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Excessive speed a factor in motorcycle vs. car crash
Excessive speed was a factor in a late evening crash involving a motorcycle and a car that happened Friday in front of the Save-A-Lot shopping center. “The posted speed limit…
Solid Waste ID card system is one step closer
Taylor County officials continue to move closer to re-implementing a “Solid Waste Card” identification system that will restrict who can use county roll-off solid waste collection sites. At the county’s…
High grade cannabis, $18,000 in cash seized
An order for chicken wings and a two-liter soda inadvertently led to one of the largest cash seizures made by the Perry Police Department (PPD) in recent years as well…
‘Mike the Welder’ busted for meth
The presence of two men–both with active warrants for their arrest–in an area under investigation for suspected drug activity tipped off investigators to the discovery of a “shake and bake”…
West Nile virus confirmed here
The Florida Department of Health in Taylor County confirmed Wednesday that a human case of West Nile virus has been found here, and that “there is a heightened concern that…
County approves 3% raise
In a surprise move, county commissioners voted to dip into its cash reserves to give county employees a 3% pay raise at the board’s regular meeting Monday, Nov. 6. According…
Flag ceremony, luncheon Nov. 10
Retired Army Col. Izzy Rommes will be the featured speaker at today’s (Friday) Veterans Day Luncheon at Forest Capital Park, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Rommes had a distinguished military career…
2 shootings leave more questions than answers
The Perry Police Department (PPD) and Taylor County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) are both investigating two separate, unrelated shooting incidents that happened within days of one another and that have apparently…
Lashhorn accepts a plea deal, sentenced to 30 years in prison
A two-year-old murder case came to an end in less than 30 minutes Monday, with suspect Mark Ellsworth Lashhorn III, 30, admitting his guilt and accepting a plea deal that…
Man attacks school bus driver
A 40-year-old Perry man is facing a long list of charges after causing a crash with a Taylor County School District bus full of students and then initiating a physical…
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