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Officials with the Levy County Sheriff’s Office said in a meeting last week that the agency needs to hire four new dispatchers and switch over to a communication system known as silent dispatching.
“I really do believe our county will be better served,” Sheriff Johnny Smith told about 25 representatives from various agencies throughout the county in attendance at the meeting held at the sheriff’s office.

Chiefland High School senior Mark Tolentino was not fooled for a moment when he was called to the principal's office for being in trouble, or so he says. He said he expected to see his parents there because he needed a signature on some paperwork.
Instead he was informed he will be the top graduate in the CHS Class of 2011 and will be its valedictorian.
Fellow senior Jacob Reidy, on the other hand, wondered if he needed to wear a catcher's mask to protect himself when he was notified to get to principal Bill Tovine's office.

When the Bronson Chamber of Commerce needed a little injection of life to revive it a couple of years ago, Tommy Dunford was the man they handed the job.
Mr. Dunford, whose family, friends and co-workers joked he was a man of many hats, gladly took on the job of Chamber president and started planning new activities for the group — including the Town of Bronson's first and second annual Pumpkin Festival.

 The construction crew for the new Murphy Express gas station on U.S. Highway 19 has been having fun with drivers. The price started at $5.55 and has climbed. This photo was taken on Friday, Jan. 28.  If you look closely, Murphy which brags about its discounted fuel prices, has a discount posted on the canopy above the pumps.