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TCSO will lease body, car cameras for $60,000 a year
The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) will spend nearly $60,000 a year over the next five years to lease body cameras and in-car cameras for its deputies. According to Taylor…
Center St. open for traffic
Downtown Perry motorists celebrated the re-opening of Center Street Tuesday, as the City of Perry announced the bridge adjacent to Rosehead Park was deemed safe to handle traffic based on…
Report: School teachers, administration 95% white
The Taylor County School District has a significant inequity when it comes to the number of minorities employed in both instructional and administrative roles. That was the message Tallahassee attorney…
$390,000 in CARES Act funds distributed locally in Phase II
Although a number of applications are still being processed, nearly $390,000 has already been given out through the first four weeks of Taylor County administering a second phase of local…
DMH hires new director for ER
As part of an effort to regain patient trust and shed the “band-aid station” label, Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) has appointed a new medical director over its Emergency Room (ER).…
Rain or shine, the bluegrass music flowed
A series of rain showers this past weekend could not dampen the spirits at the 19th Florida State Bluegrass Festival, the first major entertainment event held in Perry since the…
Nearly 1 in 4 Taylor students behind?
In the wake of “learning losses” associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly one in every four students – a total of 615 students or 22% of all those enrolled in…
Federal drug trafficking indictment handed down
A Perry man was indicted on drug trafficking charges in federal court Thursday, just two months after complaints from neighbors led members of the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) Drug…
City may cut youth recreation
The Perry City Council has formally notified the Taylor County Commission that it intends to pull out of its long-standing arrangement to help finance public recreation — namely youth baseball…
Howell hangs up his hardhat
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer With his retirement package in hand, Vance Howell turned in his Georgia-Pacific ID badge and drove out the gates of the Foley Cellulose Mill…
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