Today's News

Chiefland has a new city manager, though there was little discussion May 21 on the matter before commissioners unanimously approved applicant Kevin Gay's contract for the job.

It’s been five long years, but county workers will see a 3 percent pay raise in the checks they receive on June 20.

The low pressure area in the Gulf of Mexico that has brought spotty rains to the area is getting more organized and the National Weather Service at Ruskin has issued several notices of foul weather that will affect Levy County residents for today and the rest of the week.

In a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Southwestern and Western Central Florida the NWS is calling for widely scattered thunderstorms becoming more numerous by this evening and overnight, especially near the coast.

Chiefland has a new city manager, though there was little discussion Tuesday evening on the matter before commissioners unanimously approved applicant Kevin Gay's contract for the job.
Gay, who said he would start work Wednesday, will start out with a salary of $64, 500 a year, which is $4,500 more than commissioners had agreed upon at a workshop two weeks prior.
"I made some concessions, and he made some concessions," Mayor Teal Pomeroy said of his earlier contract negotiations with Gay. "I think it's pretty fair."