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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.…
30% of TCMS students
were signed out on Wed.
Despite fast action by school officials and law enforcement in response to alleged threats of violence made by a Taylor County Middle School (TCMS) student, an unsubstantiated claim on social…
DMH ‘Colleague of the Year’
Emergency Department Registered Nurse Emily Groom, a 21-year healthcare veteran described as the local hospital’s “go-to” nurse, has been recognized as Doctors’ Memorial Hospital’s (DMH) “Colleague of the Year.”…
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