Updated: Malaysia PM: plane plunged into Indian Ocean
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A new analysis of satellite data indicates the missing Malaysia Airlines plane crashed into a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said...
View ArticleBCSO: Hathaway Bridge jump was suicide attempt
PANAMA CITY A woman who jumped off the Hathaway Bridge just before noon Sunday was suicidal, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. The woman, who was not identified in a BCSO press release,...
View ArticleCrash injuries could end PCBPD captain’s career
PANAMA CITY BEACH The police captain struck early Sunday morning might never return to work, Panama City Beach Police Chief Drew Whitman said Monday. Capt. Ron Crowson is scheduled to retire after 31...
View ArticleUPDATED: Two injured in scaffolding incident
PANAMA CITY— One man’s heart stopped and another suffered electrical burns after a piece of metal scaffolding made contact with power lines at a church construction site Tuesday morning, according to...
View ArticleDeputies nab domestic violence suspect
Bay County Sheriff's deputies were called to a Panama City Beach home at about 2 a.m. this morning. When they arrived on the porch they could hear through open windows a woman screaming “Please don’t...
View ArticleTwo injured in wreck
PARKER -- Two people were injured, one critically, in a head on collision in Parker Monday afternoon. Joan Peoples, of Parker, was driving a Saturn and Glenda Taylor, a Tyndall Air Force Base...
View ArticleMan convicted of burglary
PANAMA CITY -- Jesse Alan Fortson was convicted Tuesday of burglarizing a Panama City car parts business, according to a news release from the state attorney’s office. Fortson, 31, of 17000 Hernando...
View ArticlePolice: Man moved out, leaving pets to starve
PANAMA CITY — Police Monday arrested a Panama City man after finding three dogs and several small animals dead from starvation in a home he rented. Scott Allen Watkins, 30, was arrested on 12 counts...
View ArticleOwner upset after 2 dogs shot
PANAMA CITY — The owner of a dog a police officer shot last week said his dog has never attacked anyone and police overreacted. Jacob Creighton suggested Friday his dogs were the victims in a case of...
View ArticleBCSO: Indiana man charged after hitting 2 cars, deputy
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Two deputies were taken to a local hospital after an Indiana teenager’s car struck one deputy and rammed two Bay County Sheriff’s Office vehicles late Wednesday night, according to...
View ArticleMan arrested again, just after leaving jail
SOUTHPORT — Just hours after bonding out of jail, a Bay County man was arrested again Thursday after another altercation with his wife in a series of events that stretched from Springfield to...
View ArticleWalker’s attorney in court
PANAMA CITY -- An attorney representing the former mayor of Springfield appeared in court Thursday for a routine pretrial hearing. Robert Walker was not in court; he has filed a waiver of appearance....
View ArticleDeputies deal with 3 overnight rape reports
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Three women told deputies they were raped within a few hours of one another late Thursday and early Friday. The allegations were made between 11:30 p.m. Thursday and 4 a.m. Friday,...
View ArticlePossible FDLE evidence tampering results in new trial
PANAMA CITY — A judge Thursday ordered a new trial for a man convicted of drug possession based in part on the testimony of a discredited drug analyst but left evidence tampering and resisting police...
View ArticleOne killed, two critical after wreck
PORT ST. JOE -- An Eastpoint woman was killed and two people from Port St. Joe were in critical condition in a head-on crash on U.S. 98 east of Good Morning Road Friday afternoon, according to the...
View ArticleMan arrested after hitting hotel guest
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Police have arrested a man for hitting a hotel guest in the head with a gun, causing it to discharge Friday night. Panama City Beach Police arrested Darius Dion Simmons, 23, on...
View ArticleSpringfield police investigate stabbing
SPRINGFIELD - Springfield police are investigating a stabbing incident where the victim was stabbed multiple times with a screw driver before fleeing the area. Police responded to a domestic dispute...
View ArticleUpdated: Police find little evidence to support alleged thrill-killing...
PANAMA CITY — A woman arrested in Sunbury, Pa., on suspicion of killing a man she met on Craigslist claimed in an interview with a newspaper reporter to have killed 22 people, and left parts of them...
View ArticleJail guard charged with battery
PANAMA CITY — The State Attorney’s Office will prosecute a Calhoun County Jail guard for the misdemeanor battery of an inmate, officials announced Monday. Deputy Christopher Doyal is charged with one...
View ArticleOne arrested, one on the lam in burglary case
PANAMA CITY BEACH - Panama City Beach police are searching for a man allegedly connected to several burglaries, according to a news release. On Tuesday officers conducted a traffic stop of a Nissan...
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