Today's News

The weather station on the Cedar Key dock hit the big one Tuesday morning as a line of storms moved through Levy County clocking winds gusting up to 91 miles per hour. 

Before that a weather station on the island recorded a 74 mph wind gust.

A dock behind Gulfside Motel was knocked down, but the island’s most famous landmark, the Honeymoon Cottage, was still standing. 

“It’s still there. I mean what can you say,” said Cedar Key Fire Chief Robert Robinson. 

A two-hour brainstorming session last Thursday ended with the Williston City Council telling its manager to make a recommendation on the state of impact fees.

The directive began in March 2012 when the council voted to put a one-year moratorium on the fees, assessed on new construction to help offset the costs of infrastrcuture expansion.

With the deadline looming to either extend the moratorium, at the Jan. 22 meeting, council City Manager Scott Lippmann to draft an ordinance that would abolish the fees.

The Levy County Sheriff’s Office reports the following arrests:

Feb. 14, Cort Beebe, 24, Alachua, two counts burglary, two counts criminal mischief, grand theft. Bond $195,000.

Feb. 15, Brian Lee Bowmer, 25, Old Town, VOP.

Feb. 12, John Haywood Boyd, 71, Williston, out of county warrant.

Feb. 11, Marvin W. Clark, 44, Monticello, four VOP.

Feb. 13, Robert Allan Coddington, 28, Spring Hill, VOP.

The depth and future of Red Devil Basketball under Head Coach Steve Faulkner was certainly evident in the Red Devils’ win over the South Sumter Raiders 71-54, before a packed Red Devil Gym Feb. 14.

The Red Devils fell behind 2-0 before Tre Wilson banged in a 3-point basket to put the Red Devils in the lead. 

It was a lead the Red Devils would not give up, despite starters Wilson and Earl Brown going to the bench early in the first quarter, with two personal fouls.