Local News

When Suwannee River floodwaters at Wilcox rose above 9 feet on Sunday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) activated boating restrictions on Zone 4.

This section is from the County Road 340 Bridge at Rock Bluff to 1 mile below the Fowler Bluff Boat Ramp. This 51-mile segment will be an idle-speed, no-wake zone as long as the Suwannee is at 9 feet on the Wilcox gauge, where flood stage is 11 feet.

Organizers of a “Labor Day Hip Hop Extravaganza” near Williston on Saturday that was to draw performers from Tampa, South Florida and Texas, and more than 1,000 concertgoers has been halted by a temporary court injunction issued late Friday afternoon.

The injunction, issued Friday afternoon by 8th Circuit Judge William Davis, covers the entire county, so the event cannot be moved from its planned location on 2.4 acres at an RV park at 21151 N.E. U.S. Highway 27. 

The Levy County Commission has scheduled the following public hearings on the 2013-2014 budhget and the special assessments:

• The hearing to adopt the tentative 2013-2014 budget is Thursday, Sept. 5, at 6 p.m.

• The hearing ont he special assessments for roas, solid waste, the Levy Cpunty Emergency Medical Service and the county fire services is Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 6:30 p.m. 

• The hearing on the final 2013-2014 budget will be Monday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m.

Five candidates, a handful of local officials and a room full of citizens turned out Monday night to hear what Bronson candidates had to say about themselves and the direction the town should be going in.