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City meeting ends with tense exchange
Tuesday night’s city council meeting ended abruptly following a tense back-and-forth exchange sparked by City Councilman Ward Ketring questioning City Manager Taylor Brown about his availability and responsiveness. Near the…
$15 minimum wage could cost county over $900,000
Businesses large and small are taking stock of how the upcoming staggered increase to Florida’s minimum wage will impact their finances over the next six years, and the Taylor County…
‘Sweet’ success
Boys & Girls Club members who made the honor roll during the past nine weeks grading period were treated to an ice cream (with sprinkles!) party.…
Flowers appointed to recreation advisory board
The Taylor County Commission appointed a second new member to the Taylor County Recreation Advisory Board, one month after appointing one new member and reappointing another in March. At its…
Supervisor of Elections receives donated portable building
Supervisor of Elections Dana Southerland could soon have some additional storage space at her office thanks to a portable building donated by the Taylor County School District. Southerland approached the…
Greenville man arrested in club shooting
Previous altercations and an alleged simmering feud between three Madison County residents boiled over into Taylor County last week when one of the men pulled a gun and fired shots…
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…
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