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Today's News

  • Jersey Number 3 retired

    “No Williston Red Devil basketball player will ever wear Jersey Number 3 again,” said Red Devil Head Coach Steve Faulkner, as he presented the encased jersey to Mr. and Mrs Danny Floyd.

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  • New leadership in Levy County

    The new year is bring leadership changes to Levy County, as the result of retirements, career moves and the November elections.

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  • Williston man on The Biggest Loser

     Joe Ostaszewski, a senior sales executive from Williston,  is scheduled to be a contestant on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” when it premieres Jan. 6.

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  • How I slept through Christmas and suddenly it was 2013

     Everyone who knows me understands that the time between Thanksgiving and New Year is my time. I relish the season for so many different reasons and actually anticipate it like a child.

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  • Human remains found in Otter Creek identified
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  • Legacy honored

     The Team Mighty Ike Holiday Shootout was held in memory of beloved Williston student-athlete Isaac Floyd, who died a year ago in a car accident. 

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  • Cold means crappie

    By Capt. Brylee

    Special to the Pioneer

    Colder waters not only mean great fishing for inshore and offshore anglers, fresh water fans are not left in the cold with nothing to do. 

    Cold this time of the year for many avid anglers only means one thing; speck fishing. Depending on where you are from or who your fishing mentor was, you may refer to speckled perch or just speck as black crappie. It’s tomato or tomato, it really doesn’t matter we’re talking about the same fish.

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  • Levy County Sheriff's Reports

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

    Dec. 19, Elliott Howard Ansin, 26, Interlachen, grand theft. Bond $2,000.

    Dec. 19, Timothy Wade Arnold, 35,  Inglis, DWLS, leaving scene of a crash. Bond $20,000.

    Dec. 19, Michael Wayne Aurilio, 29, Dunnellon, two VOP.

    Dec. 18, Marlena Annette Batey, 27, Bronson, VOP.

    Dec. 20, Alisha Marie Braswell, 28, Chiefland, DWLS.

    Dec. 20, Jeremy Lee Burchett, 25, Williston, two out of county warrants. Bond $300.

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  • Red Devils fall to 3-2 in district play

    It was five quick 3-point baskets by the Santa Fe Raiders on Friday night Dec.21, that put the Red Devils in an early hole that they just could not climb out of.

    Santa Fe dropped in five first quarter 3-point baskets to hold onto an early 19-16 lead as the first quarter of the District game came to an end.

    In the second quarter, the 3-point basket failed to fall for the Raiders, as David Heinkel and Damien Strange found the range for the Red Devils as they helped to pull the Red Devils to within one point of the Raiders at half time, 27-26.

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  • One shot McGowan

    By Brian Hoopaugh

    bhoopaugh@willistonpioneer.com

    It was a normal outing with his grandfather, John, when Dalton McGowan went exploring in the woods just northeast of Williston two weeks ago. 

    Dalton had gone to the woods many times in his 14 years but this venture will forever be stuck in his mind and surely included in tales told for years to come.

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