Bodies of two swimmers recovered
PANAMA CITY BEACH – The bodies of two men who disappeared while swimming off the coast were found Sunday, Panama City Beach police reported. Tony Underwood Jr., of Rex, Ga., drowned Saturday in the...
View ArticleFlight paramedic honored
MARIANNA — In June 2007, Marie Patterson retired from Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System as a paramedic. A month or two later the phone rang, and the voice on the other end said: “Marie, do...
View Article‘Pain to power:’ Ceremonies honor Trayvon Martin, rally black community
PANAMA CITY – Leaders from the local black community spoke Sunday at a youth empowerment rally that Bay County Branch NAACP president Rufus Woods said helped turn “anger to action, and pain to power”...
View ArticlePCB tour boats fined for illegal dolphin feeding
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Three Bay County tour boat companies are facing fines for unlawfully feeding wild dolphins in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, but at least one of the companies says...
View ArticleMan in critical condition after second floor fall
PANAMA CITY BEACH - A 33 year-old man from Mexico is in critical condition at Bay Medical Sacred Heart after he fell from a second floor balcony at the Days Inn at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday night at...
View Article1 missing, 1 rescued from capsized vessel
Law enforcement officials from both the Franklin County sheriff’s office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are searching this afternoon for a missing oysterman. According to...
View ArticleTAFB member charged with possession, distribution of child pornography
PANAMA CITY — An airman stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base has been arrested and jailed after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges stemming from his alleged possession and distribution of...
View ArticleOysterman missing; 1 rescued
WG HED: Oysterman missing; 1 rescued By DAVID ADLERSTEIN 653-8894 | @ApalachTimes APALACHICOLA — One person was rescued but another is missing after an oystering vessel overturned in bad weather...
View ArticleOysterman’s body recovered from bay
APALACHICOLA - The body of an oysterman was recovered this afternoon in Apalachicola Bay about a mile east from where his small boat went down Monday morning in a thunderstorm. Capt. Chester Creamer,...
View ArticleMotorist killed in Southport wreck
SOUTHPORT - An 85-year-old Southport man died Tuesday after a crash on a motor-powered bicycle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Linwood Railey Shiflett was cruising on 4th Street near 4th...
View Article2nd parasailing crash victim enters rehab
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- The father of a northeastern Indiana teenager recovering from a Panama City Beach parasailing crash says she's reached another milestone. Eric Good of Roanoke said Tuesday that...
View ArticlePolice: Body might be missing person
Police investigating the death of a person whose body was discovered hanging from a fence near the interstate Wednesday morning believe the person was reported missing in March. Police have not...
View ArticleDrone explosive device detonated
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE -- The self-destruct device from the drone that crashed July 17 was destroyed by the explosive ordnance disposal personnel on Wednesday, according to Herman Bell, chief of...
View ArticleTrain jumps tracks
PANAMA CITY — After five years living near train tracks on East Seventh Street, Eric Geraci has grown accustomed to the sound of trains passing, but there was something different about the one that...
View ArticleUpdated: One person killed in Wednesday night fire
PANAMA CITY — A fire in a Panama City mobile home park Wednesday night killed a man and a dog, a fire official said. Four units with the Panama City Fire Department responded to a call at 11:32 p.m....
View ArticleFHP: Marianna man killed in crash
MARIANNA - A Marianna man was killed in a single vehicle crash Wednesday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Michael N. Stripling, 55, was driving a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina north on State 71...
View ArticleSpringfield clerk arrested // DOCUMENT
SPRINGFIELD — Police arrested former Springfield City Clerk Anne Andrews on felony charges of fraudulent use of a credit card and grand theft Thursday afternoon. According to police reports, Andrews,...
View ArticleRecords: Inmates discussed murder plot
PANAMA CITY — The defendants charged with mutilating and killing a 90-year-old Lynn Haven man cased his house after they were put up to it by a woman who wanted to inherit his property, according to...
View ArticleAttorney: Homicide investigation was ‘sloppy’
PANAMA CITY — A murder suspect’s attorney questioned Bay County Sheriff’s deputies during a hearing Friday about what she called “sloppy” work during a murder investigation. Kim Dowgul filed a motion...
View ArticleOff-duty deputy saves child in Parker park
PARKER — Sgt. John Murnan was at Under the Oaks Park in Parker last weekend, enjoying a birthday party with his son, daughter-in-law and their children. The party was going swimmingly when the...
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