This is the ninth animal testing positive for rabies in Bay County this year.

Mars Curiosity is about to take its first sip of the red planet's sand. But only after NASA's rover plays bartender to make sure the dry dust is shaken, not stirred.

Lawyers in the Casey Anthony civil defamation case agreed today not to bring up her murder trial if they could avoid it.

Bay County – A raccoon killed in a neighborhood southeast of the intersection of Highway 79 (Arnold Road) and Panama City Beach Parkway has tested positive for rabies. This is the ninth animal testing positive for rabies in Bay County this year. This year rabid animals have also been found in Parker, Callaway, Fountain, and in other areas of Panama City Beach.

The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 02-10-23-27-36.

Julie Kay McDonald faces up to 30 years in prison.

Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries Consumer Food Safety inspectors continue to conduct recall effectiveness checks in retail grocery stores and wholesale food warehouses for the expanded recall on Peanut Butter products.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott says that the state's beleaguered oyster industry needs help to survive.

Authorities say at least 1 person has died after a single-engine plane crashed Wednesday morning into a wooded area about a mile from the Gary airport

Raphael Morris, 20 years of age, was apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Task Force on October 2, 2012, at approximately 8:45 pm in Panama City, Florida. Morris is charged with an open count of Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Robbery.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the woman responsible for snatching an elderly woman’s wallet and using her credit cards to steal $400 from her.

There are five advisories at this time.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify a couple that are believed to have taken two televisions from the Wal Mart on Tyndall Parkway in August, 2012.

Recent storms and inclement weather have extended the completion date to mid November.

Florida Governor Rick Scott is scheduled to sit down with Franklin County residents at a local fire station.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation warned licensees against providing personal identification information to unknown individuals or companies who have made unsolicited contact with them.

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The Bay County Sheriff’s Office arrested four recently in connection to approximately 5 burglaries at a local elementary school.

Sheriff Michael A. Adkinson Jr. announces the arrest of Caleb Oxford Peters, 20, of DeFuniak Springs, FL. Peters was arrested in the early morning hours of October 2, 2012 after deputies responded to a call in which the complaint stated that Peters had sexual relations with her 13 year old child.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of man who drowned in the Sunnyside area of Panama City Beach today. Ronald Anderson, age 68, was observed walking in shallow water, falling face first into the water, and was then pulled onto the sand by witnesses. Anderson was taken to a local hospital where he died. Ronald Anderson was a visitor to Panama City Beach from Clinton, Tennessee.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office issued a scam alert this afternoon after a complaint was filed by a local victim who lost $75,000 in the scam.

All three people who were shot outside a Veterans Foreign Wars Post in Florida have died.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a missing Bay County man.

Health Advisories have been issued for Grayton Beach Access, and Holly Street Beach Access based on the enterococci standard recommended by the EPA. This should be considered a potential health risk to the bathing public.

On October 1st, 2012 at approximately 6:39 p.m., officers with the Marianna Police Department responded to the Best Value Motel located at 4168 Lafayette St. in reference an Armed Robbery.