Panama City News Archives

The first new airport to open in the U-S since September 11, 2001 will begin takeoff in May 2010 near Panama City.

A Panhandle jury has found a convicted sex offender from Georgia guilty of raping and killing a 13-year-old Panama City girl.

On Thursday, at approximately 2:30 p.m. the Washington County Sheriffa TMs Office received a call in reference to a burglary at a home on Piney Grove Road.

The Panama City Police Department is currently investigating a case of Lewd and Lascivious Battery that reportedly occurred on October 22, 2009.

Accused killer Matthew Caylor said his attack on 13-year-old Melinda Hinson was so sudden it took them both by surprise.

CLICK HERE to listen to MJ's Greatest Hits album! Michael Jackson 's planned 50-date London concert series never came to fruition, but 80 hours of rehearsal footage from the show - owned by AEG Live and sold to Sony - were whittled down to a 111 minute mosaic montage by would-be concert director Kenny Ortega.

An unmanned NASA rocket designed to help develop a new space taxi service to the moon streaked through the sky on Wednesday on a successful two-minute test flight.

The Department of Justice is filing a civil suit against 7 people accused of promoting a tax return scheme.

The Panama City Police Department announces the arrest of four individuals involved in theft of copper wire.

The Florida Highway Patrol is reporting a traffic fatality at the scene where two children were struck by a car this morning off Back Beach Road.

The new Michael Jackson record "This Is It" hits stores around the world on Monday, kicking off a week of money-spinning events dedicated to the "king of pop," but the outlook for the two-disc album is decidedly mixed.

The Panama City Police Department has filed additional charges against the man who fired shots at the John Lee Nissan Building, damaging several cars.

The Panama City Police Department arrested and charged 26-year-old Jonathan Devin King with three three counts of Aggravated Assault and one one count of Criminal Mischief.

Madonna launched the construction of a multi-million dollar girls' school she is building in Malawi on Monday and pledged to build similar schools in other countries if the project succeeds.

The governors of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi have announced the launch of an alliance designed to create an aerospace and aviation corridor from Panama City, Fla., to Louisiana.

"When we think of identity theft. People immediately think about computers. But when we look at how the victims are having their information compromised only about 11-12%. The rest is happening through paper trail," Karen Szulczewski, of the Better Business Bureau said.

Today, Bob Meyers, a Panama City Lions Club member, received the Presidential Volunteers in Service award.

Southwest announced it will begin flying to Panama City, Florida, in May. Details on routes and pricing are not yet available.

A Bahamian Supreme Court judge ordered a retrial late on Wednesday in the case of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from Hollywood actor John Travolta.

The Panama City Police Department is conducting an investigation into an Aggravated Battery that occurred at approximately 1:30A.M. on Thursday morning.

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Kimberly Smith, 18, and James Moore, 21, were a little too talkative with Bay County Sheriff's deputies Monday.

The Panama City Police Department announces the arrest of George Elliot Kirby and Jessica Lauren Nolin.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai must face an election run-off against his main rival on November 7, officials said on Tuesday, to resolve a disputed first round that plunged the country into months of political uncertainty.

Panama City authorities say they may have found evidence that points to arson in a fire that gutted a singlewide trailer at Lot 19 at 2952 East Business 98 Sunday night.

Thousands of people attend the annual Oktoberfest celebration in Panama City, Florida.

Investigators would not confirm the fire as arson, but they say it may have been a set fire.

The Panama City Police Department continues the investigation into a traffic crash that occurred in the intersection of Beck Avenue and west 23rd Street.

Walton County Commissioner Scott Brannon may have a great future in politics. He already seems to have mastered the ability to talk out of both sides of his mouth - albeit somewhat clumsily.

The Panama City Police Department is currently investigating a drive by shooting that occurred at 12th Street and Wilson Avenue on Friday afternoon.

Though the president of Texas-based Coast Products has confirmed Panama City is on his short list of locations where his company - and 100-plus jobs - is thinking of relocating, city commissioners say the deal is still a work in progress.

The initial reasons for the campaign were to raise awareness about the possible dangers and making drivers obey the laws at all times.

The law, designed to make it tougher for meth makers to get their hands on key ingredients, by requiring pharmacies to keep electronic records of customers who purchase over the counter medications containing pseudoephedrine stead of paper records.

Bay County commissioners and Panama City Beach council members have already passed the law, designed to make it tougher for meth makers to get their hands on key ingredients.

Matthew Caylor's first-degree murder case should be ready for trial as scheduled by the end of the month.

Fire trucks and after an explosion at one of the port tenants. Witnesses told us what they saw: "Wambulances rushed through the gates at Port Panama City a little before noon Monday e were walking along the fence and all of sudden a huge cloud of black smoke just came billowing out from behind the building and it only took five or six minutes ...

Five people were killed early Saturday after wrecks in Bay and Jackson counties.

The Panama City Police Department announces the arrest of Louis Miles Treckey, Jr., 63 years of age.

One of the local airports vying for Southwest Airlines was officially named yesterday.

Oct. 6--PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- PANAMA CITY -- Four people were injured, one critically, by a dust explosion Monday at E.B. Pipe Coating at Port Panama City.

Northwest Florida-Panama City International Airport is the name of the first new airport in the United States scheduled to open since Sept.

The first Sunday in October is "Respect Life Sunday," and many chose to take the time to attend the twenty-second annual "National Life Chain." More than a hundred people lined 23rd Street, holding pro-life signs and praying for an end to abortion.

Three Americans won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for discovering and identifying telomerase, the enzyme that renews the little caps on the end of chromosomes whose natural fraying underlies aging and cancer.

Oktoberfest is here in Panama City!!! The Annual Oktoberfest transforms our small, quaint downtown area, into a hustling, bustling, German village!!! You can find accordions and sausage eating contests! Stassenfest along Grace Avenue in the heart of Panama City, and just a few short blocks from the City Marina.

A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa killing possibly more than 100 people, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on Wednesday.

A powerful earthquake, which struck near the city of Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, has killed between 100 and 200 people, but thousands remain buried in rubble, officials said on Thursday morning.

The Panama City Police Department arrested and charged 52-year-old Charlie Miller with Burglary with Battery and Aggravated Assault .

The Panama City Police Department would like to remind the motoring public that OcktoberFest begins today at 5:00 p.m. Font Size: The Panama City Police Department would like to remind the motoring public that OcktoberFest begins today at 5:00 p.m. Therefore, Harrison Avenue south of 5th Street will be closed for the event set up.

Panama City, Fla: The Panama City Rescue Mission is intended as a place for single adults.