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BREAKING: 23-year-old Perry man killed in Friday morning crash
A 23-year-old Perry man was killed in a Friday (March 20) morning crash on U.S. 221 North. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, Joseph Lee Cates was…
Suspect ‘armed & dangerous’ (UPDATED)
UPDATE: According to the Perry Police Department (PPD), Andre Snowden, 34, surrendered to law enforcement at the PPD headquarters on March 19 at approximately 10:45 p.m. without further incident. He…
Fallen firefighter remembered
When Taylor County firefighter David Williams died in the line of duty in 1997, he left behind two young children, a son, Trenton, then eight, and a daughter, Jordan, five.…
Should county baseball fields be open to players for practices?
Since the City of Perry and Taylor County entered into a new recreation sports agreement under which the city would provide practice fields and the county would provide game fields…
Step by step
The fourth annual Air Commando Ruck March began at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, home of the United States Special Operations Command, and will end at Hurlburt Field, home…
$16.5 million in bridge work planned
With two bridge replacement projects underway in Taylor County already, the Florida Department of Transportation has $16.5 million in bridge projects planned between now and 2019. According to FDOT Rural…
17-year-old Chipley youth sets new state record for shoal bass with 4.49-lb. catch
Tucker Martin, 17, from Chipley, set a new state record for shoal bass on Sunday, March 8, around 5 p.m. He was bank fishing with a friend on the Chipola…
Anderson Columbia wins Roberts Aman Rd. project after being passed over
After rejecting a bid from Anderson Columbia Co. for a state-funded resurfacing project on Roberts Aman Road in January, the Taylor County Commission has agreed to accept a second bid…
Largo man killed in crash
A Largo man who was instrumental in a revitalization drive for Largo’s downtown, “Old Northwest,” was killed in a one-vehicle accident here early Monday morning, March 16. Joseph Anthony Stefko,…
Groundbreaking by year’s end?
BioNitrogen, the company working to build a $300 million urea fertilizer plant in Taylor County, expects construction to begin here by the end of the year. Although the timeline for…
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