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Century Ambulance to clock in on Jan. 1
Century Ambulance Service will officially take over emergency medical services (EMS) in Taylor County next week, after the Taylor County Commission unanimously approved a five-year contract with the company. The…
Foley Cut-Off project in default
Taylor County officials have declared the company hired to complete the ill-fated Foley Cut-Off resurfacing project is in default of its contract and will seek financial compensation from the bond…
Perry native one of first to receive vaccine
By ANTHONY WHITE / Contributing columnist How do you fight fear and uncertainty during a pandemic when thousands of Americans are dying each day? How do you open a long-term…
FWC approves stricter flounder bag, size limits in Florida waters
At its December Commission meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved changes to the management of Florida’s flounder fishery. “A stock status update suggested that the flounder…
School district audit report is clean again
The Taylor County School District received a clean bill of health from the Auditor General’s Office, with no findings of fault for the past fiscal year (2019-20), marking close to…
Schools give 2.5% raises
Taylor County School District administrators will receive a 2.5% pay raise for the current fiscal year, before transitioning to an expanded “step” pay system that will guarantee a minimum of…
Personnel, salary talks held outside of Sunshine Law?
While state law allows a school board to meet in executive session to discuss legal strategy or union negotiations, there are a limited number of exemptions which allow a meeting…
Christmas joy
If Santa’s sleigh is truly powered by Christmas joy, then he’ll be in for a wild ride Christmas Eve based on the holiday cheer shown at the Taylor County Historical…
COVID rate doubles here in past month
Taylor County’s COVID-19 infection rate has doubled over the course of the past month, bringing the area’s total number of positive cases to 1,828 in the past eight-plus months. As…
43,000 receive vaccine
More than 43,000 people in Florida have received the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the Florida Department of Health’s most recent report on Tuesday, Dade…
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