Taylor County News

A Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation led to the arrest of a 64-year-old Perry man who the agency says embezzled more than $310,000 from his employer, according to an FDLE news release.

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It seems a decision has been made regarding the lack of emergency medical service for members of the Steinhatchee area of Taylor County.

Fugitive Search Local crime headlines 77 arrested in child-porn sting State, federal and local authorities have arrested 77 suspects on child-pornography charges and rescued five young victims in what officials are calling "Operation Orange Tree," Gov.

Palm Beach County will not be getting a planned $20 million cellulosic ethanol research and demonstration plant slated to be built next to Florida Crystal Corp.'s Okeelanta facility south of South Bay, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences officials said today.

Murder suspect Isaac Jackson III, 31, of Perry was arrested today in Thomasville, Ga.

State investigators are reviewing at least three cold cases they think may be linked to a Forrest County man who was arrested in March in connection with a 21-year-old Florida slaying.

Officials with the Florida Department of Transportation say they expect the Interstate 10 bridges over the swollen Suwannee River will remain open.

Authorities in northern Florida have solved a 21-year-old homicide case. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Taylor County Sheriff's Office announced Friday the arrest of 48-year-old Kenneth ...

Published: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 2, 2009 at 11:14 p.m. Taylor County deputies arrested a man who shared a home with a Steinhatchee woman who died over the ...

Mary Lou Whitfield died last week in Perry at 96. In the wonderful obit written by her family, she was called a historian and a writer.

Several trees and power lines are reported down in Boyd, a small town north of Perry in Taylor County, said Mark Wool, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Tallahassee.

Home delivery of the Democrat in Taylor County including Perry and other routes the region in Lamont, Wacissa and Monticello may not be complete until late this morning.

The tornado watch in north Florida is now affecting just Taylor, Lafayette, Madison and Dixie counties, said Kelly Godsey, National Weather Service forecaster.