Taylor County News

District backs springs project By Keri Lynn McHale Citrus County School District officials expressed their support Tuesday for the local effort to buy Three Sisters Springs and save it from development.

Touch-up Virgil Goforth cleans the roof at Manatee Lanes on a recent morning in Crystal River.

Several Big Bend coastal communities will share in a $2.57-million federal grant to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

The supervisors and lead officer in the botched drug sting that ended in informant Rachel Hoffman's death have been placed on administrative leave with pay by the Tallahassee Police Department.

Jennifer Miller , mother of 8-month-old Madison and owner of Miller's Carpet Cleaning, doesn't have much free time for fun for herself or her daughter.

A car accident leaves a Perry, Florida man dead. The Florida Highway Patrol says that around ten o'clock Wednesday night 42-year-old Kenneth Smith was heading north on State Road 55 in Taylor County when he ...

Tallahassee police aren't releasing the time that officers arrived on Gardner Road the night that confidential informant Rachel Hoffman went missing.

Special agents shut down a casino-type business in one of our local communities.

TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Lottery announced today that three players matched all five winning numbers in the Wednesday, June 25, Fantasy 5 drawing and will share a $230,396.34 top prize.

There's more money going out for payroll and services in the Taylor County School District, and its spending has put the district in the red for the past two years.

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Taylor County man has been taken into custody on charges of child pornography possession and distribution.

Updated Revenue sources are drying up for many school districts in our region. Taylor County, Florida is no exception.

PERRY - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson today predicted that the Democratic National Committee will stall its decision on seating Florida and Michigan delegates - hoping that the early June primaries will resolve the ...

A Taylor County woman charged with kidnapping and attempted murder will spend the rest of her days behind bars.

Irv Hoffman aims to protect young informants By Jennifer Portman * DEMOCRAT SENIOR WRITER * May 20, 2008 Rachel Hoffman's father wants state legislators to pass a law that will help ensure what happened to his ...

When Rachel Hoffman went undercover for a drug bust last week, Tallahassee police lost track of her after she stopped answering her phone and the monitoring device in her purse stopped working, according to ...

“At some point during the investigation, she chose not to follow the instructions. She met Green and Bradshaw on her own. That meeting ultimately resulted in her murder.”

By Angeline J. Taylor and Nic Corbett * DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITERS * May 9, 2008 updated 2:55 p.m. The best friend of slain Tallahassee woman Rachel Hoffman remembered her as fun-loving and smart. via Tallahassee Democrat

“She didn't want to go back to jail, so basically, they used that experience to scare her”

Rachel Morningstar Hoffman knew what jail was like, and friends say she didn't want to go back. via Tallahassee.com

“It makes me feel nervous just because I've lived here my entire life and I've never...we've never had anything like that.”

Eyewitness News has learned that the Tallahassee woman who went missing Wednesday night has been found dead. via WCTV Tallahassee

“There's no reason for the public to be concerned for their general safety in terms of being in public places or parks”

Tallahassee police have found the Volvo that belongs to missing 23-year-old Rachel Hoffman. via Tallahassee Democrat