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COVID cases: 291
Taylor County’s positive coronavirus cases are fast approaching 300, as 20 cases were added to the Department of Health’s (DOH) COVID-19 dashboard at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Taylor County has now…
COVID-19, use-of-force training for PPD officers
Perry Police Department (PPD) Chief Jamie Cruce reports that the city’s police force will be well-versed in COVID-response training, human trafficking identification and investigation and the latest use of force…
Beshears: ‘We can do better’
Longtime educator and school administrator Alicia York Beshears says she has one key message to Taylor County voters: “We can do better.” Her campaign for Superintendent of Schools centers “on…
Who will be crowned MoonPie Princess?
Taylor County will crown its 2020 MoonPie Princess during ceremonies that will be live-streamed on Facebook Thursday, July 30, and Friday, July 31, starting at 6 p.m. nightly. “We are…
‘It’s too late for forgiveness’
The final moments of Heather Luther’s life were terror-filled and violent, unfolding rapidly from an attack in a local bank drive-thru and quickly escalating to a horrible crash and fatal…
School start delayed again?
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Danny Glover Jr. announced Thursday that he planned to recommend that the start date for the coming school year be delayed another week, opening on Monday,…
Future of EMS in limbo
The future of local ambulance service remains unclear after a lengthy discussion between the Taylor County Commission and Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) Board of Directors during the commission’s budget workshop…
County will be ‘conservative’ with budget surplus
Thanks to nearly $1 million in additional property tax revenue resulting from increased property values, the Taylor County Commission began crafting its 2020-21 budget this week with a projected $823,000…
Advisory posted at Hodges Park
The Florida Department of Health in Taylor County (DOH-Taylor) has issued an advisory recommending against swimming in the Hodges Park area due to recent high bacterial levels in the Keaton…
Trading steel-toe boots for medical nitrile gloves
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer When Chad Bush was laid off from AMEC Foster Wheeler in April, he had no idea that it would set him on a course…
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