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Today's News

  • Police chief's contract not renewed

    Cedar Key City Commission voted 3-2 Tuesday against continuing its contract with police chief Bubba Castell.

    Island and area residents filled the City Hall commission room, overflowed the porch and packed the lawn on two sides of the building, trying to hear the proceedings in the first commission meeting since the May 6 election.

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  • LAB alive and well

    BRONSON - The reports of the death of the Library Advisory Board have been greatly exaggerated, it appears.

    During the April 22 County Commissioners meeting, talk about possibly dissolving the nine-year old committee surfaced.

    Once five-people strong, the LAB has recently dwindled to just one - chairman Dave Kendall.

    Usable ideas from the LAB were few and far between, according to Levy Chief Librarian Bonnie Tollefson, suggesting its days may be numbered.

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  • Mills shines in national tourney spotlight

    >Whitney Mills finally got her chance to shine for the Santa Fe Community College softball team, and she came through with flying colors.

    Mills, the 2007 Chiefland High graduate, saw limited playing time through much of the season for the Lady Saints of SFCC.

    In the most important tournament of the season, coach turned Mills loose.

    As a designated hitter, she excelled for the Lady Saints in the JUCO Nationals played Thursday through Saturday in Plant City.

    Santa Fe had to settle for second in the nation after dropping a 5-2 decision to Wallace State.

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  • Anglers see red in annual Rotary Fishing Tournament

    CEDAR KEY -They came from near and far Saturday to have a great time on the water off the Cedar Keys, but more importantly, to help out the Chiefland Rotary Club with one of its major fundraisers -the annual Fishing Tournament.

    The number of boats participating -44 -nearly matched last year's total of 47. A good sign considering the current state of the economy.

    But with more sponsors this year, the net money raised came out to be quite a bit more.

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  • Remember what Memorial Day is about

    Over the last decades, scores of men and women have fought and died in wars to preserve the ideals and beliefs we hold most dear. Many of the ones who paid the ultimate price for those ideals were youths barely in the bloom of adulthood. The crowded cemeteries bedecked with white crosses bear mute witness to their supreme sacrifice.

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  • CES to get new classrooms

    Students at Chiefland Elementary will have something to crow about as construction on eight new classrooms is set to begin in October.

    The Levy County School Board discussed the construction plans at their meeting this week, announcing the additions will replace Chiefland Elementary's 20-year-old portables.

    Four classrooms will be for intermediate grades and four for primary grades. Joyce Bullock Elementary and also Cedar Key Elementary will see some improvements as well.

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  • ATVs still taboo on dirt roads

    BRONSON - Four-wheelin' on ATVs is a popular weekend activity for families in Levy County, but the County Commissioners believe such activity should only take place on private property or in designated areas.

    That position was reaffirmed Tuesday at the Board of County Commissioners meeting, as resident Tina Buening's request to legalize operating four-wheelers on public unpaved roads was shot down.

    Liability was cited as a key reason to keep ATVs off public roads.

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  • Happy Memorial Day

    The Chiefland Citizen will be closed Monday, May 26 in observance of Memorial Day. All news deadlines at 3 p.m. Friday, May 23. Have a safe and happy holiday weekend.

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  • Blowtorch may have sparked flames

    An enormous black cloud could be seen from miles around when a Bronson tire company caught on fire Tuesday afternoon.

    Rescue workers from several local cities were able to stop the fire at Tri County Tire from spreading to nearby properties, but traffic on State Road 24 was temporarily halted due to poor visibility.

    Williston Fire Chief Lamar Stegall said workers hired to clean up the property accidentally started the fire while cutting steel with a blowtorch.

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  • Keegan Caudill awarded Purple Heart

    Some days Keegan Caudill feels like he is a 40 or 50-year-old man.

    Most days he has a headache that no drugs can alleviate.

    Every day he remembers sights, sounds and smells from the most incredible journey of his young life.

    In the past six months, the 2005 graduate of Bell High School has experienced enough to fill the lifetime of an ordinary man.

    But he is no ordinary man and his experience was nothing short of a miracle.

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