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Today's News

  • City rec scholarships go untouched

    Last year when interim City Manager Oel Wingo was preparing the current city budget, she allocated $10,000 to be allocated in the form of recreational use scholarships.

    The intent was for the money to be used to help defray the registration costs associated with organized sports for any youth who is a city resident who had a genuine financial need, and who might otherwise not be able to afford to play.

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  • Wild Hog best one yet for LARC

    Levy ARC Director Betty Walker was all smiles last week, standing with a group of people in LARC's cafeteria in front of dozens of men and women who receive services from the organization that, since the 1970s, has strived to make a difference in the lives of the intellectually and developmentally disabled in the Tri-County area.

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  • Town hits snag with sewer easement

    The Bronson council has run into it first, albeit small, issue related to easements for the town’s new sewer lines.

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  • Water managers will spend $300K on experiment

    State officials are banking on untested technology to help reduce nitrate pollution in Fanning Springs.

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  • The mechanic had hot pink nails

    Approaching the truck with the raised hood, all that’s visible is a slim figure laboriously clanging away at a motor.

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  • More Crabfest arrests made

    After reviewing videos and photographs taken at Williston’s Crabfest April 27, Levy County law enforcement agents discovered that at least one more incident was occurring simultaneously with the shooting that left one man dead.

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  • Pavilion may be ready by July

    Despite a minor setback a couple weeks ago due to a storm water issue, progress continues with the improvements to the pavilion in the middle of Heritage Park.

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  • County upgrading animal shelter

    It was a busy day at the Levy County Animal Shelter on Tuesday. Many of the pens held pups, kittens, cats and dogs up for adoption and an animal officer was on his way in from Inglis with nine dogs while a resident walked in with two howling kitties.

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  • Pinkstons help restore Atsena Otie cemetery

    The early morning sun was still casting a thin line of light along the contours  of the bodies of the eight men and women who had gathered on the small, wind-swept island of Atsena Otie last week.

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  • County workshop on Crabfest coming

    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.

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