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School absences plummet by 75%
COVID-related absences in the Taylor County School District plummeted from 101 absent individuals to just 25 two weeks after the district shut down for two days as a “preventative measure”…
COVID cases drop by 50% in the past week
Taylor County’s recent surge of COVID-19 cases appears to be improving, with the number of new positive test results falling to just half the amount recorded the week before. According…
‘He set the standard for local newspapers’
Longtime Perry Newspapers’ publisher Donald D. “Don” Lincoln, who died Sept. 9, started his career in the news business “from the bottom up,” helping his older brother with his newspaper…
‘We remember…’
Members of the Taylor County High School JROTC Bulldog Battalion Saber Guard greeted visitors for a 9/11 Memorial ceremony held at the school Friday, Sept. 10. Cadets oversaw the program,…
Glover: ‘Intentions for the closure were successful’
When the Taylor County School District hit the “reset” button earlier this month due to the rampant COVID absences and quarantines, one school was averaging 200 absences a day. But…
DMH CEO gives COVID update
Although the ongoing Delta-variant surge of COVID-19 has strained staff and facilities at Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH), hospital officials are expressing some optimism that the worst may have come and…
15 COVID-19 deaths at DMH since July 1
Fifteen people have died from COVID-19 at Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) since the start of the Delta-variant surge in early July. DMH CEO Chris Schmidt provided the latest death toll…
3 jailed for armed robbery in Stein.
Three Steinhatchee residents are under arrest for armed robbery and being held on $1 million bonds each after allegedly luring their victim to an isolated area during the early morning…
Shoaf hosts community forum here on Sept. 14
Florida State Representative Jason Shoaf will host a “legislative community forum” here in Perry on Tuesday, Sept. 14 to hear from constituents prior to the start of committee meetings in…
‘Pam is in that building!’
Twenty years ago, Shirley Scott’s day started like any other, lounging around in the morning, talking on the phone with a friend and watching television. Then she saw news of…
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