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TCDA, state meeting with local businesses wanting to create jobs
SelectFlorida, a public-private partnership collaborating with FloridaCommerce, has been in Taylor County this week meeting with many of the county’s existing industries to determine what help they need to create…
A mechanical failure led to a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of Main Street and Center Street Monday afternoon. The Perry Police Department (PPD) reported that a Chevrolet truck was…
TCI teacher arrested for drug trafficking, smuggling contraband into state prison
A teacher employed by the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) working at Taylor Correctional Institution (TCI) is being held on a $215,000 bond after sheets of paper soaked in methamphetamine…
How will school district spend $3 million state allocation?
Approximately three months after receiving $3 million in state funding through the Florida Department of Education’s (FDOE) General Appropriation Act (GAA), Taylor County School District officials have finally received direction…
County considering two more CDBG-DR projects
The Taylor County Commission will hold a second public hearing this Friday on potential Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant applications, adding to the existing list of nine…
DMH, local water/sewer districts also preparing funding requests
Like the Taylor County Commission and City of Perry, Doctors Memorial Hospital (DMH), the Taylor Coastal Water & Sewer District (TCWSD) and Big Bend Water Authority (BBWA) are also seeking…
Fatal crash on Hwy. 27
A 57-year-old Mayo man was fatally injured in a single-vehicle semi-tractor trailer crash early Thursday morning on Hwy. 27 East, approximately two miles east of Connell Cemetery Road in Taylor…
Grief counselors are on hand at TCMS following death of 11-year-old student
Editor’s Note: The following article is published with the consent of the minor child’s mother, who granted permission to share with our readers. Grief counselors and local youth pastors were…
Peace walk, forum planned to ‘chart path toward healing’
In the wake of the recent deaths of two teens whose lives were lost to gun violence, the Perry community is coming together “to honor lives lost, uplift youth and…
West Fraser equipment to be sold via auction
More than 100 pieces of sawmill equipment will be sold via an online auction set for Oct. 4, as the new owner of the former West Fraser Perry Sawmill site…
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