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Father not charged after shooting son
A Perry man walked home from Tallahassee after being airlifted there Thursday night, June 15, with a single gunshot wound to his abdomen. “It was a through-and-through shot and did…
Brace for more heavy rain
While Tropical Storm Cindy is forecast to make landfall in either Louisiana or Texas on Thursday, the system is still expected to continue bringing heavy rains and higher-than-normal tides to…
District to see $589,000 gain in state funding
With Gov. Rick Scott signing controversial education bill SB 7069 into law and the Florida Legislature approving a modified state budget, the Taylor County School District is expecting to see…
$3,900 worth of meth seized
Nearly $4,000 worth of methamphetamine was seized and one arrest made for drug trafficking following a routine traffic stop last week on Beach Road. Lisa Ann Church, 45, of Perry…
550-plus boats swam Gulf for opening weekend
By most reports, the thousands visiting the Taylor County coastline this past weekend for the start of scallop season were met with long lines at public boat ramps but also…
Judge denies motions for depo, grand jury testimony
Circuit Judge David Fina issued rulings denying two motions made on behalf of Garrett Arrowood, one seeking to depose the assistant state attorney who prosecuted his case and a second…
Whiddon faces life in prison
When Manden Whiddon, 23, recanted his previous testimony regarding his and his father’s role in the shooting death of educator Shelly Strickland, he not only violated his agreement with state…
Whiddon’s attorney pockets $227,000 from land sales
Manden Whiddon’s grandmother signed over some 45 acres of family land in May 2016 to retain a Jacksonville attorney for her grandson as he prepared to accept a plea agreement…
Workshop teaches the teacher
Leslie Maiullo, a 10th and 11th grade science teacher at Taylor County High School (TCHS), has been selected by Georgia-Pacific to attend Keystone Science School’s 2017 Key Issues Institute: Bringing…
Murder charge dropped; Whiddon gets 30 years
Circuit Judge David Fina sentenced 50-year-old Rodney D. Whiddon to 30 years in prison Tuesday for his role in the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of longtime educator Shelly Strickland,…
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