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Who will be crowned Miss Florida Forest Festival?
Nine Taylor County High School students are DREAM-ing big as they prepare to take the stage Saturday, Oct. 3, to compete for the 2020 Miss Florida Forest Festival crown. Contestants…
17 positive cases at nursing home
Two residents and 15 staff members of Marshall Health and Rehabilitation tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) as recently as Monday, Sept. 28, according to the Department of Health (DOH). The…
$10,000 CARES grant deadline is extended
The deadline to apply for $10,000 in assistance through Taylor County’s Small Business Assistance Grant Program, funded by the federal CARES Act, has been extended by two weeks to Monday,…
Airboats needed to continue search for two missing pilots
Family and friends of the two pilots missing since a single-engine plane crashed off the coast of Taylor County are seeking volunteers and equipment to help continue looking one week…
COVID-19 sends 31 students home
Five weeks into the 2020-21 school year, the Taylor County School District has announced its first quarantine of a large group of students due to COVID-19. Some 31 students from…
Iron Horse ‘Super Bog’ is slated for Oct. 15-18
When Iron Horse Mud Ranch holds its annual “Super Bog” event on Oct. 15-18, it will mark the largest event to be held in Taylor County since the start of…
County and schools to recognize 3-time Super Bowl champion this fall
By ANTHONY L. WHITE / Contributing columnist Legarrette Blount was living a day that most athletes could only imagine. He was about to step onto the gridiron as a Philadelphia…
County seeks EMS providers
After discussing the future of ambulance service in Taylor County for much of the past year, the Taylor County Commission is now officially seeking a third-party company to take over…
‘Parker served Taylor County’
Longtime political and community leader Rudolph Parker died Monday, Sept. 21. He was 86. Parker served two terms on the Taylor County School Board and one term as county commissioner,…
Driggers named ‘Farm Family of the Year’
Annette Driggers’s deep love of the land is something she learned from her grandparents, Leonard “R.T” and Shelly Mae Sheffield of Shady Grove. “I have just always followed in his…
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