Local News

On Monday Levy County E911 implemented Smart911 to enhance delivery of 9-1-1 emergency services for area citizens.

Rave Mobile Safety’s Smart911 is a public/private partnership creating a first-of-its-kind, critical caller database that is already helping citizens and emergency responders across 20 states. 

Currently, when 9-1-1 receives a call, only a phone number and minimal levels of location data are displayed. 

Levy County voters will have lots of choices come next Tuesday when the state primary gets under way when the polls open at 7 a.m.

Local county races that will choose a nominee Tuesday include the sheriff, county commission districts 1 and 3 and supervisor of elections. Non-partisan races include school board district 2 and the county judge. The supervisor of elections post will be decided Tuesday since there is no Democrat challenger for the general election in November.

The July 4 theft of a truck from Maguire’s Auto Repair and power lawn equipment from Lane’s Yardware has turned into a theft-ring that crosses nine Florida counties and five states, according to Williston Police Chief Dennis Strow.
Sgt. James Bond of the Williston Police department tracked the local theft to Opalocka where he, and other law enforcement personnel discovered many stolen items at a local flea market.
Since then nine search warrants have been executed and several thousand power tools have been recovered  (see photo page 12).

Williston City Council members left no wiggle room Tuesday when they set the 2012-2013 tentative millage rate at 5.9025 mills–the same as in years past.
By law, a governing body can reduce a millage rate once a tentative one is approved but it can never increase it once a tentative number is adopted to offset a budget that is not yet prepared.