Today's News

Unfortunately, every week we read of student drivers in United States that are involved in automobile crashes resulting in traffic fatalities. The Levy County Sheriff's Office has received a $10,000 grant from the Florida Department of Transportation to fund the Levy County Teen Driver Improvement Program.

The Levy County Sheriff's Office, Community Relations Division, is offering a no cost, Teen Driver Improvement Program to all Levy County students who have a current Operators License or Learners Permit or who are about to get their learners permit.

A traffic stop by Williston Police on CR318 led to the arrest of two people, one for driving with a suspended license and the other for possession of cocaine.

On May 17, Cpl. Kevin B. Sheppard stopped a vehicle for having an expired tag. The driver, Brandy April Nutt, 26, of Keystone Heights, was found to have her license suspended five times for failure to pay traffic fines, and was arrested.

This is a big weekend for many young people in Levy County, as they leave high school and move on to the next phase of their lives.

Graduation ceremonies are scheduled for most Levy County schools this weekend, a landmark day for a few hundred young adults who are ready to venture out into the world.

The mystery of the foal found inside the Williston city limits recently has been solved with a happy ending but a sad twist.

Carmello Zappulla of Kimberlite Farm on U.S. 41 has come forward to claim the colt. Zappollo told authorities he found one of his mares dead on Friday, May 16. The mare was bred, but no foal was evident. Zappulla assumed the mare had died prior to giving birth.