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The Williston Crabfest, an unorganized annual gathering in East Williston each April, is still getting attention because of the furor over a shooting that left one person dead and four wounded.

Discussion of the event, which some estimate attracted 10,000 people and shut down County Road 318 on April 27, came up during Tuesday’s regular morning meeting of the Levy County Commission.

Chair Ryan Bell of Chiefland (R-District 4) said the commission will hold a workshop at a future date to discuss the annual event and how to handle the crowds.

Over 75 people braved threatening skies to attend Williston's National Day of Prayer ceremony at noon Thursday.

Speakers, representing more than a half dozen churches, took turns praying for the country, state, leaders and families during the hour-long service held at the gazebo in Heritage Park.

Williston Mayor R. Gerald Hethcoat led the attendees in "God Bless America" before the prayer service was concluded by the Rev. Charlz Caldwell, who delivered the benediction.

Researchers have long speculated on the reasons behind what drives some people to become sex offenders. From the theory that it’s a learned behavior, with offenders themselves doing what was at some point done to them, to the notion that offenders lack self-esteem or, at some point in their development, missed out on what it means to have feelings of empathy, society struggles to come to grips with the issue.