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Happy New Year!
Residents rang in a new decade on New Year’s Eve with a nearly 20-minute fireworks show at Rosehead Park in downtown Perry. The event was sponsored by the City of…
Man steps into traffic, hit by two vehicles
A 74-year-old Perry man was killed Friday evening, Dec. 27, after being struck by two vehicles while attempting to cross U.S. Highway 19. Donald Istavan was pronounced dead at the…
Missing woman found in Miami
A 43-year-old Perry woman who was reported missing in mid-December and believed to be an endangered adult was located safe early Monday in Miami. An officer there made contact with…
‘The seat belts saved us’
A family of four escaped “without a scratch” after their SUV and travel trailer overturned on Sunday afternoon on U.S. Highway 19 South near Robert Odum Road. The driver of…
Sex, drugs and suicide claims are investigated
The Perry Police Department (PPD) has lost nearly an entire shift of officers in the wake of three separate internal investigations stemming from a single officer’s suicide attempt back in…
Two PPD officers step down over steroid use
Two longtime Perry Police Department (PPD) officers resigned their positions earlier this month after admitting under oath to receiving testosterone injections from a third officer voluntarily. Sgt. Brian Curry, a…
City did not ‘deny, deflect or try to hide’
“It takes years to earn the public’s trust, but only a momentary lack of good judgement to lose it,” City Manager Taylor Brown said this week in reference to the…
Cannon files lawsuit against city
Former Perry Police Department (PPD) officer Chad Cannon has filed suit against the City of Perry seeking damages and other relief in excess of $30,000, claiming he was a “protected…
County businesses to see 9% Waste Pro hike
The approximately 200 businesses located in the unincorporated area of the county using Waste Pro for solid waste collection services will see an increase in their bills beginning in February…
20 vie for President
Although the field of local candidates running in 2020 continues to grow, the first election next year will be the Presidential Preference Primary on March 17, during which registered Democrats…
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