Today's News

About 21 million voters have cast their ballots in the 2016 presidential election and Levy County is also showing its enthusiasm for the election.

Supervisor of Elections Tammy Jones, who is overseeing her first general election since taking office in 2013 after working in the elections office, said, “I think we’re having a really good turnout. Things are going great.”

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It's almost a whodunit as Levy County Sheriff's investigators try to piece together a shooting that wounded two men outside Bubba's Place in Fanning Springs at abut 2:10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, but it has been complicated as eyewitnesses were inebriated at the time.

Sheriff's Sgt. Carl Rogers and Deputy Chase Gregory were on duty in the area when they heard a gunshot coming from the direction of Bubba’s Place.

The Bronson football team is looking for a special night this Friday at John Rutledge Field.

While the Eagles celebrate homecoming against Gainesville’s St. Francis Catholic, they’ll also look to stem an 11-game losing streak at home. They’ve come tantalizingly close, averaging a nine-point deficit and remaining within one possession of their opponent in four home games this year.

Their tilt with the Wolves has the potential for a shootout, have shined in the passing game.

The Chiefland football team didn’t show the signs of a hangover early in last Friday’s game in Bronson that might’ve been expected on the heels of a brutal four-game span that included multiple top-five opponents.

But after the Indians jumped ahead 14-0, the Eagles also proved past was not prologue, as they regained their footing in the second quarter to force a four-quarter fight between the schools located just 13 miles apart.