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  • A Queen is crowned

     Chiefland’s 2011 Homecoming Queen, Shelby Mills, gets help hopping up on the hood of a car for the traditional ride around C. Doyle McCall Field. She was crowned during halftime ceremonies at Friday's game against Dixie County. 

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  • Parents won't face charges in local toddler's death

    State Attorney Bill Cervone has decided that the parents of  a two-year-old killed when his brother picked up a loaded gun and it discharged will not be charged with felony culpabale negligence.

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  • Mother Nature shines on garden dedication

    Tuesday morning's temperatures were brisk, but it wasn't enough to dampen the enthusiasm of about 100 people as they turned out for the dedication of the Florida Friendly demonstration garden at the Levy County Extension building in Bronson.

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  • Patient thanks EMS crew

    It's not often the folks who work for Levy County Emergency Medical Service get to see their clients again.

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  • Levy County invaders spur presentation in Cedar Key

    With blinking bug eyes, they hunt at night and ooze a toxic slime from their skin as a defense. They are a threat to the environment and cause tens of thousands of dollars in damage to Florida homeowners and businesses each year.

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  • Friends remember Alonzo

    Former Chiefland High student-athlete Alonzo James Guyton, 24, was shot and killed early in the morning of Oct. 25 in what police are describing as a robbery attempt.

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  • Sheriff’s Office has $1 million employee

    The Levy County Sheriff’s Office has recognized a milestone achievement of benefit to residents of Levy County in these tough economic times. 

    The E911 system is funded with a 50-cents per month fee placed on telephone lines. With the advent of cell phones many people have chosen to drop their landline phones, reducing revenue to support E911. 

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  • COUNTY BRIEFS

     Beast Feast a success

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  • County passes on CFEC purchase

    The Levy County Commission has decided to pass on buying the Central Florida Electric Cooperative headquarters on U.S. Highway 19 in Chiefland. 

    In a special meeting Monday the commission — short one member and without its newly appointed member — registered its displeasure that it was not consulted by county staff or a grants writer before they toured the CFEC facility and asked Chiefland officials for letters of support for a $1.6 million federal grant to renovate the facilities.

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  • Drew not seeking election

    Levy County Commissioner Marsha Drew of Yankeetown will not seek election in 2012 to the District 3 seat to which she was appointed in March 2009.

    “I had been debating it at length for some time,” she said on Monday after a special commission meeting. She had announced she would not seek election at an Oct. 18 meeting of the Inglis-Yankeetown Republican Club. “It wasn’t any one thing.” 

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