Deputy, suspect injured during arrest
PANAMA CITY — A deputy and a suspect in a kidnapping case were both injured this morning near Vinson Road as the suspect was located and arrested, officials said. More details about the extent of the...
View ArticleTourist charged with filming secret videos
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- The past caught up with a Kennesaw, Ga., man this week when he was arrested and charged for allegedly filming some female vacation companions during a visit to Panama City Beach...
View ArticleSt. Joe closes major land sale
WATERSOUND -- The St. Joe Co. announced Wednesday it closed on the sale of 380,000 acres of timberland to Utah-based company AgReserves, Inc. for $562 million. The deal incorporates the majority of...
View ArticleLengthy hunt leads to arrest
WEST BAY — Deputies hunted a man suspected in several crimes for about 24 hours before arresting him after a fight Thursday morning at his home. Two deputies sustained minor injuries after fighting...
View ArticleFamily hopes for missing breaker’s return
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Family members of a spring breaker missing since Monday said Thursday they are pleased with search efforts after meeting with leaders from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, but they...
View ArticleSupreme Court to rule on local murder case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The lawyer for a woman who helped commit a murder in Callaway when she was 15 told the Florida Supreme Court she deserves a new sentencing hearing because of a federal ban on...
View ArticleThis is not a drill // PHOTO GALLERY
A small electrical fire in a classroom caused students at Hiland Park Elementary to evacuate the campus Thursday. No one was harmed and no students were in the classroom at the time of the fire, a...
View Article'All of my stuff is in there'
APALACHICOLA — An early morning fire Thursday largely destroyed a two-story, wooden home built in 1910 on the historic north side of Apalachicola. Emergency officials were alerted to the fire just...
View ArticleWoman found dead, man arrested
SOUTHPORT — A Southport man was charged with murder Friday after deputies discovered a woman shot to death on his back porch. Arrested was Philip Moran of 3609 Conwick Drive in Southport. The Bay...
View ArticleBCSO busts counterfeiting, drug suspects // VIDEO
PANAMA CITY — Local law enforcement on Friday displayed masks, guns, counterfeit money, narcotics and hash vaporizers from two separate busts over the past two days. BayCountySheriff Frank McKeithen...
View ArticleWoman hit by SUV in critical, stable condition
PANAMA CITY -- A woman is in critical condition after being hit by an SUV Friday, a Panama City Police Department news release states. At about 8 p.m. Friday, Kelly Tuggle, 38, was attempting to walk...
View ArticleWoman’s strange death raises questions
PANAMA CITY BEACH — When Samira Mbotizafy Frasch arrived in Tallahassee four years ago from France, she told her new friends about a glamorous past where she modeled for a top agency in Paris and...
View ArticleHome busted for meth, child taken into custody
MARIANNA -- Two adults were arrested and a child taken into state custody Friday after police discovered remnants of materials to cook methamphetamines at a Marianna home, a Jackson County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleMore details released about woman's homicide
SOUTHPORT — A bullet to the back of the head fired from an assault rifle was how a Southport woman was killed Friday, according to law enforcement records released Saturday. A Bay County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleShooting under investigation
PANAMA CITY -- Police are investigating a shooting that happened shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday, Panama City Police Department officials said. The shooting happened near the roadway at 1010 Center...
View ArticleAuthorities honor four-legged partners
PARKER – Jaz, a seven-year-old bloodhound, has tracked down missing children and sniffed out criminals. She has lived, trained and worked with her handler, Deputy Nick Hall, since she was a puppy....
View ArticleWoman arrested, charged in stabbing
MARIANNA - A Marianna woman was arrested in a stabbing case, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. Rowena Dixon was involved in an argument with an unidentified man and reportedly stabbed...
View ArticlePCBPD: Spring Breaker killed in DUI crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A Tennessee teen faces DUI manslaughter charges after a spring breaker was killed Sunday night in a head-on collision. Detectives still are investigating the crash, which occurred...
View Article2 dead in South Walton crash
SANTA ROSA BEACH Two out-of-state 18-year-olds hospitalized with serious injuries Sunday evening after a wreck on U.S. 98 near McKenny Road. Joshua Tilly of Waco, Texas, was driving a 2008 Cadillac...
View ArticleUPDATED: One dead, two injured in Campers Inn fire
PANAMA CITY BEACH — One person was killed and two others were injured in a fire at the Campers Inn campground on Thomas Drive, fire officials said Tuesday morning. The blaze happened at about 3 a.m....
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