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TCSO ‘keeping boots on the ground’ in drug war
Taylor County Sheriff Wayne Padgett addressed the county commission last week, giving the board an update on his department’s efforts to take on the community’s drug problems since he took…
BioNitrogen still has pulse, working out of bankruptcy?
BioNitrogen, which arrived in Taylor County with plans to construct a $300 million urea fertilizer plant in here and still owes the City of Perry $3 million, remains in bankruptcy…
Drive-by shootings in Greenville injure five
Unknown suspects are still being sought in connection to two drive-by shootings Sunday night in Greenville that injured five. Anyone with information about the shootings, which happened in the area…
Teen released on house arrest
A judge granted “paternal house arrest” for a 15-year-old student charged with allegedly planning a mass shooting at his school, Point of Grace Christian. Under the terms of the release,…
New home found for Head Start?
More than four months after the Taylor County Head Start program was taken over by the Gasdsden County-based Reach1- Teach1, the organization appears to have settled on a facility to…
Supt. Glover details ‘state of the district’ for county commissioners
Superintendent of Schools Danny Glover paid a visit to the Taylor County Commission to provide the board an overview of the challenges facing the school district as well as some…
Student allegedly planning school shooting in custody
A 15-year-old student allegedly planning a shooting at a private school in Perry was in police custody less than two hours after the threat was reported to local law enforcement…
Scallop season will open two weeks early
Scallop season will officially open two weeks early this year off the Taylor County coast south of the Fenholloway River. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the…
County reverses its decision on scallop opening
Like the tide coming in and out, the Taylor County Commission spent this week changing directions on its opinion on the prospect of opening the annual scallop season early. Less…
Twisted
A line of strong wind made a beeline from Highway 19 east across downtown Perry Tuesday night, leaving twister-like destruction in its wake. Above, a decades-old pine tree in the…
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