Today's News

It's rare that Williston City Manager Scott Lippmann airs his frustrations in a public meeting. Tuesday night was an exception.

Lippmann, who was hired in 2012, said it is troubling when city residents go to a council member expecting a resolution to a problem.

Instead, he suggested, council members should ask residents, "Have you contacted city hall?"

Lippmann said the chain of command needs to be followed if any resident is having issues.

A Georgia family of four was killed this weekend when their 1948 Cessna 170 crashed after take off at the Williston Municipal Airport.

Clay Connolly, Williston Deputy Chief of Police, said the police and fire departments were notified about the crash around 1:12 p.m. Easter Sunday.

It was only after the investigation began that law enforcement personnel began piecing the facts together and determined that the aircraft crashed some time after 3:10 p.m. Saturday.

Williston is a safe community.

Police Chief Dennis Strow wants to keep it that way and he's asking the city's residents for their help.

In the last few weeks, there have been several vehicle break-ins within the city, and two cars were stolen. Both of those cars were found – one because it ran out of gas and the other abandoned.

"Creepers", people who wander around looking for unlocked vehicles are most likely the suspects, the chief said.

No one knows exactly when it began or even how it began, but Big Papa speculates it was around 1995 or 1996.

And so for the last 20 years or so, almost every morning between 10-11, every week, every month, they come to sit under the shade of the oak trees where they solve Williston's problems and talk about what's going on around town. But mostly they just play dominoes – game after game of the ancient Chinese game that dates back to at least the 14th century.