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  • Indians rebound by squashing Bronson

    The Chiefland High baseball team didn't have much time to mope about the previous night's (March 20) disaster at Williston.

    The Indians had to get right back after it the next night (March 21), as they played host to Bronson.

    There was blowing a lead this time, as Chiefland cruised to a 14-2 non-district victory.

    The game only went five innings because of the mercy rule.

    Chiefland (10-2) had single tallies in the first and second innings and then blew it open with a six-run third frame.

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  • Hoop teams look to better '08-'09

    Neither the boys or girls basketball teams at Chiefland High posted winning seasons in 2007-08, but both used them as building blocks towards future success.

    Both teams reminisced at the banquet held Monday, March 17, in the school cafeteria.

    The boys were 8-17 in Mark Lundy?s first year as head coach. Lundy is hoping the foundation is laid for a much better 2008-09.

    Lundy looked back at the 2007-08 season as an exciting one.

    He only had two seniors in Delmar Dial and Casey Brown. Dial grabbed one of the individual awards –the Rebound Award.

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  • Fire chief wants full-time personnel

    Fire Chief John Ward found the Chiefland City Commission unanimously approving some of his requests for grant applications, while the commission held back on one.

    A Florida Division of Forestry grant for a 50-50 match was approved March 24. Ward said these funds are for less expensive items for the department.

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  • 14 suspects listed

    Following are the 14 people suspected of drug crimes who were arrested in the recent roundup in Chiefland:

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  • 14 busted in Chiefland drug raid

    Busted!

    This is probably among the words flying through the air as suspected drug buyers and sellers called each other on their cell phones shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday.

    That's when a set of drug raids started. Officers netted 14 people who are suspected of having committed 38 felonies and four misdemeanors on March 22, according to records.

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  • Sheriff's Report

    Officers with the Levy County Sheriff's Office recently arrested the following people. Suspects are presumed innocent until they are proved guilty in a court of law.

    * James Aloysious Williamson, 28, of Trenton was arrested March 15 for armed burglary of a dwelling, two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, domestic battery and animal cruelty. Bond $67,500.

    * William R. Gee, 36, of Hernando was arrested March 18 for possession of cocaine. Bond $5,000.

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  • CFCC offers classes

    Central Florida Community College will hold information sessions for Health and Human Services programs - including nursing, physical therapist assistant, surgical technology - which have no waiting lists for admission.

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  • Road crew fixes problem on CR 335

    BRONSON - They build, repair and maintain roads in Levy County.

    A team of 67 men and women make up the Levy County Road Department, and they make sure the highways and byways allow people to traverse them.

    Watching work at one site for a couple of hours on March 5 provided an opportunity to see one aspect of the work they do -- repairs.

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  • 14-year-old dies in crash

    A Chiefland woman was involved in a fatal head-on collision Saturday afternoon, in which a 14-year-old boy died, according to Florida Highway Patrol Cpl. J.T. Clark.

    Joyce McCraney, 63, was driving a 2003 Ford F-150 pickup west on State Road 26 when Herbert Brown, 63, of Old Town was eastbound on SR 26 at about 1:40 p.m. as he drove a 1991 Buick.

    Brown entered the westbound lane to go around a car that had stopped in the highway's eastbound lane, Clark said, as the stopped vehicle was attempting to turn left onto T.L. Johnson Boulevard.

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  • Parker named to School Foundation

    Philip Parker, Florida Resource Manager for Plum Creek Timber Company, has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of the Levy County Schools Foundation. Parker's appointment was confirmed at the February Board of Directors Meeting.

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