Disbarred attorney arrested Tuesday in Bay County
The State Attorney’s Office will seek prison time when former Destin attorney R. Scott Whitehead appears in Okaloosa County court to answer for his second violation of probation this year. Whitehead...
View ArticleIntermittent lane closures planned for Interstate 10
CHIPLEY — Drivers will encounter intermittent right lane closures on sections of Interstate 10 east and westbound between mile marker 122 (two miles east of State 77) in Washington County and State 81...
View ArticleFDOT holding public forum regarding State 390
LYNN HAVEN — The Florida Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting to discuss the expansion of State 390 on Tuesday. The section of the expansion in Lynn Haven should be the...
View Article'Click It or Ticket' begins Monday
PANAMA CITY — Police will be out employing their Thanksgiving “Click It or Ticket” campaign beginning Monday. The Panama City Police Department said the goal of its “Click It or Ticket” campaign the...
View ArticleUPDATE: BCSO makes record synthetic marijuana bust (VIDEO)
SPRINGFIELD — Two Springfield residents were arrested in the largest synthetic marijuana seizure in Bay County history, Sheriff Frank McKeithen announced Friday. Johnny Vihn Nguyen, 25, and Sarah...
View ArticleMurder suspect’s plea offer revoked
PANAMA CITY — Prosecutors have revoked a plea offer for the man charged with shooting a 20-year-old Panama City Beach man just days after his partner in the armed robbery plot turned state’s witness....
View Article5 arrested after beating at strip club
PANAMA CITY — Five people have been arrested in the wake of an afternoon strip club beating, the Panama City Police Department announced Friday. When officers arrived at Bambi’s Dollhouse, 2915 E....
View ArticleReckless driver gets trapped in burning vehicle
BAYOU GEORGE — A woman who allegedly was driving while intoxicated was injured Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 231. According to Master Sgt. J.D. Johnson of the Florida Highway...
View ArticleFire displaces residents
PANAMA CITY — Authorities are investigating a house fire that has displaced residents, according to a Panama City Fire Department news release. Fire crews encountered high heat and heavy smoke...
View ArticleBookkeeper sentenced for forging church checks
PANAMA CITY — A former church bookkeeper has pleaded to forging 138 church checks worth $38,849 and has been sentenced to 20 years of probation, according to court records. Kelli Elane Space, 38,...
View ArticleMurder trial of man claiming self defense continues Tuesday
PANAMA CITY — The trial of a disabled man who claimed he acted in self defense when he shot his wife and killed her lover began Monday with attorneys arguing Michael Joe McCoy succumbed to jealousy....
View ArticleNaval base to conduct prescribed burns
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Bay County residents living near Naval Support Activity Panama City may soon see plumes of smoke rising as the base conducts “prescribed” or controlled burns of undergrowth in its...
View ArticlePrecautionary boil water notice issued for Callaway
CALLAWAY — The city of Callaway announced Tuesday that due to repairs on a broken water main that shut off water for about two and a half hours between 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., officials issued a...
View ArticleFDLE reviewing information in Chipley
CHIPLEY — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirms it is conducting a “pre-investigation” into the Washington County Clerk of Court’s Office. FDLE is reviewing information received from the...
View ArticleSearch continues for suspect after chase, fatal Wausau crash
WAUSAU — A manhunt is still underway for the man wanted in connection with a high speed chase that led to what is now being classified as a hit-and-run fatal crash in Wausau. Deputies with the...
View ArticleMurder suspect tells 911: ‘I shot two people’
PANAMA CITY — A bullet through the heart ended the life of a man who’d been in a romantic relationship with Michael Joe McCoy’s wife, the Bay County medical examiner testified Tuesday. The murder...
View ArticleArmed Grand Ridge home invasion suspects sought
MARIANNA — Authorities are searching for three males involved in a Grand Ridge home invasion and pistol-whipping in which several long guns were stolen, according to a Jackson County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleSome excited, some wary about 390 expansion
LYNN HAVEN — People were of two minds at a public forum Tuesday night detailing expansion of State 390. Lynn Haven Mayor Walter Kelley voiced one common perspective. “I think they’re feeling good that...
View ArticleSuspect in fatal Wausau crash in custody
VERNON — A suspect wanted in a fatal Wausau crash was located on Tuesday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. Jayvon J. Burns, 35, fled the scene of a fatal crash Monday night and was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing autistic teen found safe
PANAMA CITY BEACH — An autistic teen who went missing on Tuesday was found safe a day later, family and friends said on Wednesday. Braden Bohrer, 14, was last seen at his home in Panama City Beach...
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