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  • Walmart employee killed in accident

    A Walmart employee was killed Feb. 22 when a pallet fell on her while she was operating a forklift in a box trailer.

    According to a Chiefland Police report, Sandra Jeannette Quincey was transported by Rescue Seven to Shands Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

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  • Step back in time to the golden age of transportation

     The Levy County Historical Society invites the young and young at heart to join them for an

    excursion back in time to the Golden Age of Transportation at their three-day exhibit of “RAILROADS & RIVERBOATS.”

    The exhibit will held Friday, March 3rd; Saturday, March 4th; and Sunday, March 5th, 2017, and will be

    open from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day. The display will be held at the Club House of the Cedar Key RV Resort, Shiloh Road, Sumner, just behind the Marathon Gas Station and Cedar Key Country Store on SR 24.

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  • Popcorn, cotton candy and a ferris wheel

    Popcorn, cotton candy, the ferris wheel and more are all part of the allure when the Levy County Fair opens today (Thursday) at Williston’s Industrial Park, across from Horseman’s Park.

    The gates open at 4 p.m. with opening ceremonies at 6:30 p.m. on the main stage.

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  • Man, mad at his mother, sets fire to Villas laundry room

     Investigators responded to Inglis Villas at 33 Tronu Drive in Inglis July 6 after the maintenance worker found evidence someone intentionally set a fire in the laundry room. The laundry room is connected to the administrative offices and could have been occupied at the time. A law enforcement officer employed by the LCSO who lives in the Villas directed investigators to a potential suspect, Seth Lee Myers (7-17-98).

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  • Volunteers ‘Run For The Money’ through county

    About 30 runners for the week made the 180-mile run from Tallahassee to Lecanto an hour at a time to bring awareness to the disabled people who need help. The runners left the state capital Monday, July 10, and finished Saturday, July 15, at the Key Training Center.

    Friday marked the 42nd year that volunteers have “Run For The Money” to raise awareness there are disabled people in our country who are not getting the help they need.

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  • Caldwell courts locals in bid for Ag Commissioner

    State Rep. Matt Caldwell stopped in Chiefland Friday afternoon where he spent the day with Ken Griner on the cattle ranch, he worked with a logging crew and then went to the Suwannee Lumber in Cross City where he toured the mill to try to gain an understanding of issues they are dealing with.

    The day was part of his statewide campaign for Commissioner of Agriculture. The election is still 13 months away.

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  • Atheist responds to Liberty Counsel in 'Letter to the Editor'

    There are specious assertions in Liberty Counsel’s article that must be addressed. 

    Courts have ruled repeatedly that the 10 Commandments monument, when placed on Government property is not private speech, but becomes government speech as any reasonable person would perceive it to be. Much the same as any signage placed on a property is perceived to have the full endorsement of the property owner. 

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  • Class of ’64 reconnects with back-to-back celebrations at old hangout

    By CHS Class of 1964

    Members of Chiefland High School’s Class of 1964 recently reunited at Bett’s Big T Restaurant.

    The celebration on June 12 included four classmates from out of town, including Charles and Linda McLendon from North Carolina; Jackie Cheely and Roy Pickett from Arkansas; Janet Hudson and J.L. Watson from Georgia; and Bert and Mary Jane Farnell from Texas. 

    We also had a great turnout of local classmates.

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  • Living off the grid

    Citizens of the Gulf Hammock area feel like their area is falling through the cracks when it comes to locating homes for delivery or emergency services, and when it comes to the latter, they’re worried it could prove fatal.

    At the Gulf Hammock Church of God Thursday, July 13, around 30 Gulf Hammock residents met with a handful of county representatives to air out their worries over how the area is represented on mapping systems as well as how it’s handled through the postal system.

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  • Blast from the past

    Submitted by members of the CHS Class of 1964

    Members of Chiefland High School’s Class of 1964 recently reunited at Bett’s Big T Restaurant.

    The celebration on June 12 included four classmates from out of town, including Charles and Linda McLendon from North Carolina; Jackie Cheely and Roy Pickett from Arkansas; Janet Hudson and J.L. Watson from Georgia; and Bert and Mary Jane Farnell from Texas.

    We also had a great turnout of local classmates.

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