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Calls for Service
Calls for Service
09/07/2023 04:33 PM
Photo by Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash
Arrest Report
09/07/2023 04:29 PM
ERCOT asks Texans to conserve power Thursday, Sept. 7 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
ERCOT requests conservation this evening
09/07/2023 11:18 AM
JOIN THE CLUB
JOIN THE CLUB
Taylor ISD’s Legacy Early College High School has a club for all students. Music, Art, Books, American Sign Language, Cosmetology, Stress Relief and more. 09/06/2023 08:12 AM
Highway 95 rerouted in county plan
Highway 95 rerouted in county plan
GEORGETOWN – Williamson County is looking into how to protect its present while preparing for future road growth. The Commissioners’ Court approved an update to the county’s long-range transportation plan last month that involves Taylor. 09/06/2023 08:12 AM
Chamber to host Business Expo this weekend
Chamber to host Business Expo this weekend
Business will be booming in Taylor this weekend. The Taylor Chamber of Commerce will host the 2023 East Wilco Business Expo Saturday, Sept. 09/06/2023 08:12 AM
Thrall High School announces Homecoming hopefuls
Thrall announces Homecoming hopefuls
THRALL – The 2023 Homecoming King and Queen candidates have been announced. They were nominated by Thrall High School seniors. The king and queen will be announced during halftime of the Homecoming game against Florence, Friday, Sept. 8. 09/06/2023 08:12 AM
Vape products
How Taylor ISD handles new vaping law
One of the over 750 new Texas laws that went into effect Friday, Sept. 1 cracks down on vaping inside of schools. 09/06/2023 08:12 AM
Testing scores
Students still struggling years after COVID
HUTTO – While student scores on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test have been slowly increasing overall, they still have not regained the ground lost during the pandemic, according to scores for spring 2023, released in August. Math scores have been especially slow to recover. 09/06/2023 08:12 AM
Solving a food crisis
Two men on a mission; solving a food crisis
“The most disastrous crisis we face in the next two decades will be the food shortage crisis.” — Jack “Spot” Baird, Professor of Possumolgy Fifty some-odd years is a long time to chronicle people, places and events. Maybe that’s why, ever so often, one of the well-known or illustrious individuals I’ve been privileged to interview comes to mind. 09/06/2023 08:12 AM
Williamson County budget
County budget disappoints public officials
GEORGETOWN — Williamson County has its budget set for the upcoming fiscal year. The Commissioners Court unanimously approved an amount of $560,109,974 for the total county budget during their Aug. 09/06/2023 08:12 AM
Child drowns in Hutto
Child drowns in Hutto
09/05/2023 12:21 PM
Banda
Taylor man sentenced to life in prison
GEORGETOWN — A Williamson County jury reached a verdict Monday, Aug. 28 that will send a Taylor man to prison for life without the possibility of parole. 09/02/2023 08:48 AM
Area in map shows location where the truck-mounted spraying will take place Sunday and Monday. The virus was found in Murphy Park. Photo courtesy of Taylor Communications Office
West Nile virus found in Taylor
The Williamson County Cities and Health District (WCCHD) has notified Taylor that a mosquito trap sample collected in Murphy Park has tested positive for West Nile Virus. This testing is part of the WCCHD’s Integrated Vector Management program which through surveillance, control, prevention and education, aims to prevent human infection of mosquito-borne diseases. 09/02/2023 08:48 AM
City officials are having to replace the splash pad at Heritage Square just four years after it was constructed due to leaks and shifting soil. Courtesy photo City of Taylor/HDR Inc
Officials OK 600K fix for Heritage Square splash pad
Just four years after it was constructed, the splash park at Heritage Square is in need of a major upgrade. At the regular meeting of the Taylor City Council Aug. 09/02/2023 08:48 AM