Youth takes on job of replanting trees taken by tornado

On Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at approximately 8:49 p.m., the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting an adult male subject had been accidentally shot at a home on the 1300 block of County Road E in the Town of Little Black. Taylor County deputies, along with Taylor County EMS, were dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, deputies located an unresponsive male...

Coaches and advisors in the Medford School District should have a better idea of what they’ll get paid each season after the school board approved a new co-curricular and athletic wage schedule Monday night. Activities director Ryan Pilgrim told the board that the district did not previously have a set practice in place for paying coaches and advisors, and there were some “inconsistencies�...