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City may allow weather station on water tower
The city council has tabled action on a request to place a real-time weather monitoring station on a City of Perry water tower until city staff can research concerns with…
County seeks state funding for Beach Road, Dark Island Road and Buckeye Nursery Road
The Taylor County Commission is seeking state funding to resurface Beach Road, Dark Island and Buckeye Nursery Roads.…
City retains Curtis as attorney
City Attorney Ray Curtis has agreed to continue to serve as the city’s legal counsel, after the city council voted to move the start time of its twice-monthly meetings to…
Cold Christmas!
While Santa may not deliver a white Christmas for Taylor County this year, weather forecasters are calling for an extremely cold one, with temperatures predicted to fall into the low…
Citrus growers bracing for ‘catastrophic’ freeze
Taylor County’s budding citrus industry is bracing for a potentially “catastrophic” freeze over the Christmas weekend, prompting local farmers to take every precaution possible to protect their groves.…
Merry Christmas!
More than 350 local families were blessed with Christmas meals thanks to a partnership between West Fraser (Perry Mill) and Second Harvest of the Big Bend. Vehicles lined Byron Butler…
TCES will have new principal
Taylor County Elementary School (TCES), which has received a “D” school grade for the past two years and continues to struggle with low student proficiency scores, will be under new…
Council alarmed over fire hydrants
Despite hearing the “good news” that 97.7% of the City of Perry’s water utility assets are rated “fair” or better, the city’s two newest council members criticized city staff about…
Flag flap
Following one of several tense exchanges between the council and staff during the city’s Dec. 13 meeting, City Public Works Director Chester McAfee (right) relocated the state and U.S. flags…
Could city water rates double in 5 years?
The City of Perry’s water infrastructure includes 17 buildings, 436 fire hydrants, more than 1,000 valves and 731,204 linear feet of water lines.…
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