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School shooting teaches lessons
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer The pungent smell of gunpowder lingered in the air as students in blood-stained clothing laid wounded amongst shotgun shell casings scattered along a concrete…
City bills going up
The City of Perry’s 2019- 20 budget wrangling ended not with a bang, but rather with a moment of silence as no one from the public attended the final hearing…
Trout data ‘mistake’
As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) once again considers adopting stricter spotted seatrout regulations, opposition to those changes from local anglers and charter captains has remained steady…
County budget final
The Taylor County Commission has finalized its 2019-20 fiscal year budget totaling $49.7 million. Over the course of several workshops held in July, the board completed the framework of the…
The truth about LOVEBUGS
By LORI WIGGINS / UF/IFAS Extension Agent III Fact or fiction? “Sometime in the 1950s an experiment gone horribly wrong at the University of Florida (UF) produced a pesky bug…
Naked body found in woods
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer A guilt-stricken father, a hopeful mother and concerned family members had their dream of finding a missing Lake County man alive shattered Saturday when…
McLeod will seek sheriff’s seat
William Danny McLeod has filed notice as a candidate for sheriff with the Supervisor of Elections office, making his third bid for the county’s top law enforcement office. McLeod, who…
Drivers needed
In an attempt to alleviate a driver shortage causing up to hour-long waits for some local students, the Taylor County School Board has voted to waive the cost of fingerprint,…
Trout rules to be tightened
State wildlife officials are recommending only a few changes to a list of proposed trout rules that many locals fear will have a negative impact on the local economy and…
Watch for traffic delays
The pipeline construction portion of the Fenholloway Water Quality Project is approximately 40% finished and remains on schedule to be completed in September 2020. “We have finished pipeline installation work…
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