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EMT fired, deputy suspended
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer A Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) lieutenant has been suspended and a Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) emergency medical technician (EMT) has been terminated after…
County offices remain closed
With the total number of positive coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Taylor County now topping 149, county government offices will remain closed to the public. However, county parks have re-opened, and…
Arson suspect captured in Pa.
An arson suspect who evaded capture for more than a month and half saw his luck change during the early-morning hours of Friday, July 10, when members of the U.S.…
Winningham named Lady of Year
“I’m glad I was sitting down or I would have fallen down,” said Carolyn Winningham when she learned she was the 2020 Lady of the Year, an honorawarded annually by…
Rocket ahead
Traffic in all four directions was temporarily stalled at the intersection of Highway 19 and Highway 98 on Monday as a large 44-wheel trailer hauling a Falcon 9 rocket carefully…
‘Handwritten’ vote-by-mail postcard causes confusion
A seemingly handwritten postcard encouraging voters to vote by mail has been prompting questions about its origin and whether it was sent by state or local elections officials. “We have…
Start to school year pushed back 3 days
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Danny Glover Jr. announced Thursday he will be requesting approval from the school board to delay the start of the new school year by three days…
Virtual or in-person?
The Taylor County School District will begin polling parents today (Friday) to determine whether or not they plan to have their children return to “brick and mortar” school or enroll…
Fenholloway pipeline 100% in the ground
Twenty months after work first began on the 15.3-mile Fenholloway River pipeline project — part of the ongoing environmental improvements at Georgia-Pacific’s (GP) Foley Cellulose Mill — the pipe is…
Tangible property values jump $97 million
If current property tax rates remain at their current levels, local governmental agencies should have some extra tax revenues to work with when they begin preparing their upcoming 2020-21 fiscal…
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