Today's News

Chiefland Fire Chief James Harris may not have gotten a glowing evaluation, but he has enough strong points in the job he is doing to stick around for another year. 

The City Commission voted 4-1 with Mayor Teal Pomeroy dissenting, to approve the new contract and Harris humbly thanked the commission for keeping him on.

After Monday's special and regular meetings of the commission, Harris said fire chiefs average five years in their jobs and he is happy that he will see a sixth year with the city.

It will be cold Saturday morning, but the frigid temperatures will only delay the opening of the Chiefland Farmers Market at Trailhead/Old Depot Park on U.S. Highway 19 South. 

Instead of opening at its usual 8 a.m., the market will open at 9 a.m. when the sun is expected to be high enough in the sky to ward off the morning chill. It will be open until 1 p.m.

Chiefland’s downtown Farmers Market specializes in fresh, seasonal local produce, meats, plants, animals and food. Please come out and support the community market.

The Chiefland City Commission was presented with an application to allow a Ten Commandments monument to be placed on the City Hall lawn by a Trenton-based religious cooperative.

Pastor Travis Hudson and Dr. Jerry Nash, representing the Harmony Baptist Association of Bronson, an association of 28 churches and missions in Levy, Gilchrist, Alachua and Columbia counties, presented the letter of application at Monday's regular meeting.

The Levy County Commission weary of a contentious process for publishing its legal advertising hinted on Tuesday that it may self publish the delinquent property tax rolls.

The suggestion came during a discussion of County Attorney Anne Bast Brown's report that both bids for the tax roll and legal advertising were flawed. She rewrote the bid documents and sought the commission's approval to rebid.