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$4,000 bonuses for teachers unlocked
The Taylor County School District has received approval to move forward with paying nearly $1.2 million in retention/incentive bonuses to its instructional and non-instructional employees. The district had previously announced…
City gets first of two $1.7 million Rescue Act allocations
The City of Perry has received the first of two $1.7 million payments from the federal government as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). City Manager Taylor Brown…
Dyal: ‘Glad to be back’
During his first official week in office, interim Superintendent of Schools Paul Dyal has not only been reviewing new policies put in place since he last held the office five…
Hayfield fire
An apparent failure in a hay baler resulted in an “out of control” grass fire at a property located off West Highway 98 Wednesday afternoon, according to Taylor County Fire…
New fire station cost $600,000 over budget
Progress on constructing a new county fire station north of Perry hit a major snag this week after the two bids received for the project were more than double the…
Social Security benefits rise 5.9%
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will receive a 5.9% annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2022 — the largest increase since 1982. Beginning January 2022, the 5.9% COLA…
Help on the way?
The City of Perry is one step away from having access to the much-needed inmate labor provided by state prison work crews. All local governmental agencies have been seriously affected…
Man arrested for trafficking meth
A long-term joint investigation by the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) and the Perry Police Department (PPD) resulted in the arrest of a local man for trafficking methamphetamine on Monday.…
TCSO seeking 3 for storage unit break-in
The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) is seeking three suspects in connection with a break-in at Taylor Storage Center located on Highway 19 South shortly after midnight Friday, Oct. 15.…
‘Low’ levels of red tide detected
While a pair of water samples taken off the coast of Taylor and Dixie counties in the past week detected “low” and “very low” levels of red tide, there have…
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