Lynn Haven conducting death investigation
LYNN HAVEN - The Lynn Haven Police Department is investigating the unattended death of a man found in Sharon Sheffield Park Monday morning. The body of Robert Lewis Cohee, 61, of 802 W. 10th Street...
View ArticleTwo attorneys challenge sitting judge
PANAMA CITY — Two area attorneys are trying to oust an incumbent in the race for 14th Judicial Circuit judge. Attorneys Shalene Grover and Gerard Virga will be on the ballot, along with Judge James...
View ArticleCity removes judge candidate’s signs
PANAMA CITY — Panama City code enforcement officers removed between 60 and 70 political signs for a judicial candidate because they were illegally put up at the wrong place and time. The city does not...
View ArticleVictim’s wife, daughter sentenced in killing
PANAMA CITY — A widow was sentenced to seven years in prison for her role in her husband’s death, and her daughter was sentenced to three years and is required to testify against her husband for...
View ArticlePolice seek man in sporting goods theft
PARKER -- Parker police are asking the public to help them identify a man who stole several hundred dollars worth of sporting goods from a local retailer. Police released photos of a white man in...
View ArticleBCSO will honor fallen officers
PANAMA CITY -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office will hold its annual Memorial and Awards Ceremony Wednesday to honor law enforcement officers that have died in the line of duty in Bay County. Sheriff...
View ArticleState prepares for fourth trial of murder defendant
PANAMA CITY — State prosecutors are preparing for their fourth attempt at convicting a Fountain man charged with the stabbing, shooting and bludgeoning death of his friend and neighbor. The state’s...
View ArticleHusband accused in wife’s beating death held without bail
DAYTONA BEACH — The man accused of beating his wife to death in their South Daytona apartment earlier this week will be held without bail, a judge decided Tuesday. Christopher Haag, 38, looked...
View ArticlePolice officer, scout leader among those charged in child porn sting
NEW YORK — A police officer, a paramedic, a rabbi, a nurse and a Boy Scout leader were among at least 70 people arrested in the New York City area in recent weeks as part of a sweeping investigation...
View ArticleBCSO honors the fallen // PHOTO GALLERY
PANAMA CITY — A large black bell tolled with the release of nine balloons representing lives lost in the line of duty. The names of nine local law enforcement officials with nine families, who made...
View ArticleNuisance buildings back on PCB's agenda
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The Panama City Beach Council on Thursday afternoon is scheduled to discuss an ordinance designed to help the city more quickly recoup its costs of fixing up or demolishing...
View ArticleStudent charged for gun at school
PANAMA CITY — One student faces criminal charges and likely expulsion after he caused another student to bring a gun and ammunition onto a school campus Tuesday, law enforcement and school officials...
View ArticleMan indicted on charges of child pornography
PANAMA CITY -- A Panama City man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts involving the receipt and possession of child pornography. The office of Pamela C. Marsh, U.S. attorney for...
View ArticleBlotter: Note to self: Do not head butt police
The Blotter is a look at some of the unusual things that happen on the crime beat in Bay County. If anything, conventional wisdom should tell us: definitely do not head butt the police after refusing...
View ArticleUpdate: Teen killed in Thomas Drive crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH – A Louisiana teenager is dead after being run over on a sidewalk, police reported Thursday. Mark Garrard Robertson, 17, was returning to his room at the Boardwalk Beach Resort, 9450...
View Article3 injured when truck hits school bus
SOUTHPORT — A box truck hit the rear end of a school bus as it was dropping off an elementary school child at 2 p.m. Thursday on County 388 near Winterhill Road in northern Bay County. The bus driver...
View ArticleWoman nearly drowns at apartment complex
PANAMA CITY -- A female resident of Vieux Carre Apartments was transported to Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center on Friday after nearly drowning in the pool at the apartment complex. The woman, whose...
View ArticleWoman seriously injured in crash
BONIFAY -- A Bonifay woman has been hospitalized after hitting with two concrete culverts early Friday morning. Florida Highway Patrol responded at 3:25 a.m. to a traffic crash about 200 feet west of...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2 killed overnight in Millville
PANAMA CITY — Two men are dead after a shooting early Saturday at the Hop N Pop gas station in Millville. Police are searching for four suspects in connection to the shooting shortly after 2 a.m. at...
View ArticleNTSB investigates plane crash
FOUNTAIN — Federal investigators were at the scene of a deadly small plane crash in northern Bay County searching for clues that might help them determine what caused the Sunday morning crash. Bay...
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