Marianna police seek stabbing suspects
MARIANNA — The Marianna Police Department is seeking information on two suspects in a weekend stabbing. Officers responded to Jackson Hospital at approximately 9:17 p.m. on Saturday in reference to a...
View ArticleUPDATE: 3 dead, including gunman, in Sydney siege
SYDNEY (AP) — The deadly siege began in the most incongruous of ways, on a sunny Monday morning inside a cheerful cafe in the heart of Australia's largest city. An Iranian-born gunman burst in, took...
View ArticleHeart to jam Marina Civic Center
PANAMA CITY — Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Heart will perform at the Marina Civic Center on Feb. 27, it was announced on Monday. Tickets go on sale starting Friday at HessEntertainment.net and also by...
View ArticleMexico Beach council enacts boat ramp fee
MEXICO BEACH — After several months of discussion, the Mexico Beach City Council followed in the steps of Port St. Joe during its regular meeting last week by instituting an honor-based fee for the...
View ArticleSpringfield details finances, surplus spending
SPRINGFIELD — Since the city of Springfield disclosed it had a $1,016,346 surplus at the end of fiscal year 2013-14, numerous Springfield residents have called the city asking why commissioners...
View ArticleBCSO seeks credit fraud suspects
The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fraudulent use of credit card information belonging to a local resident. Multiple transactions using this credit card information were made in Bay...
View Article'Stuff the Bus' still has room
PANAMA CITY — Radio host Miguel Fuller joined Skip Bondur for the third annual "Stuff the Bus" campaign, benefiting Toys for Tots, by living on top of the bus located at Auto Brokers of America on...
View ArticleFestivus, nativity return to state Capitol
TALLAHASSEE — A 6-foot-tall stack of empty Pabst Blue Ribbon cans, built to mark the sitcom-inspired Festivus holiday, returned to the Florida Capitol on Monday for a second year. The pole, the...
View ArticlePanama City native patents post surgical bra
PANAMA CITY — It was all about details when surgeon Lea Blackwell set out to design a post-operative bra that would be more comfortable for her breast cancer patients. “Having to look at their breasts...
View ArticlePanama City man dies after crash
VALPARAISO — A Panama City man has died from injuries sustained in a head-on crash in Okaloosa County, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. He is the second driver killed in the wreck....
View ArticleReason for medical office search still undisclosed
PANAMA CITY — Following federal search warrants executed Friday at Gulf Coast Dermatology’s main office, officials of the medical complex were still unsure Monday as to the nature of the search,...
View ArticleWoman briefly abducted, forced to withdraw money
PANAMA CITY — Police are on the hunt for a man who kidnapped a woman at gunpoint Monday and forced an ATM withdrawal before releasing her at a local hospital, according to a Panama City Police...
View ArticleGas prices continue plunge
PANAMA CITY — This fall marked a season of falling gas prices in Bay County and across the U.S., and experts say prices should dip even more before Christmas, paving the way for affordable holiday...
View ArticleMystery man hands out $100 bills in Massachusetts
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — A generous mystery man has made the holiday season a little brighter for employees of two Massachusetts coffee shops. A man wearing a cowboy hat walked into Marylou's in...
View ArticleTaliban siege at Pakistani school ends with 126 dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people before Pakistani officials declared a...
View ArticleMan arrested on drug charges
MARIANNA — The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man who eluded capture on a previous warrant on several occasions. Robert Lee Grant, 29, was arrested Monday on three drug charges, violation...
View ArticleApple wins class-action iPod trial
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — After just a few hours of deliberation, a jury in California has found in favor of Apple in a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit over the price of its iPod music players. The...
View ArticleT-Mobile Wideband LTE available in Panama City
PANAMA CITY — The Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach metropolitan area is one of 120 in the country that now have access to T-Mobile's new high-speed Wideband LTE network. Wideband LTE increases...
View ArticleUPDATE: Ex-Marine wanted in 6 killings committed suicide
PENNSBURG, Pa. (AP) — An Iraq War veteran suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives was found dead of self-inflicted knife wounds Tuesday in the woods, ending a day-and-a-half manhunt...
View ArticleJeb Bush to ‘actively explore’ run for president
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced Tuesday he will “actively explore” a campaign for president, an early move that could pre-empt some other Republicans with White House...
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