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Relay for hope, relay for life
Sand gnats may have outnumbered participants, but the 2015 Relay For Life at Forest Capital Park Friday was a much-appreciated event for dozens of cancer survivors and their families. Participating…
Alert: Road work ahead
Construction is scheduled to begin next week (the week of May 18) to improve West Hampton Springs Avenue (U.S. 27) between J. Tom Moore Road and U.S. 19. The Florida…
‘Living link’ to pioneer past will be recognized during Saturday banquet
Lydia Hendry Andrews, a living link to one of Taylor County’s foremost pioneer families, will be presented the Wilson T. Hendry-W.H. Peacock Taylor County History Award Saturday, May 16, during…
Three Taylor County veterans aboard annual ‘Honor Flight’
Three Taylor County veterans with varied military backgrounds and war experiences came together for one unique experience as participants in the third annual Honor Flight Saturday, May 2. Ralph Carlton,…
Man critical after fire
A 64-year-old Perry man remains in stable, but critical condition at Shands Hospital in Gainesville after sustaining second and third degree burns following a gas fire explosion at his home…
Driver rear-ends log truck
A Perry woman remains in serious condition after crashing into the back of a loaded log truck Wednesday evening on Beach Road. Misty Michelle Lewis, 40, was airlifted to Tallahassee…
Dr. Parker’s good works will continue through DMH Foundation endowment
By MARK VIOLA / Staff writer Dr. John H. Parker Jr. was a pillar of Taylor County’s medical community for 35 years and his legacy here has continued long past…
Federal cut could cost DMH $250,000 annually
Before last week, most Taylor County residents, along with a majority of Floridians, probably had never heard of the federal Low Income Pool (LIP) healthcare program. But now the program…
Life is a roller coaster…and God provides
By TRAVIS COKER My 14-year-old daughter, Emily Coker, is scheduled to receive a kidney transplant Tuesday, May 12. This event is the result of a long battle with kidney disease.…
Three words changed Parrish’s life forever
By ANGELA M. CASTELUCCI / Staff writer “You have cancer.” Those three words changed Ella Mae Parrish’s life in an instant last July. “Nothing is ever the same after you…
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