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10% of students miss school due to COVID
Roughly 10% of the Taylor County School District’s student body was not in school on Thursday, while some 50 staff members were also out, many due to COVID-19. According to…
‘The glue that holds our school together’
Longtime Big Bend Technical College (BBTC) employee Liddie Davis was recognized as this year’s “School-Related Employee of the Year” on Tuesday. “She is the glue that holds our school together,”…
DMH reports ‘slight uptick’ in COVID admissions
While a record number of new COVID-19 cases are being reported in Taylor County, Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) has seen only a “slight uptick” in COVID patients requiring admission to…
Record number of COVID cases reported here
Taylor County reported 496 new cases of COVID-19 last week, the largest number for any seven-day period since the start of the outbreak nearly two years ago. The previous local…
Coverson trial underway as he faces charges over 2018 death
“You should have heard the way he screamed,” Assistant State Attorney John Weed began Tuesday, addressing the jury during opening statements in the trial of Jarnell “Roosta” Coverson, who is…
Man arrested after bomb threat
Staff at the local CVS had a harrowing experience Saturday when a man told them he had a bomb and was going to detonate it inside the store. The suspect,…
School board considers plan to ‘grow our own teachers’
Superintendent of Schools Paul Dyal proposes the local school district “grow our own highly-qualified teachers,” under a teacher recruitment program presented to the school board during a workshop held last…
District receives a $70,000 grant to start early education program
Local high school students who wish to pursue a job as a preschool teacher will soon have a chance to get a head start on the necessary coursework, thanks to…
County abandons Keaton sidewalk after public outcry
While the Taylor County Commission still plans to seek state funding for a possible sidewalk along Johnson Stripling Road and Ash Street near Taylor County High School (TCHS), the board…
Century names Redfield medical director
Century Ambulance has appointed Colby Redfield, M.D. as its EMS Medical Director for Columbia County and Taylor County’s 911 services. In this position, Redfield is responsible for consulting with Century…
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