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Mask ordinance expires
The City of Perry’s mandatory mask requirement expired at midnight Thursday, just one month after taking effect, after an emergency ordinance failed to get the required four votes needed for…
Mask mandate may return here in two weeks
The City of Perry’s mandatory mask ordinance could be back in effect in less than two weeks. Less than 24 hours after failing to extend a hotly-debated ordinance requiring face…
Council OKs ‘socially-distant’ festival parade
By a narrow 3-2 vote, members of the city council approved a plan that will allow the Florida Forest Festival (FFF) to move ahead with a “socially-distanced” version of the…
School Board faces full agenda Aug. 17
The Taylor County School Board will face a full agenda when it meets Monday, Aug. 17, with a focus on re-opening plans for school. Principals from each school in the…
One-cent sales tax to help fund ambulances?
The Taylor County Commission is seeking third-party firms to potentially provide ambulance service for the county, and the eventual price tag is expected to be higher than the $450,000 the…
Drug dealer busted without tag after running stop sign
Today’s tip for alleged drug dealers – obey all traffic laws (including stopping at stop signs), and make sure your vehicle has a tag. Those two oversights led to a…
Pipeline pressure testing continues until Aug. 19
Motorists on Hampton Springs Road will notice a fire hose stretched across the roadway near the entrance to the state prison for the next week, as contractors pressure test the…
Wednesday fire destroys home
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer “My boy is in there!” Cedric Harris frantically shouted as he ran toward his charred house, with smoke still pouring out of the eaves…
Section of U.S. 19 designated in honor of fallen officer
A section of U.S. 19 in Taylor County north of Perry will be designated in honor of a state law enforcement officer who was killed in an automobile crash in…
Shark bites Steinhatchee scalloper
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer While most people participated in the Discovery Channel’s annual “Shark Week” by watching the ocean’s top predators on television, one Steinhatchee resident kicked off…
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