Today's News

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

Dec. 5, Nicholas Lee Bailey, 23, Bronson, VOP.

Dec. 4, Dawn Marie Bartkus, 25, Bronson, two counts out of county warrant. Bond $1,000.

Dec. 7, Latoria Shanese Bell, 27, Cross City, out of county warrant. Bond $5,000.

Dec. 9, Justin Wayne Bingaman, 25, Chiefland, battery, misuse 911. Bond $20,000.

Dec. 7, Ronald Robert Bischoff, 40, Vine Grove, Ky., two VOP.

It could have been a blood bath, the crowd knew, watching Chiefland’s P.J. Thomas and Old Town’s Teddy Skaggs glare at each other from across the eight-sided ring. 

The five bouts before, full of head and gut-splitting elbows, hooks, uppercuts, wild haymakers, knee strikes, slams and chokeholds, made that abundantly clear.

Special to the Pioneer

When Coach Trent Viau received an e-mail from a colleague advising him about a grant opportunity from the NFL worth $10,000, he considered deleting the e-mail, thinking there was little chance that a small rural middle school in Levy County could ever be fortunate enough to win such a large amount of money. 

But the more he read about the grant, the more convinced he became that Williston Middle School would be a perfect pick for such a grant. 

Their work is often unheralded, but the truth is, each month five regular citizens meet to discuss the future of Williston’s redevelopment.

Led by Dr. Kenneth Schwiebert, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) of Nick Williams, Betty Fender, Jonathan Lewis and Jim Smith has a vision for the city and works tirelessly to bring dreams to reality.

At the forefront of this vision is a huge revitalization of Heritage Park, located off Main Street and in front of city hall.