Police: Gunman in South Florida standoff lived in building
HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — A man living with his mother in a South Florida apartment complex set their unit on fire and went on a shooting rampage throughout the building, killing six people before being...
View ArticleCredit union website defaced by hacker
PANAMA CITY - The Panhandle Educators Federal Credit Union website was defaced by a hacker Sunday morning. The website’s home page read “Defaced By Silent Attacker” and showed a goth-like figure...
View ArticleOne dead, four others injured in crash
BONIFAY - A Gainesville man was killed and four other people were hurt in a rollover crash Sunday afternoon around 5:30 on State 8, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Dwight Knowles, 57, died...
View ArticleTwo seriously injured in Back Beach Road crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH - Two Panama City Beach residents were taken to Bay Medical Center in serious condition after a wreck on Back Beach Road Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol....
View ArticleAfter wild night deputies find suspect sleeping
PANAMA CITY BEACH - A man suspect of stealing a gun and car and going for a joyride was roused from bed and arrested Monday morning, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel Carmichael,...
View ArticleOfficials: Two found alive after search
Port St. Joe - Officials in Bay and Gulf counties spent Monday night searching for two people who went missing while riding a personal watercraft at about 4:30 p.m. Both individuals were located...
View ArticleStranded in the Gulf, 2 tourists hang on
MEXICO BEACH — The bartender at the El Governor Motel saw the low flying helicopters Monday evening and figured someone had gotten in trouble in the Gulf of Mexico. When Judy Brown swam to the shore...
View ArticleFugitive arrested
PANAMA CITY BEACH - A man wanted for rape in Alabama was arrested Tuesday in Panama City Beach, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies, in partnership with the U.S. Marshal’s North...
View Article‘Best’ meth cook goes to prison
PANAMA CITY - A man who bragged from the Bay County Jail of being the best at cooking crystal meth was sentenced to seven years in prison after making a deal with prosecutors to help his mom out of...
View ArticleFla. Cabinet may give ok for USF to exhume bodies
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott and other top state officials are being asked to grant a request from researchers to exhume human remains at a former reform school. Scott and the members of the...
View ArticleBCSO deputies train for surf rescue
PANAMA CITY BEACH — When the sheriff’s office changed the way they patrol the beach, officials said that while there would be fewer deputies on the sand, the deputies on the beach would be better...
View ArticleAuthorities investigating suspicious death, child neglect
GRACEVILLE — Deputies arrested a woman Tuesday who told them her boyfriend fell on a knife, according to an investigator. Hazel Denise Peacock, 35, of Graceville, called 911 on June 17 after her...
View ArticleRoad temporarily closed after bomb threat
PANAMA CITY BEACH - Front Beach Road near Joan Avenue in Panama City Beach was temporarily closed Saturday morning after a bomb threat. Emergency personnel responded to a crash near the intersection...
View ArticleDriver made bomb threat after crash, Sheriff’s Office says
A man who crashed into a golf cart and seriously injured two people in Panama City Beach on Saturday called in a bomb threat afterward, temporarily closing part of Front Beach Road near Joan Avenue,...
View ArticleMissing teenager found in Walton County
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Walton County officials found a missing 18-year-old Sunday night. Dainier Ernesto Morero went missing on the beach in the area of the Beachcomber by the Sea condos at 17101 Front...
View ArticlePanama City Beach police seek help in finding missing teen
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police are asking for the public's help in finding a mising 18-year-old. Dainier Ernesto Morero was last seen on the beach in the area of the Beachcomber by the Sea condos at 17101...
View ArticleBCSO seeking fraud suspect
PANAMA CITY — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying an individual in a fraud case. The individual was captured on security cameras Saturday using a stolen...
View ArticleDriver charged in boardwalk deaths had Bay legal troubles
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A man who Los Angeles police say implicated himself in a deadly drive down a popular California boardwalk was jailed in Bay County in 2008 after police arrested him for drinking...
View ArticleBeer truck overturns, snarls traffic // PHOTO GALLERY // VIDEO
PANAMA CITY - A Miller Light semi truck landed on its side Wednesday morning. The incident happened near the intersection of U.S. 98 and Sherman Avenue at about 8:15 a.m. VIDEO According to Florida...
View ArticleCoastal Community Bank officials charged with fraud by feds
PANAMA CITY — Federal prosecutors have charged Coastal Community Bank officials with wire fraud, making false statements and making a false Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation claim. Donald Terry...
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