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$470,000 in school funding on ballot
While Tuesday’s general election ballot does not contain any local races, it does feature one key local issue – a local option tax that is utilized by the Taylor County…
Low ranking on health outcomes to be addressed
Recognizing that Taylor County ranks among the bottom tier of Florida’s counties when it comes to community health outcomes — including cancer and pneumonia mortality rates double the state average…
Close call
It was a close call for a driver traveling north on Highway 19 near Josh McCall Road on Wednesday afternoon when his vehicle left the roadway and he overcorrected, causing…
City seeks 2 citizens to serve on police, fire pension boards
Do you have a desire to help City of Perry police officers and firefighters? The city council is seeking two local citizens to serve on the pension boards for the…
Taylor County joins ‘Operation Green Light’
In advance of the upcoming Veterans Day holiday, Taylor County government buildings will be illuminated green from Nov. 7-13 as part of Operation Green Light, joining other counties and parishes…
DMH will create a Patient Family Advisory Council
Expressing a desire to “see the hospital through the eyes and ears” of former patients or family members, Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) is creating a new advisory council as part…
City owed $1 million for gas
An out-of-place decimal point in a spreadsheet resulted in the City of Perry underbilling Super-Pufft Snacks approximately $1 million for natural gas usage over the past two years.…
Fatal ‘Road to Nowhere’ crash
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is conducting a traffic homicide investigation into a crash that claimed the life of a 21-year-old Taylor County man and sent four other people to…
8U War Eagles win division championship
The Perry Elite Under 8 (8U) War Eagles punched their ticket to the state championship game with an impressive 47-0 win over the Albany Seahawks last Saturday at Lowndes High…
Worker badly burned installing fiber cable
A contractor installing fiber optic internet cable along Hwy. 19 was seriously injured in an electrical accident on Tuesday, Oct. 25.…
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