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Prosecutor: Banker duped others before duping FDIC

PANAMA CITY — Prosecutors say they have obtained evidence that one of three bankers charged with bilking the government out of millions of taxpayer dollars had done the same thing to a local investor....

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Teen killed in early morning wreck

MARIANNA - A 16-year-old was killed early Saturday morning when his vehicle ran off State 71 south of Marianna in Jackson County. Nolan Bailey Musgrove was driving south on State 71 at or near the...

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PCPD investigating early morning kidnapping

A woman was abducted Monday morning but managed to get help thanks her cell phone, police said. An employee at the Waffle House on 1901 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard told police that when she left...

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As family mourns slain mother of 5, tragedy traced

Shirley Maples wrote a poem in 1993 for a couple whose daughter had died tragically. Over the years, as more of her friends' children died, she adapted the poem for each child, making it specific for...

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Halliburton manager gets probation in Gulf spill

NEW ORLEANS — A former Halliburton manager apologized to his family and friends Tuesday before a federal judge sentenced him to one year of probation for destroying evidence in the aftermath of BP's...

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Police: Kidnapping was hoax, woman arrested

PANAMA CITY -- A woman who told police a man kidnapped her and forced her to drive him several hundred feet before he tied her up and left her in the car has been charged with lying to police after...

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Beach Police prepping for Spring Break

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Patrolling Panama City Beach during Spring Break is something the city police department cannot do alone. The Panama City Beach Council will consider a resolution Thursday to boost...

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State House candidate charged with DUI

PANAMA CITY — A state House candidate was arrested and charged with driving under the influence last month but says he plans to stay in the race, despite the “great embarrassment.” Tho Bishop, 24, was...

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7th charge filed against firefighter in rape cases

Deltona firefighter Terry Freeman II, who has been accused of sex crimes by 12 women, incurred another charge Tuesday, a Volusia County sheriff’s spokesman said. Freeman is charged with sexual battery...

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'Idol,' football score week's Nielsen win for Fox

NEW YORK — Last week, it was Fox's turn to shine. Rebounding from a fourth-place finish the previous week, Fox rode football and "American Idol" to the top of the prime-time ratings, according to...

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Man convicted of burglary

MEXICO BEACH -- A Panama City man was found guilty Wednesday of breaking into a Mexico Beach hotel room and battering two of the occupants, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Convicted was...

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Former airman sentenced for child porn

PANAMA CITY — A former airman stationed locally was sentenced Wednesday to more than eight years in prison for three counts of child exploitation stemming from possession of child pornography,...

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Deputy injured in traffic accident

A Bay County Sheriff’s deputy and an Indiana woman are in the hospital after a wreck Thursday. Bay County Sheriff’s Office Field Services deputy Cpl. Daren Priest, 43, Panama City, was transported to...

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BCSO: Suspected burglar commits suicide

Bay County Sheriff's deputies were closing in on a suspected burglar Thursday when he took his own life, officials wrote in a news release.  The incident began with a call from Knollwood Street in...

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Haney student charged with marijuana possession

LYNN HAVEN -- A 16-year-old Tom P. Haney Technical Center student was arrested Thursday on a charge of felony possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school, according...

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Man charged with sex crime on child

PANAMA CITY — Springfield police have arrested a man suspected of raping a child for the second time since 2010. Larry Jacob Stanfill was arrested Thursday after a father brought his 7-year-old girl...

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Man inside closed store arrested

LYNN HAVEN -- A burglary suspect was arrested early Friday inside a grocery store, according to Lynn Haven Police. Arrested was Stephen Malcolm Owens-Lewis, 21, Panama City. He was charged with...

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Marianna man killed in single-vehicle crash

A 53-year-old Marianna man was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash in Jackson County. The wreck happened at about 5:50 p.m. on Magnolia Lane near State 71, according to a news release from the...

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BCSO looking for vending machine suspects

PANAMA CITY — Two men have been compromising vending machines, and the Bay County Sheriff’s Office wants your help to find them. The men have been on a vending machine compromising spree, with...

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More remains excavated at Fla. reform school yard

TAMPA — The remains of 55 people have been unearthed from a graveyard at a former reform school with a history of abuse, researchers said Tuesday. University of South Florida researchers began...

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