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Editor's Note: For the latest news on Helene, see our live coverage for Saturday, Sept. 28. Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane about 11:10 p.m. ET near Perry, Florida, with 140 mph ...
The storm was a major hurricane when it made landfall near Perry, Florida, at 11:10 p.m. Eastern Time Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. ... In Other News.
Perry is a city and the county seat of Taylor County, Florida, United States.As of 2020, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 6,898. [4] The city was named for Madison Perry, fourth governor of the state of Florida and a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Helene from Thursday, Sept. 26. For the latest news on the storm, read USA TODAY's live updates for Friday, Sept. 27.. TALLAHASSEE, Fla ...
Taylor County is a county located in the Big Bend region in the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida.As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,796. [1] Its county seat is Perry. [2]
The Perry massacre was a racially motivated conflict in Perry, Florida, in December 1922.Whites killed four black men, including Charles Wright, who was lynched by being burned at the stake, and they also destroyed several buildings in the black community of Perry after the murder of Ruby Hendry, a white female schoolteacher.
Benson died at Taylor Correctional Institution in Perry, Florida of a stab wound to the right side of the head with a homemade knife on July 3, 2015. [8] [9] Benson was in a long running feud with Cordell Washington, another inmate at the facility. The feud went back to at least 2012 after a series of assaults by Washington.
Taylor County Historical Society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization housed in the historic Bank of Perry building in Perry, Florida. The Taylor County Historical Society organization was established October 18, 1971 and houses a Historic Museum inside its building.