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....
View ArticleTeen 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...
View ArticlePCPD 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...
View ArticleAs 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...
View ArticleHalliburton 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...
View ArticlePolice: 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...
View ArticleBeach 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...
View ArticleState 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...
View Article7th 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...
View Article'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...
View ArticleMan 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...
View ArticleFormer 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,...
View ArticleDeputy 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...
View ArticleBCSO: 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...
View ArticleHaney 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...
View ArticleMan 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...
View ArticleMan 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...
View ArticleMarianna 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...
View ArticleBCSO 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...
View ArticleMore 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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