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The Bay County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division solved five burglary cases with the arrest of five juveniles yesterday.

As Bay Countians and visitors celebrate Independence Day this year, local officials are urging the public to keep safety and the law on their list of holiday do's. For starters, most fireworks are illegal in Florida.

A woman was arrested on several charges after she was found allowing her juvenile daughter to operate a motor vehicle without a valid license, according to authorities.

The Bay Medical Blood Center is asking donors to step up efforts in its Save our summer campaign.

Authorities in Calhoun County found two bodies overnight in a residence on Lake Shore Boulevard, near Mossy Pond Road east of Fountain, and it's being investigated as a double homicide, the Sheriff's Office there said Friday.

Joseph Gainer, one of six people swept up in November as investigators were tracking a Fountain grocer's killer, was sentenced Monday.

The Marianna Police Department arrested two out-of-towners on drug charges Friday, following a traffic stop.

A Beach woman accused of lighting her mother's house on fire was arrested Tuesday.

Crime Stoppers of Walton County, Inc. is currently looking for information on the following suspects who are wanted as of May 5, 2009.

A man wanted in Bay County in connection to the slaying of an exotic deer February 16, 2009, was taken into custody today in Jackson County.

Troopers were investigating four traffic-related fatalities in Bay and Walton counties by Monday night.

The Florida Highway Patrol is reporting that it responded to a traffic fatality this morning at 6:44 a.m. at Silver Lake Road at the intersection with Sanjo Road in Fountain.

Crime Stoppers of Walton County, Inc. is currently looking for information on the following suspects who are wanted as of February 20, 2009.

A man was arrested Wednesday on charges of molesting a 14-year-old girl after authorities recovered an apology note he allegedly wrote to his victim.

A wreck Friday afternoon leaves two Bay County men in critical condition at the hospital.

Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen announced the arrest of a Bay County man Tuesday, in reference to the robbery which occurred at Roese's Grocery on Saturday, February 7, 2008, in the early morning hours.

The man investigators suspect of shooting at a couple early Monday morning in Fountain, Fla has been taken into custody by the Bay County Sheriffa TMs Office.

A new water bottling plant in Marianna should be in full production some time next month, according to T.J. East, the plant manager for Ice River Springs' local operation.

Two murder cases went before Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet on Tuesday for trial dates.

This is just our opinion. But telling a cop to "Tase me in the face" doesn't sound like a great idea.