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Commission agrees to include school district’s1/2-cent surtax referendum on November ballot
The Taylor County Commission has agreed to place a referendum on the November general election ballot – at the request of the Taylor County School Board — allowing voters to…
SRWMD temporarily banning off-highway vehicles for fire risk
Due to high fire danger conditions, the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) is temporarily banning the use of all “off-highway vehicles” (OHV) on district lands.…
16 arrested in drug roundup
Over the course of 48 hours earlier this week, the Perry Police Department (PPD) successfully culminated a comprehensive, long-term narcotics investigation aimed at disrupting the sale and distribution of illicit…
Fire chief declares county-wide burn ban
Less than 48 hours after recommending the county hold off on implementing a county-wide burn ban, Taylor County Fire-Rescue Chief Dan Cassel reversed course and issued a “mandatory burn ban”…
The Grove developers asking city council to restructure incentives
The Perry City Council is being asked to revisit and restructure an incentive package it adopted in 2022 for the developers of “The Grove at Perry,” who face a March…
Coastal waterway clean-up efforts underway
Efforts to clean up Hurricane Helene debris from Taylor County’s coastal waterways kicked off this week.…
Perry man indicted on federal drug charges
Deontae David Bernard Watkins, 43, of Perry, has been indicted in federal court for two counts of possession with intent to distribute multiple illegal drugs, possession of a firearm in…
Local CVS pharmacy is set to close by the end of May
The local CVS store, which has been a mainstay at the corner of Jefferson Street and Hampton Springs Avenue since it was built in 1996, will close at the end…
GP fined for 115,000-gallon ‘unauthorized discharge’ into Fenholloway in February
Just two days prior to the state holding a public meeting here in Perry on a draft wastewater permit that would allow Georgia-Pacific (GP) to move the discharge point of…
9,000-acre Georgia fire covers Taylor in smoke
As of Tuesday, the Florida Forest Service (FFS) was actively battling more than 100 wildfires that have burned an estimated 12,000 acres across the state, as Florida continues to experience…
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