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Library will close on Saturdays
Beginning later this month, the Taylor County Public library will no longer be open on Saturdays, while the Monday through Friday schedule will shift to open and close earlier. The…
Lady of the Year: Debbie Howell
BY SUSAN H. LINCOLN /Special to the Taco Times Debbie Howell rushed her husband, Vance, into the Big Bend Hospice (BBH) office Sunday afternoon, worried they might be late to…
Trout anglers, guides get reprieve
After listening to pleas from charter captains and tourism representatives during its meeting Wednesday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) delayed a decision on a series of proposed…
Suncoast Pkwy. bill speeds through Florida Senate to Governor’s desk
A proposal to extend the Suncoast Parkway toll road from the Tampa area to Georgia – including a potential route running through Taylor County – has sped through the Florida…
FDOT: ‘No plans’ to transfer SR 51
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has apparently abandoned plans to re-route State Road 51 (Riverside Drive) in Steinhatchee in front of Sea Hag Marina and will instead look at…
One day at a time
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer In the midst of monitors, cords and too many “get well” cards to count is what appears to be more gauze than boy. Red…
City manager visited Super-Pufft headquarters in Canada
When City Manager Taylor Brown went to visit his in-laws in Canada at Christmas, he also took a little side trip to tour of the Super-Pufft headquarters located in Mississauga,…
‘Good Samaritans’ save crash victim
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer Four good Samaritans helped rescue a trapped driver moments before flames consumed the cab of his pick-up truck and live .22 rounds began exploding…
Three die in house fire
An early-morning house fire on Granger Drive claimed the lives of three people, including a four-year-old girl, her 36-year-old mother – both of Perry – and a 23-year-old Old Town…
Shooting victim in ‘stable’ condition
A shooting victim remains in stable condition following an incident that occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 27, and investigators said there was “no danger to the…
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