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Taylor County remembers
By ANGELA M. CASTELUCCI / Managing Editor Vietnam veteran and Army Ranger Sammy Agner will be the keynote speaker at Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony honoring Taylor County’s war dead. The…
Woodfaulk objects to mayor’s plan to screen city manager applications
Councilwoman Venita Woodfaulk found herself outnumbered Monday night when she expressed her desire to appoint non-city-affiliated individuals to a hiring team that would screen applicants for the soon-to-be vacant city…
Stengel earns top honors
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Contributing Writer “I one-upped you.” That was the first thing Connor Stengel said to his mom — the salutatorian of her graduating class — when he…
Chowdhury is salutatorian
By ANGELA M. CASTELUCCI / Managing Editor When Anika Chowdhury steps up to the podium Friday night to deliver her salutatorian address, she will complete a journey that began half…
Election 2018: Two candidates drop out, two jump into county commission races
All 19 candidates who have currently filed for local offices have turned in their petitions before Monday’s deadline — including two new hopefuls, Cassie Lucille Buckley and Rhoda Ann Moehring.…
School Board asks voters to renew ‘critical needs’ tax
The Taylor School Board has unanimously voted to ask voters to renew a 0.25 mill “critical needs” property tax for an additional four years to help fund academic, “non-core” programs…
Made in Perry
Perry-based Amrouch Snacks is now producing its line of quality extruded and puffed corn snacks – with packaging and boxes stating the products are manufacturing and distributed from the local…
Community rallies behind 6-year-old boy with leukemia
It’s a Mother’s Day that Diane Knowles is sure to remember the rest of her life, for all the wrong reasons. When Sunday, May 13, rolled around, she had spent…
County auctions off surplus boat docks
Looking for a boat dock? The county commission plans to auction off two dozen aluminum “finger” docks by sealed bid after declaring the items “obsolete” and “surplus property” at its…
Keaton Beach pier replacement begins
Work is underway on the reconstruction and replacement of the Hodges Park Pier at Keaton Beach, after the county issued the contractor with a notice to proceed on the project…
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