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Is it time to straighten out Deadman’s Curve?
The Taylor County Commission has taken another step toward straightening Deadman’s Curve on Beach Road, hiring a surveying firm to determine just how much land the county will need to…
Extra snapper days!
Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced Tuesday that there will be six additional recreational red snapper fishing days for Gulf waters during three…
Blasting planned at Peterson’s Landing
Crews working on Foley Cellulose Mill’s Fenholloway Pipeline project will conduct a blasting event at Peterson’s Landing Wednesday, Oct. 2. “Earlier this week, we identified an area within the planned…
Commission debates Steinhatchee road closures
The Taylor County Commission is expected to consider a request from a developer to abandon four sections of roadway in Steinhatchee next week after initially delaying a decision back in…
County approves contract to lease land for palmetto berries
The Taylor County Commission has approved a contract with Blue & Shiver Enterprises, LLC, of Greenville to lease 296 acres of public land to harvest palmetto barriers this fall. Blue…
School and work zones are now ‘hands free’ zones after new law goes into effect
Drivers are being reminded that beginning this week, a new law in Florida is in effect banning the use of handheld wireless phones while driving in a designated school crossing,…
Charges dropped in Thomas case
For nearly three years, family members have grieved the loss of Cole Thomas – yet have not given up hope that one day he would be found, and that justice…
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…
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