Firefighters teach hands-only CPR to shoppers
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Panama City Beach Fire Rescue took advantage of the high traffic at Pier Park to teach the basics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, on dummies for shoppers passing by...
View ArticleMarried couple accused of embezzlement
PANAMA CITY — A married couple has been arrested for allegedly skimming a local security company out of thousands of dollars, according to court records. Shane and Tiana Johns both worked for Lone...
View ArticlePanama City man found dead in car
CALLAWAY — Investigators are looking into the death of a Panama City man they found idling in his car Friday morning with no injuries on a private dirt road, according to Florida Highway Patrol...
View ArticleBoyfriend: Abuse allegations ‘sicken me’
PANAMA CITY — Paul Thomas Carhart does not remember the night he allegedly beat, strangled and nearly killed his girlfriend, he said in a jailhouse interview. Carhart, 63, was attempting to leave his...
View Article‘Terrifying’: Domestic violence higher in Bay than other area counties
PANAMA CITY — Emergency personnel and neighbors surrounded Nancy Helms as she looked up at them, bleeding and drifting in and out of consciousness. She had just fought for her life for more than four...
View ArticleMan who ducked draws attention, arrest
PANAMA CITY — Police have arrested a 28-year-old man who allegedly attempted to outrun them with methamphetamine and several syringes in his possession, according to a Panama City Police Department...
View ArticleMan sentenced for damaging vehicle
PANAMA CITY — A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 24 weekends in jail after pleading to charges he forced a woman off the road and punched the windshield out of her car. Quinn Montel Battles, 28,...
View ArticleBoy behind wall used texts to help police find him
JONESBORO, Ga. — A 13-year-old boy used text messages and photos to help lead police to the small compartment behind an upstairs linen closet where he was being hidden inside his father's and...
View ArticleParade to close Harrison Avenue
PANAMA CITY — Harrison Avenue from downtown to 13th Street will be closed from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday along the annual Jaycees Christmas Parade route. The parade begins at the Panama City...
View Article'Stand your ground' before Florida high court
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — A tourist who felt threatened by another driver and aimed his gun at the man shouldn't have to prove his actions were protected under Florida's “stand your ground law,” his attorney...
View ArticleInvestigators cleared in nude photos of Franklin officer
CARRABELLE — Corrections investigators did nothing wrong when they took nude photographs of a prison guard suspected of having sex with an inmate at a Panhandle prison, a report released by Gov. Rick...
View ArticlePolice: Man arrested after hitting, pointing gun at wife
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police have arrested an Ohio man who allegedly put a gun to the head of his wife after a domestic dispute in Panama City Beach, according to Bay County court documents. Kevin L....
View ArticleFDOT discloses additions to five-year plan
PANAMA CITY — The Florida Department of Transportation announced several additions to the five-year project plan for Bay and surrounding counties Tuesday. The most expansive project — and one of the...
View Article3 seriously injured in truck crash
PANAMA CITY — Three Panama City residents were hospitalized after overturning in a truck several times at high speeds, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. An eyewitness who was driving on...
View ArticleMan with penchant for fighting arrested after brass-knuckle beating
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a brass-knuckle beating that left another man with a broken jaw. Beau Joseph MacGregor, 19, has a history as a young...
View ArticleAgent: Retail theft connected to bigger crimes
PANAMA CITY — The people stealing bras and baby formula might seem relatively harmless compared to abusive spouses or drug dealers, but sometimes their ill-gotten gains reach the Middle East and wind...
View ArticleTexas carjackers thwarted by car's stick shift
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say two teenagers attempting to carjack a vehicle in Houston were foiled by a stick shift. The pair held the motorist at gunpoint last weekend and demanded that he tell them...
View ArticleIntroducing Wanted in Bay County
We’d like to familiarize you with a previous crime feature at newsherald.com that we’ve now revitalized. “Wanted in Bay County” will highlight 10 individuals with outstanding warrants from the Bay...
View ArticleLawyer: No indictment for officer in NYC chokehold death
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose,...
View ArticleMan arrested in golf cart thefts
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A man was arrested and charged with theft of three golf carts taken Nov. 23, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported on Wednesday. Nathan Michael Huston, 38, of 21310 Front Beach...
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