Investigation continues into fatal plane crash // VIDEO
CALLAWAY — Helicopters churned in a cloudless blue sky early Wednesday morning, scouring the deep woods of southeast Bay County for the wreckage of a Destin-bound plane. By then, more than an hour had...
View ArticlePilot in fatal crash worked for 'special missions' firm
SHALIMAR — At 11 a.m. Wednesday, Kevin Camilli, a director of Shalimar- and Destin-based Grey Aviation Advisors and Solutions Inc., was anxiously awaiting word on whether it was his company’s plane...
View ArticleManager of county animal shelter resigns
PANAMA CITY — Bay County animal shelter volunteers unearthed discrepancies about the head of Animal Control’s educational background, which ended her tenure Tuesday. Carol Treftz became the third Bay...
View ArticleEarly morning fire sends 5 to the hospital
CALLAWAY – Christmas lights still hung from the eaves of a smoldering Callaway home Wednesday afternoon after a fire destroyed most of it in the early morning hours. Callaway Fire Department responded...
View ArticleUPDATE: More arrests to be announced after prison escape
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is announcing more arrests in the case of two murderers who used forged documents to get out of prison. The department is holding a press...
View ArticleTarget: 40M card accounts may be breached
Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach that occurred just as the holiday shopping season shifted into high gear. The chain said that...
View ArticleWhat do you think of the Duck Dynasty controversy?
Phil Robertson, the straight talking patriarch of the A&E reality show Duck Dynasty has been removed from the show indefinitely because of remarks he made in an interview with GQ magazine. “It...
View ArticleBCSO: Victim shot while trying to rob drug dealer
The Bay County Sheriff's Office has arrested one person in a shooting that stemmed from a drug robbery, the agency wrote in a news release. Santeni Green, 31, was charged with aggravated battery with...
View ArticleBody discovered near St. Andrew Bay
Panama City Police are investigating a death at W. Beach Drive and Fairland Avenue this morning. The fully clothed body of a male was discovered near St. Andrew Bay earlier at about 10 a.m. Further...
View ArticleVeterans wanted to run businesses
PANAMA CITY — With an abundance of veterans coming home from overseas and a desire to cultivate stable businesses within Bay County, Panama City officials see potential. “Over the last few months, I...
View ArticleGlenwood reps disagree with CRA spending
PANAMA CITY — A disagreement over how tax money should be spent surfaced again at a recent Panama City Community Redevelopment Agency meeting. The debate centered around whether money collected...
View ArticleTOP 10 STORIES OF 2013: No. 10, Fresh faces on campus // Online ballot
Editor's Note: Beginning Sunday, The News Herald is publishing its annual countdown of the top 10 stories of the year. These were the stories reporters and editors felt were the most important in Bay...
View ArticleMan charged with felon possessing gun
GRAND RIDGE -- A Grand Ridge man who called the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office to complain that people were chasing and shooting at him was himself arrested Saturday. Charged with being a convicted...
View ArticleThe show goes on again at a once dead theatre
PANAMA CITY — After a brief downbeat, a local music venue is up for an encore. Owners Anthony Brunelle, Josh Guidry and Matt Guidry of the A&M Theatre in downtown Panama City are bringing back the...
View ArticlePolice searching for handcuffed man who escaped patrol car
Anyone who sees a white male about five feet eleven inches tall and 160 pounds with dark hair and hazel eyes is asked to call 911. He may be wearing handcuffs. Ryan William Farmer escaped a patrol car...
View ArticleBalloons, a tree and a Christmas memorial
PANAMA CITY – Multi-colored helium balloons whirled in the heavy winds Sunday afternoon as a Panama City woman prepared a tribute to her late husband. Barbara Coker lost her husband, Frank “Bud”...
View ArticleOut of the Past: Log, timber inspector comments on life in Apalachicola in 1872
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of articles from an old Apalachicola diary. The diary of Samuel A. Floyd, a log and timber inspector of Franklin County, continues: January 14, 1872 -...
View ArticleProperty owners unhappy with RV storage plan
PANAMA CITY — The county Planning Commission angered some property owners this week by recommending a land-use change that would allow an RV storage facility to go up in a neighborhood. For the second...
View ArticleSports Top 10: 9 - Scoring record falls in All-Star Classic
PANAMA CITY — Short-handed as it was, the West girls all-star team was not short on firepower in the Halifax All-Star Classic in April. Taliah Moore, who topped the 1,000-point mark in a stellar...
View ArticleTop 10 Stories of 2013: Arrival of F-22s delayed for a year // Online ballot
The News Herald is publishing its annual countdown of the top 10 stories of the year. These were the stories reporters and editors felt were the most important in Bay County in 2013. The series will...
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