Along the Watchtower, page 1. True accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Sunday, May 25, 2008. From 1947 to 1959, Watts was a staple of Panama City Beach summer nightlife, appearing at both the 98 Club and the near-by Surf-and-Sand Club.

Along the Watchtower, page 2. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. That day finally arrived in 1954 when, for.

Along the Watchtower, page 3. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Thursday, May 29, 2008. But Babe loved to hit and wanted to play every day. Team owner Harry Frazee disagreed.

Along the Watchtower, page 5. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Saturday, June 7, 2008. The last flight of Edwin Gorbet. Once in a very great while, a long-forgotten event from the distant past resurfaces and takes on new life. This is just such a story.

Mystery of the missing FBI Wanted poster. solved! Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Over three decades ago- in February 1974- newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped from her San Francisco apartment, sparking the largest manhunt in United States history. Patty, meanwhile, was being brainwashed- or so she later claimed. That fall I graduated college and found a job back home in the Florida panhandle town of Panama City. My work required a daily trip to the downtow.

Recalling the campaigns of 1952, 1956, and 1972. Friday, February 27, 2009. As Florida Goes, So Goes the Nation! Kefauver- the Kentucky senator who was as famous for his trademark coonskin cap as his crime-b.

Along the Watchtower, page 4. More true accounts, oddball events, and state history from Florida Panhandle reporter Ken Brooks. Monday, June 2, 2008. It was a ratings hit. To sweeten the deal, Gle.

Nellis Johnson made sure we saw the humor, too. Saturday, February 21, 2009. The following article originally appeared in the Panama City News Herald, June 30, 2000. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to think of Nellis Johnson without smiling. He spent a lifetime sharing that humor with others. Were treated to his cartoon Panhandle Parade.

The Great Radio Station Sting of 1958. Viva la pranks! Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Before the era of radio shock jocks and tv prank-yankers, there was the infamous Charles de Gaulle Hoax of 1958. It was the first truly great prank call in the history of radio- a doozy of a sting. Broadcast live throughout the Northeast, the faux phone call left one station supremely humiliated, leaving the other- the perpetrator of this mad hoax- basking in smug glory. Easy-listening and big bands were out.