Today's News

Heather Porter knows what the next two years of her life will bring.

The Williston senior signed a softball scholarship with Central Florida Community College yesterday (Wednesday) at the WHS media center.

CFCC coach Kerri Ryskamp said she plans to use Porter as either an infielder or outfielder. "She can play anywhere," said the young coach who will be entering her second season next year, as she also praised the WHS senior's hitting.

A Williston man was charged April 24 with sexual battery on a mentally defective victim.

Mark Ezzell, 39, was arrested after someone found him and the alleged male victim in bed while his caregiver was away. Bail was set at $100,000.

Others charged with felonies last week by officers with the Levy County Sheriff's Office include:

Christopher P. Hicks, 30, of Trenton, forgery-obtaining a controlled substance. Bond $2,500.

Catrell L. Evans, 25, of Micanopy, fraud, failure to redeliver leased property. He was released on his own recognizance.

When I was a young boy, about 7 or so, my grandmother died. She was my mother's mother, and also my aunt's mother. My aunt lived across the street, so our families were quite close.

About that time, there was a popular song on the radio called My Heart Cries for You. I believe the singer was Guy Mitchell, who a few years later would have the big hit, Singing the Blues.

HIGH SPRINGS - A man whose fund-raising quest was to travel from Williston to California in a wagon behind two horses ended tragically in High Springs when one of his horses died early Thursday, May 1, after being hit by a car.

Rodney Burnett, 51, left Williston earlier in the week with much fanfare. He had planned on taking a trip all the way to the Pacific Ocean, raising money along the way for Ladder H Farms, an organization that, once it had enough money, would provide therapeutic experiences for disabled people through the use of horses.