More arrests made in escape case
PANAMA CITY — Seven arrests have been made in the case of a suspect who managed to escape police custody while handcuffed in the back of a squad car. Ryan William Farmer, 27, managed to snake his...
View ArticleUpdated: PCPD investigating early morning slaying
PANAMA CITY — Panama City Police are investigating a Christmas Day slaying. Wilbert Angelo Faison, 56, was shot at about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the Panama City Police Department. He...
View ArticlePCPD names 'person of interest' in Christmas Day slaying
The Panama City Police Department has named a "person of interest" in a Christmas Day slaying and is asking for help locating the man. A news release describes the person of interest as Stephen...
View ArticleSpringfield fire under investigation, firearms missing
SPRINGFIELD — Officials are investigating whether a burglary sparked the destructive fire of a Springfield residence earlier this month. Besides missing electronics, jewelry and fur coats, the main...
View ArticlePolice file on Newtown shooting to be released
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The planned release Friday of thousands of pages of police documents from the investigation into last year's school massacre in Newtown could shed additional light on the world of...
View ArticleBobby Bowden's grandson killed in crash
WINTER HAVEN — Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden’s grandson was one of two men killed when their car flipped into a small ditch off a central Florida road, officials said Thursday....
View ArticlePolice arrest Panama City Beach man on sex crime charges
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 35-year-old Panama City Beach man under investigation since early this month has been arrested on suspicion of several sex crimes, according to the Panama City Beach Police...
View ArticleTargets in BP settlement inquiry assail findings
NEW ORLEANS — Nearly six months after a federal judge appointed former FBI director Louis Freeh to investigate alleged misconduct inside the settlement program for compensating victims of BP's 2010...
View ArticleGovernor pardons Panama City man
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Pat McCrory granted pardons on Friday to two men who completed their sentences at least 30 years ago and have each become parts of their respective communities. McCrory's office...
View ArticlePolice searching for man who robbed home
MARIANNA -- Police are looking for a man who robbed a Marianna home with a long rifle Friday, a Marianna Police Department news release stated. The robbery happened at about 9:27 p.m. Friday at a home...
View ArticleSentencing reform set to pass, co-sponsor says
PANAMA CITY — Mandatory minimum sentencing reform for drug offenses will pass the state Legislature in 2014, its Senate co-sponsor predicts. State Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker, is confident the bill (SB...
View ArticleTop 10 #2: Still no regulations after parasailing crash
The News Herald is publishing its annual countdown of the top 10 stories of the year. These were the stories reporters and editors felt were the most important in Bay County in 2013. The series will...
View ArticleFree rides offered on New Year’s Eve
PANAMA CITY BEACH — On New Year’s Eve in 1982 Richard “Spud” White, the owner of White’s Wrecker Service, responded to a car accident that involved an entire family. He found two adults and a...
View ArticleChristmas slaying investigators charge man with lying
PANAMA CITY — Detectives investigating the Christmas morning shooting death of a Panama City man have released a man described as a “person of interest” without charges, and arrested another man for...
View ArticleReport confirms coyote killed Bay Point cats
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A long-awaited report from an animal advocacy group might put to rest fears someone has been mutilating house cats in Bay Point. Analysts with the American Society for the...
View ArticleEx-BP engineer: Juror misconduct tainted oil spill trial verdict
NEW ORLEANS — Lawyers for a former BP engineer convicted of trying to obstruct a federal probe of the company's 2010 Gulf oil spill claim juror misconduct tainted the guilty verdict and warrants a new...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing man found
SOUTHPORT — Albert Earnest Burkey was found Friday morning unharmed and in good condition, the Bay County Sheriff's Office reported. Below in an earlier version of this story: SOUTHPORT -- The Bay...
View ArticleFamily faces aftermath of deadly fire
MARIANNA — One of the four women who died in a New Year’s Day house fire had rushed back into the burning home attempting to save the people trapped inside, her brother said Thursday. Cynthia Pete,...
View ArticleWoman dies in Jackson County crash
MARIANNA — A passenger in a minivan was killed Thursday afternoon in a collision on Interstate 10 in Jackson County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The victim was identified as Doris Krupp 50, of...
View ArticleThree injured in car crash
ALTHA -- A Hosford man was taken to Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System on Friday in critical condition, and two others were seriously injured after a crash east of Altha, according to the...
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