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Amazing women set to tell amazing stories
Amazing women set to tell amazing stories
The Amazing Women event, hosted by the Taylor Welfare Workers, will be held this Sunday, July 16 at 3:30 p.m. at the Dickey Givens Community Center in Fannie Robinson Park, E. 07/12/2023 07:43 AM
Bruce Dickey, Dr. James Lee Dickey’s grandson, said if anyone deserves to be honored it’s Dr. Dickey because of his accomplishments and what he meant to the Taylor community. Photo by Jason Hennington
Dickey Museum granted first step in rebuild
“It’s hard to believe it has been a year to the day that the arson happened ... it was a hate crime,” said Jose Orta, community member. “Out of hate, out of those ashes, the Dickey house will rise like a phoenix.” 07/12/2023 07:43 AM
Rodeo contestant competes in saddle bronc riding event in a previous rodeo. In the contest, the participant must stay on the horse for eight seconds without touching the animal with their free hand. Photo from Staff Files
Rodeo begins Thursday
The annual Taylor Rodeo is just days away. Held every year since 1950, the rodeo begins this Thursday, July 13, and runs through Saturday, July 15. 07/12/2023 07:43 AM
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Body ID’ed as missing man
On Monday, July 10, Taylor detectives received confirmation that the body found last week is the Taylor man who has been missing since June 20. Fingerprint comparison done by Hill Country Forensics matched the body to that of Adrian Zachary, 45, of Taylor. 07/12/2023 07:43 AM
Districtwide cuts made for teacher pay raise
Districtwide cuts made for teacher pay raise
While the Taylor Independent School District gave its teachers the largest pay raise in the district’s history, it forced every other department to experience cuts. Taylor ISD’s budget, which the school board approved in a unanimous vote June 29, is balanced in respect to the general operating funds. 07/12/2023 07:43 AM
Lightning Bombers player Markell Fitzgerald gets around a defender and attacks the paint on Sunday, July 9 during an 11–14 division game. Photos by Larry Pelchat
SLAM DUNK
The 10th annual Taylor Press 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament was held on July 8–9 at Taylor High School with 19 teams in the 18-and-older division, six squads in the 11–14 division and the Shining Stars special needs group playing on Sunday at the end of the action. A new champion was crowned in the 18-and-older division as Snipe Squad Reloaded knocked off the defending champion Austin Knightz in an extremely competitive semifinal matchup on Sunday and cruised in the championship game against the Bandits. 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
Tucker commits to play college baseball at Cedar Valley
Tucker commits to play college baseball at Cedar Valley
LANCASTER – Class of 2023 Granger High School graduate Nathan Tucker is back in the news again after it was announced that the Lions baseball standout committed to Dallas College Cedar Valley this week. 07/08/2023 07:16 AM
Taylor boys athletes in high school and middle school pose for a photo on Tuesday, June 6 following the first day of strength and conditioning held at Taylor Stadium.
Taylor athletics staying busy this summer
July has been heating up and Taylor has stayed busy with sports. USATF OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Taylor High School has two alums competing this weekend in track and field as Fred Kerley will compete in the USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. 07/08/2023 07:16 AM
Former Hutto High School and Sam Houston State University star wide receiver Davion Davis. Photo courtesy of Sam Houston State University
Former Hutto football star wins USFL Championship
CANTON, Ohio – Former Hutto High School varsity football standout wide receiver Davion Davis was a significant part of his current team winning the United States Football League Championship Game on Saturday, July 1, as the Birmingham Stallions defeated the Pittsburgh Maulers 28-12 at neutral site Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. 07/08/2023 07:16 AM
Some of those killed in action in World Wars I and II
Some of those killed in action in World Wars I and II
Carl Oscar Edward Carlson, born June 18, 1922, was a paratrooper in the 17th Airborne, killed in action March 24, 1945, within weeks of the end of World War II on May 8, 1945. The 17th Airborne Division, “The Golden Talons,” was an airborne infantry division of the United States Army with the motto “Thunder from Heaven.” Operation Plunder had begun in the evening of March 23. 07/08/2023 07:16 AM
Gary Borders Texas Press Association
Senate passes tax bill as second special session begins
The Texas Senate on the first day of the Legislature’s second special session unanimously passed a tax bill last Wednesday that increases the homestead exemption and includes a pay hike for teachers, the Austin American-Statesman reported. 07/08/2023 07:16 AM
Taylor made kindness
Taylor made kindness
To the kind lady with braces who helped me at the Walmart gas station, thank you. It’s trying times like these when random acts of kindness truly mean the most. 07/08/2023 07:16 AM
Barbara Jean Hajda
Barbara Jean Hajda
Mrs. Russel D. 07/08/2023 07:16 AM
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