OPERATION SPAY BAY BACK AT HOME LOCAL | B1 PANAMA CITY Tuesday, September 24, 2019 www.newsherald.com @The_News_Herald facebook.com/panamacitynewsherald 75¢ FAA awards $10.5M to Bay airport By Tom McLaughlin adding two gates and 7,000 315-4435 | @TomMnwfdn square feet to existing [email protected] facilities. Another project plan PANAMA CITY — North- includes construction of a 300 west Florida Beaches x 600-foot transient airport International Airport will parking apron, McClellan receive a facelift as it enters said, “designed around larger SPORTS | C1 its second decade of life. aircraft up to and including The Federal Aviation commercial jets.” FSU Administration announced The third phase of the reno- Monday it has awarded vation calls for constructing LINEBACKER the Bay County airport a new taxiway that will be $10,574,373 with which to designed to enhance the LOST FOR THE expand its terminal building, airport’s existing taxiway SEASON; QB construct a taxiway and add system, he said. parking. It is expected the renova- DAY-TO-DAY Parker McClellan, execu- tions will be completed by fall tive director of Northwest of next year, McClellan said. Passengers on Delta Flight 2506 carrying the one millionth Florida Beaches International Northwest Florida Beaches passenger hold balloons after their fl ight. The Northwest Florida Airport, said the three proj- International will turn 10 in Beaches International Airport celebrated one million passengers to ects planned there include pass through the airport for the fi rst time in one calendar year on expanding the terminal by See AIRPORT, A5 Dec. 10. [PATTI BLAKE/THE NEWS HERALD] UK, France, Germany blame Iran for Saudi Copter spots missing woman oil attacks and four children on sandbar By Edith M. Lederer and Jill Lawless The Associated Press By Wendy Victora GateHouse Media Florida UNITED NATIONS — Britain, France BAKER — A woman and and Germany joined four children were found the United States on unharmed nearly 24 hours Monday in blaming after being reported missing Iran for attacks on key in the Blackwater River State oil facilities in Saudi Forest. Arabia, but the Iranian They were spotted around foreign minister pointed 11:30 a.m. Monday by a Bay to claims of responsi- County Sheriff’s Office heli- bility by Yemeni rebels copter, which was assisting and said: “If Iran were in the search. The helicopter behind this attack, noth- crew then directed Okaloosa ing would have been left County Sheriff’s Office depu- of this refinery.” ties to the group. Fallout from the They were found not far Sept. 14 attacks is still from where they were last reverberating as world seen. leaders gather for their The woman, Marcella annual meeting at the Dustin Black, and the children U.N. General Assem- were swimming in the Black- bly and international water River near Sherman experts continue, at Kennedy Road, according to Saudi Arabia’s request, preliminary reports. Three of to investigate what the children were hers, while happened and who was the fourth, an 11-year-old, responsible. was a friend. The leaders of the Black told authorities they U.K., France and Ger- got lost in the woods and A mother, her three children and another child sit on the side of Sherman Kennedy Road shortly after many — who remain authorities located them Monday morning. The group had been on a swimming trip in the Blackwater parties to the 2015 Iran See SEARCH, A5 River State Forest Sunday when they got lost. [DEVON RAVINE / DAILY NEWS] nuclear deal — said in a statement that “there is no other plausible expla- nation” than that “Iran bears responsibility for this attack.” Trump insists he never asked for Biden dirt British Prime Minis- ter Boris Johnson said late Sunday while flying By Lisa Mascaro and remained largely silent amid investigating the former vice to New York that the Mary Clare Jalonick the reports that the president president and his family as U.K. is now “attribut- The Associated Press pressured Ukraine’s leader to a way of helping his own ing responsibility with help investigate political rival reelection prospects. a very high degree of WASHINGTON — Con- Joe Biden at the same time the “It’s very important to talk probability to Iran” for gressional Democrats on White House was withhold- about corruption,” Trump the attacks by drones Monday pressed their ing $250 million in aid to the told reporters as he opened and cruise missiles on demands for full disclosure Eastern European nation. meetings at the United the world’s largest oil of a whistleblower’s com- Trump acknowledged Nations. “If you don’t talk processor and an oil President Donald Trump plaint about President Donald the phone call and said he about corruption, why would field. He said the U.K. speaks during a meeting with Trump and intensified calls didn’t want to give money you give money to a country would consider taking Pakistani President Ashraf for impeachment. Trump to Ukraine - if there were that you think is, is corrupt?” part in a U.S.-led mili- Ghani at the InterContinental insisted anew he did nothing corruption issues. Trump’s Later Monday, Trump tary effort to bolster Barclay hotel during the United wrong in his conversation comments raised further denied telling the Ukraine Saudi Arabia’s defenses. Nations General Assembly, with Ukraine’s leader that is questions about whether he president that his country Iran’s foreign on Monday in New York. [EVAN at the center of the complaint. improperly used his office VUCCI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] Republican lawmakers to pressure the country into See DIRT, A5 See ATTACKS, A5 TODAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Panama City News Herald Diversions ...................... 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