UPDATED: Crash stops traffic, knocks out power
PARKER -- A traffic crash at the foot of the DuPont Bridge in Parker injured one person and caused delays to commuters Thursday afternoon. The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. at the intersection of...
View ArticleAppeal dropped, meth charges dismissed
PANAMA CITY — A judge dismissed several felony charges Thursday against a man and a woman suspected of meth trafficking after the state abandoned an appeal of the judge’s order to suppress key...
View ArticleHome invasion trial ends with conviction
PANAMA CITY -- Jurors convicted a 27-year-old Callaway man whose plan to rob a lottery winner was foiled when the victim told him she kept her money in the bank, not in her home, according to the...
View ArticleAttorneys expect resolution in ex-mayor’s case
PANAMA CITY — Attorneys on both sides of a case against a former Springfield mayor charged with a felony for allegedly violating a stop-work order from the state of Florida said during a hearing...
View Article4 arrested after drug investigation
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A two-month investigation by the Bay County Sheriff’s Office culminated with the seizure of two pounds of ICE methamphetamine and seven handguns and the arrests of four people. On...
View ArticleDairy managers charged with animal cruelty
GRACEVILLE — The managers of a Graceville dairy were arrested Friday on charges of neglecting about 90 dairy cattle. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the arrests...
View ArticleFHP investigating man's death
PANAMA CITY - The Florida Highway Patrol spent Sunday investigating a man's death. Officials found a truck on the water near the Shoreline Circle Boat Ramp Sunday morning. They found the man's body...
View ArticleUpdate: FHP investigating Lynn Haven man's death
LYNN HAVEN - The Florida Highway Patrol has released a few more details about an incident that left a Lynn Haven man dead Sunday. Bay County Sheriff's deputies were called to the Shoreline Circle Boat...
View ArticleDeath investigation continues
PANAMA CITY Troopers and deputies are awaiting autopsy results and an official determination into what caused the death of a 65-year-old man whose body was discovered early Sunday morning, a trooper...
View ArticleFDLE lab fallout continues
PANAMA CITY — Prosecutors had a lot of work dropped on their plate in the wake of the arrest of a former state crime lab drug analyst accused of stealing prescription drugs submitted as criminal...
View Article'Attractive Convict' Woman Sues, Claiming Invasion of Privacy
In the early hours of July 25, 2010, a Hillsborough jail deputy snapped a routine booking photo of Meagan Simmons, who had been arrested on a DUI charge. In the picture, her head appeared slightly and...
View ArticleBCSO searching for missing spring breaker
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing Spring Break visitor and is asking for the help of the public to locate him. Reny Jose, a 21-year-old student of Rice...
View ArticleBikers’ buds mourn loss of two
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Cock-A-Doodle-Do, a team in the Monday night billiards league at Foghorn’s, started shooting before two of its members arrived. “They were on their way here,” bartender Amy...
View ArticleBiomedical waste burns
PANAMA CITY -- Nobody was injured when a biomedical waste bin burned in Panama City Tuesday night. Susan Trout, who is visiting her daughter from Virginia, was passing EnviroMed of Bay County at 1625...
View ArticleMan convicted of robbing 90-year-old
PANAMA CITY -- A Bay County jury convicted Charles E. Cannon on Tuesday of robbing an elderly woman in her Youngstown home. Assistant State Attorney Christa Diviney told jurors in her opening...
View ArticleK9 memorial service set
CALLAWAY -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is sponsoring a K9 Veterans Memorial Service Sunday at 1 p.m. at Veterans Park, 5916 Cherry St. in Callaway. The event is held each year to honor past,...
View ArticleNew details released about search for missing spring breaker
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The search for a spring breaker missing since Monday evening continued Wednesday without results. Members of Reny Jose’s family were in Bay County Wednesday to assist the Sheriff’s...
View ArticleLaw enforcement beefing up PCB patrol // PHOTO GALLERY
PANAMA CITY BEACH — As the number of spring breakers increases in Panama City Beach, so does the number of law enforcement officers. After a cold and quiet start to the season, officers with the...
View ArticlePolice: Pregnant mom spoke of demons before drive into ocean
DAYTONA BEACH — The pregnant South Carolina woman who drove into the Atlantic Ocean with her three children strapped in the backseat had been talking about demons just hours before she plunged into...
View Article'We desperately just want him home'
PANAMA CITY BEACH - The family of a missing spring breaker has issued a statement asking for help in finding the 21-year-old college student. "The family of Rice University student, Reny Jose, would...
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