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Credits for city utility customers?
City Councilwoman Shirlie Hampton has proposed the city use its allotment of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to help city customers offset a portion of utility fee increases…
COVID cases drop by 42%
The Omicron COVID-19 surge appears to have finally peaked locally, after Taylor County reported the first week-to-week drop in new cases since December. According to the latest report from the…
Dyal shares good school news
The Taylor County School District has partnered with the Florida Prepaid Scholarship Program and will receive a $3,500 scholarship to be awarded to a local student this year. Under the…
2 key school posts open
The Taylor County School Board is currently accepting applications for two key positions, including the district’s director of instruction and assistant director at Big Bend Technical College (BBTC). “The director…
City to recognize Juneteenth holiday
The City of Perry has voted to recognize “Juneteenth National Independence Day” as a federal holiday, amending its policy to add June 19 to the list of paid days off…
‘Animal Army’ donates 33 new dog beds for local shelter
By ANGELA M. CASTELUCCI / Managing Editor One look at those sad puppy dog eyes and the converted blue plastic container that was the big red dog’s only protection from…
Rescue Act to fund sewer fix
The City of Perry has opted to dip into its share of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay for an estimated $175,000 sewer line repair project in a…
Lundy, Mitchell file to run for election in ’22
Longtime Taylor County School Board member Danny Lundy (District 4) has filed to run for a potential eighth term in office, while Ernestine Laverne Mitchell is the second candidate to…
Dysfunctional Family Reunion set March 3-6
Iron Horse Mud Ranch has received a county special event permit needed to hold its latest “Dysfunctional Family Reunion” event on March 3-6. Because the event is expected to draw…
DMH sees rise in COVID admissions
With two straight weeks of record-setting numbers of COVID-19 cases in Taylor County, Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) is now seeing an increase in COVID-related admissions. “While the State of Florida’s…
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