Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM

Sign in

News:

Taylor

Hiring Fair

On Saturday, July 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Taylor Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center will host a hiring fair. 07/12/2023 07:43 AM

Dickey Museum board members and representatives from the Texas Historical Foundation attend a press conference to announce a $500,000 grant from the St. David's Foundation that will be used to build a replica of the home of Dr. James Lee Dickey. At the event are (from left) Linda Jackson,...

Dickey Museum granted first step in rebuild

07/10/2023 04:28 PM

A body found July 6 in Taylor has been identified as Adrian Zachary, who was reported missing June 23.

Body found identified as missing man

07/10/2023 03:42 PM

Gov. Greg Abbott writes on a poster bearing Grace Samuelson’s image June 14 after signing into law four fentanyl-related bills. The 29-year-old woman died Oct. 3, 2021, from fentanyl poisoning. Courtesy photo

Taylor mom reflects on life of daughter poisoned by fentanyl NICOLE LESSIN [email protected] When former Taylor High School student Grace Samuelson was a little girl, her parents took her to see Disney on Ice’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” and she attempted to warn the fairy tale princess that she was about to be poisoned. “She stood up and yelled, ‘Don’t eat that apple,’ when she was getting ready to eat it,’’ said her mom, Billie Samuelson. 07/08/2023 07:16 AM

Responders investigate the opening of the cornfield where the body was found on July 7. Body is presumed to be the missing Taylor man who was last seen on June 20. Photo by Larry Pelchat

Autopsy could reveal if body is missing man

Police are awaiting autopsy results to determine if a body found on the edge of a cornfield Thursday night is a man who went missing June 20. “We can speculate, but really there is not much point until after the autopsy,” said Joseph Branson, Support Services commander of the Taylor Police Department. 07/08/2023 07:16 AM

Taylor police brief the Williamson County Crime Scene Investigator before viewing the body. Photo by Lrry Pelchat

Body found believe to be missing man

07/07/2023 09:47 AM

The Dickey Museum and Multipurpose Center was burned to the ground last year on July 10. The St. David’s Foundation was awarded a $500,000 grant to help reconstruct a replica of the home of Dr. James Lee Dickey. Photo by Jason Hennington

Dickey Museum set to get grant to rebuild

The Dickey Museum & Multipurpose Center, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving community well-being through promotion of the living legacy of Dr. James Lee Dickey, announced today that St. David’s Foundation has awarded a grant of $500,000 toward the reconstruction of a replica of Dr. Dickey’s former home in Taylor, which was destroyed by fire last year on July 10. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM

Samsung Austin Semiconductor interns pose with city officials after completing their volunteer work. Photos courtesy of Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Murphy Park became a little cleaner last week, courtesy of Samsung. Taylor’s Samsung Austin Semiconductor interns volunteered at Murphy Park Wednesday, June 28. 07/04/2023 10:22 PM

Taylor police are searching for Adrian Zachary. Anyone with information should contact the police at 512-352-5551.

Search for missing man underway

07/01/2023 03:41 PM

The rooftops of Avery Glen overlook an agricultural field on Wesley Miller Lane that may become Taylor’s newest rental neighborhood. Photo by Edie Zuvanich

Housing prospect challenges city plan

A new housing subdivision proposed along Wesley Miller Lane by Taylor High School will test the flexibility of the city’s Envision Taylor comprehensive plan and council’s willingness to make exceptions for growth. 06/30/2023 10:04 PM

Gen Peńa of Veterans for Equality stands with a Pride flag near the splash pad area of Heritage Park. Photo by Hunter Dworaczyk

Pride of Taylor

Creating a safe space for members of the LGBTQ community was a primary goal for the 2023 Taylor Pride Music and Arts Festival. Taylor Pride, an organization aimed at helping and providing resources to LGBTQ members in Taylor and the surrounding area, hosted its third annual Taylor Pride Music and Arts Festival at Heritage Park on Saturday. 06/27/2023 10:44 PM

Fireworks moved to protect egrets

Fireworks moved to protect egrets

Following last year’s Fourth of July fireworks display that frightened a flock of egrets and ultimately caused the birds to crash into power transformers, the annual firework launch site is moving to the nearby Bull Branch Park. 06/24/2023 06:34 AM

Dworaczyk

Taylor welcomes new reporter

A new face has started at the Taylor Press this week, as Hunter Dworaczyk joins the staff as a general assignment reporter. Dworaczyk, originally from Needville, is welltraveled and makes his way to Taylor after finishing his college studies. 06/24/2023 06:34 AM

The Taylor Press was one of nine newspapers to win Sweepstakes in their respective division. Area Editor Jason Hennington accepted the award. Photo by Andrew Salmi

Taylor Press takes home top honors

The Taylor Press, “your award winning community newspaper,” earned some top honors recently from one of the oldest newspaper trade associations in the nation. On June 3, The Taylor Press took home 11 awards from during the 2022 Better Newspaper Contest Awards Banquet at Kalahari Resorts in Round Rock from the Texas Press Association, including the prestigious Sweepstakes Award. 06/24/2023 06:34 AM

(From left) Mike Hickey, the senior project manager of the broadband division for Mears, and John Fetter, ISP market manager with Fiber First, answer questions from the City Council at the regular meeting June 22. Photo by Nicole Lessin

Council grills fiber network installers

Local officials are less than pleased with two simultaneous city-wide fiber optic network projects that have prompted an outcry from residents over torn up yards, broken water, sewer and sprinkler lines, and other issues. 06/24/2023 06:34 AM

1

...

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

...