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Fugitive nabbed in Louisiana

PANAMA CITY - Fugitive David Izaiah Faciane was located and apprehended in Slidell, Louisiana, Bay County Sheriff's officials said in a Monday news release. Faciane is wanted in Bay County on five...

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BP sets up anti-fraud hotline for spill claims

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP has set up a hotline for people to report alleged fraud involving claims arising from the company's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Monday's launch of the hotline...

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State turns down USF request to exhume bodies

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A state agency is turning down a request from researchers at the University of South Florida who want to exhume human remains at a now-defunct Panhandle reform school. Secretary of...

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PCB man charged in parking lot shooting

PANAMA CITY — A 27-year-old Panama City Beach man was charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a man after negotiations on the terms of an illegal drug transaction failed. Sonny Eric...

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Bay District has new principals, transportation director

PANAMA CITY - Bay District Schools superintendent appointed a new director of transportation and two new principals for the upcoming academic year, a school district news release stated. Bill Husfelt,...

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3 injured when crash spills hot tar

GRAND RIDGE - Three people were injured Monday morning in a three-vehicle crash that left a tanker full of hot tar overturned near the intersection of State 10 and State 69, according to the Florida...

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Woman killed in crash

CHIPLEY - A 28-year-old Westville woman was killed Monday morning after she crashed the pickup truck she was driving on Interstate 10 in Washington County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol....

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Accused perjurer faces new charge

PANAMA CITY — An expert witness and accused perjurer was arrested again last week after prosecutors in St. Lucie County filed another perjury charge against him. John Lloyd is scheduled for trial in...

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AG Holder criticizes stand-your-ground laws

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Stand-your-ground laws that allow a person who believes he is in danger to use deadly force in self-defense "sow dangerous conflict" and need to be reassessed, Attorney General...

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USF researchers still want to exhume bodies

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — University of South Florida researchers are asking state officials to reconsider their request to exhume bodies at a former state reform school in the Florida Panhandle....

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Drone crash at Tyndall; U.S. 98 to be closed for up to 24 hours

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE – An unmanned Air Force QF-4 drone, assigned to the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, crashed on the drone runway during take-off at 8:25 a.m. today, officials wrote in a news...

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Record fine issued for violations // DOCUMENT

PANAMA CITY — The owner of one of Bay County’s largest employers pleaded guilty Wednesday to environmental violations and paid the largest criminal fine ever assessed in Florida for wetlands...

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Liberty school superintendent accused of theft, official misconduct

BRISTOL -- The superintendent of Liberty County Schools turned herself in to the local sheriff’s office Wednesday after being charged with grand theft, official misconduct and failing to disclose...

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Drone crashes at Tyndall // MAP

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — A 35,000-pound drone crashed at the end of a runway during takeoff Wednesday morning, closing U.S. 98 for more than 24 hours. The drone is a converted Phantom jet fighter...

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Sheriff’s Office warns of identity theft scheme

LYNN HAVEN -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of an identity theft scheme involving mail fraud. Targets of the scheme are mailed a letter from U.S. Airlines, a fictional company....

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U.S. 98 reopens following drone crash // Detour Map

PANAMA CITY — Tyndall Air Force Base security on Thursday reopened U.S. 98, which cuts through the Air Force base property. The highway had been closed after the crash of an unmanned Air Force drone...

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Martin case prompts recall of Anderson death, trial

PANAMA CITY — The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin may have put salt in a locally unhealed wound. Six years ago, a jury ruled seven officers and one...

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Man killed in Gulf County crash

PORT ST. JOE -- A Georgia man was killed late Friday night when the vehicle he was driving ran off U.S. 98 in Gulf County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to FHP, a Lexus driven by...

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Palm Beach sergeant with "foot fetish" facing sex changes

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A veteran Palm Beach Sheriff's sergeant is facing sex charges after allegedly using his department-issued video camera to record a teenage girl. The Palm Beach Post reports...

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2 swimmers missing off PCB

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Two swimmers were missing in separate incidents late Saturday after entering the Gulf on a day that the National Weather Service warned of high risk of dangerous rip currents. When...

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