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City moves to replace playground equipment at Jerkins
Despite facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexpected road repair costs associated with a pair of suspected sinkholes, the city council recently voted to move forward with purchasing replacement…
Former boyfriend assaults woman
Three minutes. In just three short minutes, a Perry woman was assaulted and terrorized by a former live-in boyfriend as police officers raced to her home on West Richard Bell…
Old Dixie sidewalk bids are in
Taylor County has received three bids to construct a sidewalk running along Old Dixie Highway from Jefferson Street to Plantation Road. At the commission’s Tuesday, March 16, meeting, Taylor County…
IRS extending income tax deadline to May 17
Those who have been putting off filing their annual tax return received some welcome news this week, as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Wednesday that the federal income tax…
Local grad helping produce nasal swabs for COVID tests
By ASHLEY LOMBARDO Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) recently stepped up to support nationwide COVID-19 containment efforts through the production of nasopharyngeal swabs. The nasal swabs are printed batch by…
County talks business licenses after complaints
Complaints over a handful of vendors setting up on county right-of-ways outside of the boundaries of January’s Fiddler Crab Festival in Steinhatchee has sparked the Taylor County Commission to take…
Victim assaulted in front of her child
A Perry man is being held on a $50,000 bond after allegedly assaulting a woman by dragging her by the hair to his car and then punching her in the…
Commission appoints three to water/sewer, recreation boards
The Taylor County Commission has appointed one new member to the Taylor Coastal Water & Sewer District (TCWSD) board of directors as well as the Taylor County Recreation Advisory Board…
City of Perry’s cash reserves have dropped from $16-17 million to $6.5 million over past 15 years
Over the past 15 years the City of Perry’s unrestricted cash reserves have dwindled from an estimated $16-17 million down to less than $6.5 million — not including $2.3 million…
Warrant yields 76 grams of meth
Investigators discovered trafficking amounts of methamphetamine – nearly 80 grams – while executing a search warrant at a home on Granger Drive Monday. The discovery led to the arrest of…
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