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Helicopter makes emergency landing
The ShandsCair helicopter stationed at Doctor’s Memorial Hospital (DMH) was forced to make an emergency landing in a wooded area off U.S. Highway 19 shortly before lunchtime Tuesday after a…
Sexual predator fails to register, gets 36 months
A convicted sexual predator who failed to re-register with authorities was sentenced to three years in prison Monday, March 9. Michael Scott Pierce, 50, was required to re-register with the…
Blount ‘humbled’ by welcome
First, he celebrated. Now, it’s time to get back to work. New England Patriot LeGarrette Blount—fresh off his first Super Bowl win—is back at practice and has his eye on…
Local resident asks commission: what can be done to help those in need?
What can be done for the homeless in Perry and Taylor County? While it is a question without an easy or available answer, it was the one posed to the…
Perry men sentenced to life, 17 years for bloody home invasion
Robbery was the motive behind a violent home invasion that resulted in two people being shot in the head and left for dead, while a minor child was left as…
Taylor schools fare better than many during first week of new state exam
With students and teachers across the state facing delays and glitches this week with the online portions of the new Florida Standards Assessment, the Taylor County School District faced fewer…
County hires new chief for recreation
Taylor County has a new recreation coordinator, Patrick Dew, who played college football and baseball at the University of Minnesota (Duluth) and has coached high school football and baseball, as…
Cayson named ‘Our Hero’
Taylor County Fire-Rescue Lt. Shaun Cayson was named the 2014 recipient of the Perry Rotary Club’s Our Hero Award. He was presented the award Friday evening at the Perry-Taylor County…
TCHS Astronaut Challenge Team places fifth in state competition held at Kennedy Center
The Taylor County High School (TCHS) Astronaut Challenge Team traveled to Kennedy Space Center this past weekend to compete in the Florida Student Astronaut Challenge for the second year in…
SUV hits RV head-on
A Panama City man, 70, was killed Monday after crashing head-on with a RV land cruiser some 20 miles west of Perry on U.S. Highway 98. James Thomas Long Jr.…
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