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    FDOT to resurface, widen Johnson Stripling Road

    Citing hazardous conditions and a history of fatality crashes, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has agreed to resurface and widen Johnson Stripling Road at no cost to Taylor County.…

    Wiggins to head United Way campaign

    Wiggins to head United Way campaign

    After once again meeting its fund-raising goal last year, the Taylor County United Way Campaign is preparing to begin its 2013-14 fund-raising season, and leading the charge is Chairman Mark…

    FSU announces weather balloon launch

    Florida State University’s (FSU) meteorology department is asking local residents to be on the lookout for small payloads of scientific instruments that have been launched as part of a weather…

    Lou Ellen Chastain Faircloth

    Lou Ellen Chastain Faircloth, 74, died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013,  at her residence in Perry. A memorial service for Mrs. Faircloth will be held Saturday, Aug. 31, at 10:30 a.m.…

    William P. Brannen

    William P. “Dub” Brannen, 76, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013, at the Veterans Hospital in Lake City following a brief illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug.…

    Mrs. Clifford Floreca “Reca” Carlton Green

    Mrs. Clifford Floreca “Reca” Carlton Green, 89, of Douglasville, Ga., died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, following an extended illness. The family will hold a memorial service in her honor with…

    June Beach Hendry

    June Beach Hendry, 67, died Aug. 26, 2013. Funeral services will be held Friday, Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. at Joe P. Burns Funeral Home with Chip Parker officiating. Interment…

    Buckeye merger with GP finalized

    Buckeye Technologies Inc. has announced that it expects to finalize its merger with Georgia-Pacific today (Friday, Aug. 23). In a brief press release issued Thursday, the company said that the…

    AMTEC dedicates new Taylor County facility

    AMTEC dedicates new Taylor County facility

    By MARK VIOLA / Staff writer Just a year after AMTEC Less-Lethal Systems, Inc., (ALS) announced it was relocating its headquarters and manufacturing operations from Arkansas to Taylor County, the…

    Teens injured in morning crash

    Two Taylor County High School students were injured in a three-vehicle crash that happened around 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Green Street and Center (near First Baptist Church).…