Local News

The Levy County Sheriff's Office is participating in Operation Dry Spring, which will take place from Monday, March 4, through Sunday, April 7, in conjunction with the spring breaks of most public and private schools in Florida. Operation Dry Spring is being spearheaded by the Florida Sheriffs Task Force.

State health officials are warning area residents to stay out of the Suwannee River because of potential contamination from an upstream sewage plant.

A Bronson woman became the fifth traffic fatality for 2013 in Levy County when the car she was driving left the road and struck a tree shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, according to a Florida Highway Patrol press release.

The Levy County Commission will interview the top three candidates for Rob Corbitt's post at 9 a.m. Thursday. Corbitt is county building & development director who is retiring in April. 

The top candidates for the post are:

• Bill Hammond, Chiefland building official and organizer of the Chiefland Centennial Celebration;

• Luther Council Jr. former Wakulla County building official; and

• Randon Hays, assistant building official and chief inspector for Putnam County.