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SBA loans available for businesses impacted by Tropical Storm Elsa
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private…
DNA on cigarette butt leads to arrest
More than a year after the crime was reportedly committed, DNA on a cigarette butt found at the scene of a burglary has led to the arrest of a Perry…
Schools report 66 COVID absences
With the number of positive COVID-19 cases rising rapidly over the past two weeks, parents have been forced to adjust to constantly-changing guidelines, while the school district has grappled with…
City council resorts to Zoom to reach quorum
With one council member quarantined at home due to COVID-19 and another absent, the city council turned to Zoom technology in order to have the necessary quorum needed to conduct…
County outlines property rights in comprehensive plan
The Taylor County Commission has approved an amendment to the county’s comprehensive plan, adding a property-rights element to the county’s guiding planning document. The change was required by recent state…
Mixon named District Teacher of the Year
What made you feel special in school? A teacher greeting you by name in the hallway? A quick hug welcoming you when you walked into class? Being told “good job”…
1 teen killed, 5 injured
A young man with an old soul. That is how family and friends are remembering 15-year-old freshman student Waylon Barber, who died Saturday, Jan. 15, in a rollover crash that…
High-speed chase ends here
A woman wanted on multiple felony warrants out of Leon County led officers on a high-speed chase through three counties on Highway 19 Monday afternoon before the chase ultimately ended…
COVID cases double to 361 in a week
With the COVID-19 Omicron surge now in full swing locally, cases in Taylor County more than doubled last week to 361, the second-highest weekly total reported since the beginning of…
DMH prepares for vax mandate after court rules
Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court halted a federal requirement that employees of large-scale companies be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly tests, however, the court also upheld a…
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