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    TCSO to step up traffic monitoring

    Taylor County motorists may want to slow down and obey all traffic laws to avoid receiving a speeding ticket over the next several weeks. Citizen complaints led to the Taylor…

    Pipeline project impacts Carlton Cemetery Road sooner than expected

    Work on the Fenholloway River pipeline project will begin to impact motorists in the area of Carlton Cemetery Road over the next few weeks, according to Georgia-Pacific (GP) Foley Cellulose…

    Guardians: should teachers be armed?

    Guardians: should teachers be armed?

    Taylor County Sheriff Wayne Padgett is asking school board members for permission to add an additional layer of security by implementing the “Guardian” program, which allows for the vetting and…

    Early scallop open date approved

    Thanks to a strong showing from the Taylor and Dixie coastal communities — especially Steinhatchee — the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has reversed course on its proposal…

    Arson suspected in 5 woods fires

    Arson is suspected in five fires that consumed just over 40 acres earlier this week in the Fish Creek Road area between Salem and the Beach Road. The fires were…

    Walker family remains faithful to their calling

    Walker family remains faithful to their calling

    By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff writer Not one pew was left empty as audience members congregated in the Northside Church of God last Friday night for the Sweet Southern Enterprises…

    Mother, daughter, aunt arrested

    Mother, daughter, aunt arrested

    –A family of three women – a mother, her adult daughter and her sister – were arrested for drug possession and child endangerment after police discovered methamphetamine and evidence of…

    Gas station credit card ‘skimmers’ caught in act

    Gas station credit card ‘skimmers’ caught in act

    Area, state and federal agencies are turning their attention to two suspects arrested here Friday, Feb. 15, after they were caught attempting to install “skimming” devices at a local gas…

    Crab-happy

    Crab-happy

    Thousands of Steinhatchee Fiddler Crab Festival-goers were treated to a parade and plenty of food and fun over a three-day weekend in the Taylor County coastal village.…

    Schools increase safety, security

    By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff writer One year after 17 people were killed and another 17 wounded during a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, school…