counties, there’s a […] Read More

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – When Gulf World permanently closed its doors in May, Gulf World Marine Institute was forced to relocate. Now, the organization has a new name and a new location. The Florida Panhandle Marine Institute announced its new location at the AMIKids Maritime Academy in Panama City. This new location will allow […] Read More

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Today is National Wear Red Day to help raise awareness and educate the public about the number one cause of death for women, cardiovascular diseases. Ascension Sacred Heart Bay and the Cardiovascular Institute of Northwest Florida have turned red to mark the day. “It does kind of remind us that […] Read More

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – A verdict has been reached in the murder trial for last year’s deadly shooting outside of a Panama City Beach Waffle House. Jurors found 19-year-old Ja’zai Mitchell guilty of manslaughter, a lesser conviction than the second-degree murder charge he originally faced. They deliberated for 3 and a half hours before […] Read More

Destin sex trafficker sentenced to life in prison Christopher Saul February 6, 2026 2:03 pm Crime, Destin, Walton County The United States Attorney’s Office announced a life sentence for a man convicted of sex trafficking along the Gulf Coast – including significant activities in Destin and Walton Counties.    Chad Cornelius Seymore, also known as the “Circle City Pimp” trafficked an estimated 100 women in Destin, Walton County, Panama City Beach, Atlanta and his hometown of Dothan, Alabama.  Seymore’s accomplice, Kimberly Robinson Gandy, was also sentenced to 25 years in the case – that First Assistant United States Attorney Michelle Spaven said took more than a year to prepare and bring to trial.    Spaven noted that the hero in this case was an alert hotel clerk who called police in Panama City Beach after one of the victims escaped the hotel room Seymore trafficked her in and came to the front desk to get help. “Panama City Beach Police Department officers responded when they got there,” Spaven explained, “Chad Seymour was still in the hotel parking lot. The hotel clerk also led the officers to the hotel room where the victim had been terrorized. Kim Gandy was in the process of leaving that room with a different victim. The hotel information provided important links to the overall conspiracy.”   Spaven also explained the vast geography that saw victims trafficked In Florida, Georgia, and Alabama was due to Seymore’s “greed and depravity extending out far beyond his home in Dothan,... Read More