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Adopt a grade, adopt staff
Character Education Now is reaching out to all the local businesses, organizations, churches and community to ask for volunteers in its Adopt-A-Grade/Staff program. “The program works closely with the teachers…
DOT completes $63,000 project
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) recently completed a $63,000 landscaping project that included the replacement of sabal palm trees in the median along U.S. Hwy. 19 through Taylor County.…
Festival to be trimmed down
While many festivals and concerts are being outright canceled on an almost daily basis due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the organizers behind Taylor County’s signature annual celebration, the Florida…
75% of kids will attend brick/mortar school sites
School district staff members are working the phones on a daily basis in an attempt to contact parents and get their feedback on whether or not they plan to send…
BBQ fest snuffed out by COVID-19
For the first time in more than a decade, the smell of smoked ribs, chicken, pork and brisket will not be wafting through the pines at Forest Capital Park this…
Deep cleaning
Georgia-Pacific (GP) Foley’s pipeline construction team recently completed cleaning inside 15 miles of pipeline to protect the Fenholloway estuary prior to startup. “After inspections are completed, we anticipate pipeline startup…
621 TCI inmates in quarantine
More than 600 Taylor Correctional Institute (TCI) inmates have been placed in medical quarantine after being in close contact with a positive coronavirus case or with someone who has exhibited…
TCHS Bulldogs begin conditioning Aug. 3
The Taylor County Middle School (TCMS) Bulldogs’ football team will begin summer conditioning Monday, Aug. 3, with the hopes of starting their season sometime in September. “These summer workouts will…
Lightning strikes home
By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer “Devastation, absolute devastation,” Sarena Peacock said, her voice quivering as she described her home after it was consumed by fire and black plumes of…
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