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Proposal calls for new assisted living facility
The Taylor County Development Authority (TCDA) has identified a group of three firms interested in working together to develop, construct and eventually operate an assisted living facility on a parcel…
County seeking a grant writer for canal projects
The Taylor County Commission has two firms interested in helping write and administer grants funded by $4.75 million in administrative fines and civil penalties levied after the Deepwater Horizon oil…
GP-Foley donates $8,000 to B&G Club
Georgia-Pacific and the Foley Cellulose mill donated $8,000 to the local Boys & Girls Club during a presentation held last Friday, April 20. “For more than a century, Boys &…
Governor appoints Spradley to fill Russell’s commission seat‘
Governor Rick Scott has announced the appointment of Steve Spradley to fill the District 3 County Commission seat left vacant by the death of Commissioner Frank Russell on Feb. 10.…
School meeting becomes heated
By SARAH HARDEN / Staff writer ‘Taylor County School Board Member Deidra Dunnell expressed frustration toward school board officials at the April 17 meeting, claiming she was “really tired” of…
Southerland will host open house April 27 for new office
Taylor County is front and center at the new elections office located on Highway 19 North – and that’s just the way Supervisor of Elections Dana Southerland wants it. “This…
Crime Tip: No personal checks for stolen items
When a woman contacted her insurance agent to inquire about coverage for a new boat she had just purchased, her description of the transaction raised several red flags with the…
Lady of the Year 2018
By SUSAN H. LINCOLN The first and third Saturday mornings of each month are pretty predictable for Kristy Bethea Anderson: she works in the food pantry at First United Methodist…
New resource officers will cost $170,000 for salaries and $337,000 for equipment
While the Taylor County School District will not participate in the voluntary “school guardian” program — which would have provided training and allowed certain staff members to carry weapons at…
Is 28 years long enough prison sentence for rape, kidnapping?
Ronald Spring was 17 in 1990 when he charged with breaking into a Perry woman’s home, kidnapping her at knife-point, assaulting her and abandoning her in the woods before returning…
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