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The Taylor Ducks football team have started morning practices and are gearing up for the 2022 season. Coach Houston commented on how the team’s strength this season will be their receivers and defensive backs with their vulnerability being on the offensive and defensive lines.

Taylor Independent School District might ask residents for a bond of more than $85.5 million later this year. On July 25, board trustees heard that figure during presentations from the school’s Community Advisory Committee and Rory Estes, a project manager from Stantec.

Taylor’s waste collectors will give a pile of updates Thursday. On July 28, the Taylor City Council will receive an update from Waste Connections on its sanitation program from the 2021-22 calendar.

Firefighters spent eight hours on scene to douse a fire Monday afternoon. According to a social media post by the Coupland Volunteer fire Department, a fire started while someone was using a grinder.

CIVIC ORGANIZATION MEETINGS KIWANIS CLUB • Meets every Wednesday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N. Main St.

The Taylor Rodeo wrapped up its 2022 event on Saturday, July 16. During the three-day rodeo, ropers and riders competed for prizes, but for some award recipients the competition took place months earlier. Ten students from Williamson and Milam counties were each awarded $5,000 scholarships during the Friday night rodeo. The winners applied in May but were notified only a few days before the rodeo started.

The 72nd annual Taylor rodeo is in the books. The event featured three nights of nonstop action-packed entertainment on July 14-16, at the Williamson County Expo Center.

School safety and how to get teachers for the local school district will be the topic of discussion Tuesday. On July 26, Taylor Independent School District will host a town hall meeting with Superintendent Devil Padavil.

When you hear words on behalf of Taylor’s municipal government, odds are that the words come from two ladies in particular. Stacey Osborne and Kendra Maness, Taylor’s respective communications director and assistant public information officer, were guests on the eighth episode of the Taylor Press video interview series with city of Taylor staff, “Taylor Talk with Jason Hennington,” on July 11.

It is important to note that an arrest should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Here are some upcoming meetings at Taylor Independent School District. Meet the Principals Taylor ISD invites all students and their families to meet the principals prior to the start of the 2022-23 school year.

Follow the cast and crew of Milam Community Theater down the yellow brick road as they perform their 2022 Summer Musical, “The Wizard of Oz.” The stage adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s tale and the iconic musical score from the MGM film features Dorothy Gale as she travels over the rainbow into the magical Land of Oz, along the way meeting friends and foes alike.

Here is a recap of what was featured in the Wednesday, July 20, e-edition of the Taylor Press. The e-edition is mailed to subscribers and available at www.