Bay County News

Sheriff Frank McKeithen will hold a press conference this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Bay County Sheriff's Office at 3421 N. Highway 77, Panama City.

A pesky pest that took over the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina has been found in Bay County.

Sheriff Frank McKeithen announced at a press conference today the details of a multi-agency operation in which 16 residential search warrants were executed in Bay County.

Around or about 06-15-2009 the Marianna Police department received numerous reports of thefts from unlocked vehicles in an area of a residential neighborhood north of Lafayette St.

Two Bay County men accused of possessing child pornography were arrested Monday, according to Bay County Jail records.

A Fountain family is just learning they've lost their home in a devastating fire.

State 77 motorists will encounter three separate lane closures in Lynn Haven and Southport this week, according to a release from the Florida Department of Transportation.

Kathleen Ziegler lives only 10 minutes from the current Panama City airport, site of new development plans for shopping, housing, parks and dining after air operations move to a new location under construction near West Bay.

Panama City plans to extend the lifelines of two of its community redevelopment areas, but the Bay County Commission would like an opportunity to talk it out.

There is still some uncertainty with the school board's budget for the next fiscal year.

Paul Fuder either took a "gun to a fistfight," as the prosecutor said Monday, or was an unscathed party in a gun battle.

Now there's another disease to report: tuberculosis. According to the Department of Health, this is nothing to be alarmed about and they are taking measures to make sure it doesn't spread.

10. Open scalloping areas on Florida's Gulf coast extend from the west bank of the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County to the Pasco-Hernando county line near Aripeka.

The Bay County Sheriffa TMs Office is looking for a man who escaped from a prison in Greensboro, North Carolina on March 14, 2009.

Time equals money. A contract extension of downtown Community Redevelopment Areas may cost the Bay County commission too much.

Bay County commissioners expect an almost 12% drop in property values, which translates directly to a loss in revenue.

As of Monday; there are three confirmed cases of Swine Flu, H1N1, in Bay County - one 2 year old female, one 5 month old female, and one adult male in his 20s.

The Bay County Health Department has confirmed the first case of Swine Flu in Bay County.

A dog is headed home today after being missing for more than a year and a half. Bear, a 5-year-old Lhasa Apso, was picked up as a stray in Springfield on Wednesday.

The Bay County Sheriff's Office responded to a call at about 4:00 this morning placed by the Florida Highway Patrol.