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  • Woo hoo! Unemployment drops again!

    March brought good news on the job front as the unemployment rate for Levy County dropped to a level not seen since July 2008 — 7.6 percent, according to a press release from Workforce Connection, the county's labor agency.

    In July 2008 with the recession hitting Levy County, the unemployment rate was 7.7 percent and the rate continued to rise until it hit a peak 13 percent in January 2010. Since then the rate has wiggled around gradually dropping to its current level.

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  • Something afoul on Chiefland breeze

    Spring is in the air, though folks living near a farm just outside of Chiefland say it's not the sweet perfume of fresh blooms they've been smelling lately.
    "I thought, Jesus, God, somebody's septic tank has overflowed," said Dexter Hughes, a resident living near Manatee Springs State Park, about a recent stench still permeating the air in the area.

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  • Cattlemen, landowners meeting

    The Levy County Cattlemen and Landowners Association will have its spring meeting on Thursday, May 2, at 7 p.m. at Don Quincey's home on the Suwannee River. 

     Anyone interested in joining is invited to attend. For more information, call the Levy County Extension Office at 352-486-5131 or the secretary-treasurer at 352-528-3119.

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  • Annual Antique Car Show at Ayers

    The 21st Annual Antique Car Show at Ayers Health & Rehab Center returns from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 606 N.E. 7th St., Trenton.  

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  • Community calendar for the week of April 18

    Through April 30

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  • FFA Alumni rodeo this weekend

    Local cowboys and cowgirls will be joining the Flying “G” Rodeo Company on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. to put on a show at Brookins Arena at Lotoma Ranch to raise money for the Chiefland FFA Alumni Chapter. 

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  • Cage rage

    Hundreds showed up Saturday night at Chiefland Billiards and Sports Bar to watch 13 kickboxing and mixed martial arts fights that went on for almost four hours.

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  • County buys water buffalos

    The county is prepared to help any municipal water system that has problems in the future with four portable water tanks, known as “water buffalos”, that it agreed to buy on Tuesday. 

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  • Report: 3 rooms contaminated

    The owner of the Bronson Motel has been given 30 days to remedy a problem stemming from the discovery of methamphetamine on the premises, according to officials.

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  • Bronson may change direction with school board

    Despite "hurt feelings" and a unanimous vote by Bronson Town Council members April 1 to forego any more dealings with the Levy County School Board on the use or purchase of the Old Bronson High School Gym, a deal now seems to be in the works.

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