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Today's News

  • Upcoming events listing

    Saturday, February 28

    * Angel House Thrift store is open on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Located at Holy Family Parish, 17353 NE 27A, Williston.

    Monday, March 2

    * Lions Club 7:30 p.m., Lions Club 401 S.E. Sixth Ave.

    * Levy Veterans Support Group, 7 p.m., Williston City Hall.

    * AA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Thompson Hall at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church.

    * CRA, 5:15 p.m. City Hall.

    * Williston Senior Singles, Billy Jacks Restaurant at 6:30 p.m. Alan Levine 226-2466 or Virginia Corbin 528-5407.

    Tuesday, March 3

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  • Students of the Month honored

    At the March 3 City Council meeting, Council President Debra Jones, substituting for Mayor R. Gerald Hethcoat, recognized a student from each Williston school as the student of the month for March 2009.

    Miranda Milton, a second grader at Joyce Bullock Elementary School, is the daughter of Charles and Kim Milton.

    She was nominated by Laura Hunt, her teacher, who made the following comment: “Miranda is a bright young lady who enjoys learning and always strives to do her best.

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  • Upcoming events briefs

    Fair group

    elects officers

    The Levy County Fair Association held elections at their annual meeting on February 26th and are pleased to announce the following results: President, Debra Jones of Williston, 1st Vice President, Tommy Dunford of Bronson, Secretary, Sylvia Schenk of Bronson, and Treasurer, Eileen DeCora of Williston. They join Norma Myers of Bronson, who is the 2nd Vice President.

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  • Upcoming events listing

    Saturday, March 7

    * Angel House Thrift store is open on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Located at Holy Family Parish, 17353 NE 27A, Williston.

    * Friends of the Williston Library, Book Fair, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Community Center in the the City Hall Complex.

    Monday, March 9

    * Lions Club 7:30 p.m., Lions Club 401 S.E. Sixth Ave.

    * Levy Veterans Support Group, 7 p.m., Williston City Hall.

    * AA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Thompson Hall at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church.

    * WHS Athletic Boosters, 7 p.m., WHS Media Center.

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  • Orlando makes you love Williston

    There’s nothing like a trip to Orlando to make you appreciate what you have around here.

    The journey came Saturday to watch the basketball game between Williston and Orlando Jones.

    Traffic is horrible around Orlando.

    I don’t like to drive too much at night, so I usually stay over. Just getting to the motel was an adventure as I tried to negotiate John Young Parkway, which is now a crawlway, having lost the purpose for which it was built many years ago.

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  • Two county seats remain vacant: Why?

    Editor;

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  • Firefighters receive grant

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $133,665.00 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to the Williston Fire Rescue.

    Williston Fire Chief Lamer Stegall reports the awarded funds will be used for Self Contained Breathing Apparatus also know as (SCBA).

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  • Williston Police Reports

    The Williston Police Department announces the following arrests:

    Jorge H. Hernandez, 28, of 5th Terrace, Williston, was charged with no driver’s license after he was stopped for having no tag light.

    Boyd Williams, 79, of Southwest 1st Avenue, Williston, was charged with domestic battery after an incident at his home.

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  • Levy County Sheriff's Reports

    The Levy County Sheriff’s Office has released information on the following arrests:

    Raul Reynoso, 54, of Northwest 90th Avenue, Chiefland, was accused of possession of more than 20 grams, possession of cannabis with intent to distribute, maintaining a drug dwelling and possession of drug paraphernalia. The Levy County Drug Task Force and S.W.A.T. team executed a search warrant at his home after a confidential source allegedly bought illegal narcotics. Total bond, $21,000.

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  • Whole lotta woofin'

    For one night, anyway, country fans at the Second Annual Bark-N-Purr charity concert reclaimed Florida roads as Nashville artist Craig Morgan wailed “International Harvester,” his hymn celebrating hardworking, road-hogging farm combine drivers.

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