County: We will respond to dog bites
CALLAWAY -- County officials stressed Monday that animal control officers will respond to dog bites in a timely manner. On Sunday a teenager was bitten by a German shepherd / doberman mix breed and...
View ArticleFormer Bay medical examiner Dr. Sybers dies of lung cancer
PANAMA CITY — Dr. William Sybers, the former medical examiner for the 14th Judicial Circuit who was the focus of a 2001 murder trial and then a 2003 plea agreement charging him with killing his wife...
View ArticleMotorcyclist dies from crash injuries
LYNN HAVEN -- The Panama City man seriously injured Thursday in a motorcycle crash died Sunday, according to Kent Forest Lawn Funeral Home. Alan Lee Paul was 35. He was married and had four children,...
View ArticleJury selected to hear bankers’ case
PANAMA CITY -- Attorneys for the federal government and three former leaders of a failed local bank spent all day Monday selecting nine women and five men to spend the next two weeks serving as jurors...
View ArticleShooter turns down deal, trial goes forward
PANAMA CITY — Joseph Moody declined a last minute plea offer from prosecutors Monday just before the beginning of his trial on a first-degree murder charge for allegedly shooting and killing his...
View ArticleMan arrested in Family Dollar robbery
PANAMA CITY -- A Panama City man has been charged with the armed robbery of the Family Dollar at 297 W. 15th St. The Panama City Police Department said Michael Lee Harris, 52, entered the store...
View ArticleTeens arrested in school burglary
PANAMA CITY -- Two teenagers have been arrested in the burglary of Margret K. Lewis School at 203 N. East Ave, the Panama City Police Department said Monday. Arrested were Khryee Antonio Howard, 13,...
View ArticleSheriff: Two will be charged in weekend homicide
CHIPLEY — The slaying of a Washington County man whose body was discovered near his family’s old farmhouse Sunday morning was a crime of opportunity, authorities said Monday. James Shores, 66, of...
View ArticlePolice: Slaying suspect had spare gun
PANAMA CITY -- There was a loaded rifle in the truck Joseph Moody rushed to after he shot his ex-girlfriend, according to police during the first day of testimony in his trial for first-degree murder....
View ArticleCellphone images allowed as evidence
PANAMA CITY -- Cellphone images of a Bay County couple allegedly having sex while a 2-year-old was present will be admitted as evidence following an appeals court decision Tuesday. A three-judge panel...
View ArticleTestimony begins in bankers' federal trial
PANAMA CITY — Much of Tuesday afternoon in the trial of three leaders of a failed local bank was spent on testimony about the 2008 rollout of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Temporary...
View ArticleTestimony begins in bankers' federal trial
PANAMA CITY — Much of Tuesday afternoon in the trial of three leaders of a failed local bank was spent on testimony about the 2008 rollout of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Temporary...
View ArticleOne person seriously injured in PCB crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH - One person was seriously injured in a traffic crash on Back Beach Road and Lullwater Drive at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night. According to a news release from the Panama City Beach...
View ArticleDetails emerge in bankers’ trial
PANAMA CITY — There was no way executives on trial didn’t know they’d signed over their banks as collateral on a loan they’d received to placate regulators who felt they were undercapitalized, a...
View ArticleMoody: Planned suicide led to killing ex-girlfriend
PANAMA CITY — Joseph Moody’s voice trembled as he testified he intended to kill himself the day he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend. “I loved her,” Moody said. “We saw how much you loved her,”...
View ArticlePolice announce detour in St. Andrews for Wall of Remembrance
PANAMA CITY - The Panama City Police Department announces a four-day road closure to accommodate the Wall of Remembrance honoring those military personnel that have fallen in the line of duty while...
View ArticleUpdate: Moody found guilty of first-degree murder
PANAMA CITY — A former Panama City firefighter will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend more than a year ago. Jurors found Joseph Moody, 41, guilty of first-degree...
View ArticleWitness’s deal draws defense scrutiny
PANAMA CITY — Defense attorneys tried to raise questions about a key government witness and his deal with prosecutors during the third day of witness testimony in the trial of three former leaders of...
View ArticleMotion for dismissal denied in road rage case
MARIANNA -- Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Judge William Wright has denied a motion to dismiss charges against a motorcyclist accused of shooting at a motorist at a Jackson County gas station. Kevin...
View ArticleBanker trial is ‘goobered up’
PANAMA CITY — Judge Richard Smoak closed the first week of the trial of three leaders of a failed local banking company with some instructions for the attorneys: un-goober this trial. “Right now,...
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