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    Juarez retiring from DOH; Hobby to be acting administrator beginning April 27

    During last week’s city council meeting, Department of Health-Taylor (DOH-Taylor) Public Information Officer Martine Young announced that Padraic Juarez, DOH-Taylor Administrator, would be retiring on April 26. Young introduced Tonya…

    Wrong-way driver arrested on Hwy. 19

    Two Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) deputies escaped a close call without injuries when they went head-to-head with an intoxicated wrong-way driver on U.S. Highway 19 Sunday night. Sgt. Jeff…

    COVID cases, vaccine demand both dropping

    COVID cases, vaccine demand both dropping

    While the number of positive COVID-19 test results continues to drop in Taylor County, the number of people calling to make an appointment to receive the vaccine through the local…

    Power pole upgrades

    Power pole upgrades

    Crews working for Duke Energy have been busy installing new poles on an electrical transmission line adjacent to Hwy. 19 north of Perry over the past week. The Duke Energy…

    New CEO intends to make DMH ‘a winner’

    Admitting that the “tough road” to regaining patient’s trust and financial stability “will not be a sprint, but a marathon,” new Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) CEO Chris Schmidt says he…

    CARES funds available

    Taylor County’s second round of individual and small business assistance programs for those impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak will open to all eligible applicants beginning Monday, March 15. An…

    Spring forward!

    Are you dreading losing that hour of sleep when the time changes this Sunday, March 14? Every March we set our clocks forward one hour for eight months of the…

    Siegmeister labeled ‘flight risk’

    An Arizona federal judge found there was a “preponderance of evidence” to deem former State Attorney Jeff Siegmeister a flight risk during a detention hearing held last Thursday, ordering he…

    Domestic dispute led to drug arrest

    What began as a domestic dispute during the early-morning hours of Saturday, March 6, ended with the arrest of a suspect carrying a small cache of illegal drugs in his…

    Ash Street crash

    Ash Street crash

    A two-vehicle crash on Ash Street near the intersection of Marshall Drive on Monday afternoon around 3:16 p.m. did not result in any serious injuries. The near head-on collision caused…