John Marion “Jay” Wells III, 56, of Tallahassee died peacefully in the early morning hours of Oct. 17, 2025. His departure followed a long and courageous battle with cancer, during which he ...

Nammo Perry broke ground on a new $200 million rocket motor production facility in Taylor County on Friday, Oct. 10, marking ...

The Taylor County Commission will hold a public hearing and stakeholder meeting next week to receive an update from the firm conducting a grant-funded feasibility study on the possibility of ...

The Taylor County Commission has awarded a five-year contract to Survival Flight EMS of Batesville, Ark., to serve as the ...

Taylor County’s state legislative delegation, which includes State Representative Jason Shoaf (right) and Senator Corey Simon ...

A couple who rode out a Category 4 hurricane aboard their 65-foot boat — only to lose it in a fire nearly a year later — have been arrested and charged in connection with a case that involved the ...

Superintendent of Schools Reggie Wentworth has reached out to at least two local elected officials to gauge interest in the school district’s former Perry Elementary School property, but has not yet ...

Nearly eight weeks after a quadruple shooting that left two Perry teens dead, the Perry Police Department (PPD) continues its investigation, calling in search and recovery divers and a K9 search team ...

Bracing for an expected major decline in tax revenues in the 2026-27 school year due to the closure and demolition of the GP Foley Cellulose mill, the Taylor County School District has hired a polling ...

The number of local candidates announcing their intent to run for office in 2026 has doubled to four, with Taylor County School Board member Bonnie Sue Agner filing to run for re-election and Wendy M.

Taxpayers who want to have input on local road paving priorities and where and how state transportation funds are used over the next five years can have their say by participating in an upcoming ...

In response to an inquiry from Superintendent of Schools Reggie Wentworth, the Perry City Council made it clear the city has no interest in the former Perry Elementary School and historic “Rock ...