Deputies seek credit card fraud suspect // VIDEO
PANAMA CITY - Deputies with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office are looking for information on a man suspected of using of someone’s credit card without permission. The suspect is described as a white...
View ArticleAlleged cannibal goes on trial
PANAMA CITY — A three-judge panel in Connecticut Monday began the work of deciding whether a man arrested in Lynn Haven on charges he killed and ate pieces of a homeless man is guilty of murder or...
View ArticleUPDATED: Parasailers injured in crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH — At least two people were injured in a parasailing crash Monday afternoon, officials and witnesses said. Witnesses said strong winds tossed two young women, possibly in their mid-...
View ArticleNew details released in parasailing crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A pair of Indiana teenagers were in critical condition after a parasailing crash Monday afternoon, officials said. Witnesses said strong winds from a passing storm tossed two...
View ArticleProsecutors want to use Zimmerman school records
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A prosecutor in George Zimmerman’s murder trial on Tuesday tried to pick apart the statements of a Sanford police detective was a prosecution witness but gave testimony that...
View Article2 face federal charges in alleged PCB kidnapping
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two men are now in custody facing federal charges linked to the alleged kidnapping of a woman who walked into a Mississippi police station saying she had been abducted in...
View ArticleFriends pray for teens hurt in parasailing crash
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Friends of two teenagers badly hurt in a Florida parasailing accident have gathered in their northeastern Indiana hometown to pray for their recovery. Organizers say groups of 20...
View ArticleWoman dies after single-vehicle crash
BONIFAY -- A woman from Lockhart, Ala. died Thursday from injuries received when she lost control of her SUV and crashed in Bonifay on Wednesday. Candace Faith Capshaw, 20, was traveling north on...
View ArticleInjured teens still critical; Aquatic Adventures calls parasailing crash...
PANAMA CITY BEACH — In the company’s first public statement since two teenage girls were critically injured in a parasailing crash in Panama City Beach, Aquatic Adventures extended their sympathy to...
View ArticleCocaine found ashore near City Pier
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- An elderly couple found a package of cocaine that washed ashore near City Pier in Panama City Beach on Monday, according to Panama City Beach Police Chief Drew Whitman. The couple...
View ArticleRain, alcohol can be deadly combination July Fourth, authorities say
PANAMA CITY — Americans buy more than 23 million cases of beer on July Fourth, accounting for slightly more than 5 percent of annual beer consumption in the country, according to the Nielson Company....
View ArticleDirt roads closed in Washington County
All Washington County dirt roads are closed to all traffic with the exception of emergency vehicles and extreme caution should be used on all county paved roads until further notice, according to the...
View ArticleCoast Guard joins parasailing investigation
PANAMA CITY BEACH — The U.S. Coast Guard will investigate the cause of a parasailing incident that injured two teenage girls near Commodore Condominiums this week. The Coast Guard announced its...
View ArticleParents say girls injured while parasailing are progressing
PANAMA CITY — Parents of the two teenage girls involved in a Panama City Beach parasailing crash described the events that unfolded this week as “a nightmare.” Families of 17-year-olds Sidney Renea...
View ArticleWoman falls to her death from balcony
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A 22-year-old woman from Tennessee died Thursday afternoon when she fell from the 10th floor balcony of a Panama City Beach condominium. According to a press release from the Bay...
View ArticleTeens continue recovery after parasail crash
PANAMA CITY -- Two 17-year-old girls critically injured in a Panama City Beach parasailing crash are continuing their recovery at Bay Medical Center, their families said in a news release Friday....
View ArticleMan allegedly resisted arrested after stealing TV
PANAMA CITY BEACH -- A man allegedly fought with police Friday when he was arrested for stealing a flat-screen TV from a Target store in Panama City Beach, according to police. Employees of Target at...
View ArticleParasailing industry avoids regulation
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A proposed law that failed to pass during the most recent legislative session might have prevented an incident Monday that left two Indiana teens in critical condition. At least...
View ArticlePlea resolves old shooting case
PANAMA CITY — A drawn-out attempted murder case charged in 2010 came to an end last week when a defendant who’s spent his entire adult life behind bars pleaded no contest to lesser charges in a plea...
View ArticleFlood damage widespread at PCB apartment complex // PHOTO GALLERY
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Jim Speer pointed to a line of grass clippings stuck on his front door at the Gulf Highlands apartment complex in Panama City Beach. The line was nearly one foot high. “Right...
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