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Gas Plant Road to be resurfaced
The Taylor County Commission is seeking bids from construction firms to resurface one mile of Gas Plant Road, as well as widen the roadway from 18 feet to 22 feet.…
Spring Warrior, McDaniel, Ash St. all on paving list
A number of local roads are scheduled to be resurfaced within the next several years thanks to Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) funding through two programs designed to help small…
City eyes downtown purchase
Anticipating the need for additional space in the future, the City of Perry has authorized City Manager Taylor Brown to negotiate the purchase of additional property downtown adjacent to its…
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…
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