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Deadman’s Curve property purchased
he Taylor County Commission has formally agreed to purchase one of the two pieces of property necessary to widen Deadman’s Curve on Beach Road. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)…
Former applicant sues city
More than three years after the City of Perry filled its city manager position back in 2018, depositions are scheduled to be taken in a lawsuit filed by one of…
Guilty: manslaughter
After nearly four hours of deliberations Wednesday night, a jury found Jarnell “Roosta” Coverson guilty of manslaughter for his role in the Jan. 24, 2018, murder of Keshawn “Chico” Davis.…
Siegmeister plans to plead guilty
Former Third Judicial Circuit State Attorney Jeff Siegmeister will reportedly plead guilty to extortion and bribery charges as part of a plea deal in his federal corruption case. Siegmeister was…
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,…
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