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County demanding answers from DMH
The Taylor County Commission is demanding answers from the Doctors’ Memorial Hospital Board of Directors as complaints over emergency medical services (EMS) continue amid questions over the financial future of…
Volunteers will bake 1,000 pounds of fruitcake this holiday season
A tempting aroma of butter and sweet fruit wafts from the oven, filling the fellowship hall of Perry Church of God. Volunteers sit or stand at their stations and carry…
Halloween meth bust
There are likely no tricks or treats in store for a Gainesville woman with Perry ties who was arrested Halloween day, Oct. 31, with trafficking amounts of methamphetamine in her…
COVID increase linked to church services
The local Department of Health (DOH) is reporting an increase in coronavirus cases linked to “faith-based communities and in-person services” this week, as Taylor County’s total cases surpassed 1,500 positives…
BREAKING: Taylor County voters support 5 of 6 constitutional amendments
While official statewide results were not yet available, Taylor County voters supported five of the six proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution, including an amendment that would allow all voters…
BREAKING: Taylor boards ‘Trump train’; voters await national results
While official nationwide results are not yet available, Taylor County boarded the “Trump train,” with nearly 77% of voters cast their ballots in favor of the current president to serve…
BREAKING: Beach wins property appraiser race
Republican Shawna Beach pulled in nearly 63% of the vote to defeat Abbey Lundy Tharpe (37.11%) for the Taylor County Property Appraiser’s seat, according to preliminary election results released Tuesday night.…
Grand jury indicts Burns, Luther on first-degree murder charges
A local grand jury handed down capital murder indictments on Tuesday, Oct. 27, against two Taylor County men currently in jail for two separate violent attacks that resulted in the…
Nearly 50% of voters have cast ballots as local candidates enter final stretch
Election Day 2020 is now less than a week away, and nearly half of Taylor County’s registered voters have already cast their ballots. As of Thursday afternoon, 6,055 of the…
County inmates to provide labor
The Taylor County Commission will continue to receive inmate work squad labor from the Taylor County Jail after renewing an interlocal agreement with Sheriff Wayne Padgett. The county commission originally…
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