Today's News

The Levy County Sheriffs Office announced Monday that it will join nearly 10,000 other law enforcement agencies nationwide in support of an intensive crackdown on impaired driving through Labor Day, Sept. 5, a period known as “Drive Sober or get pulled Over.”
Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows the number of alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities in America fell from 2008 to 2009, but in 2009 alone, 10,839 people died in crashes in which a driver or motorcycle rider was at or above the legal limit.

About 120 visitors showed up Tuesday in Trenton at the 6th Annual Pure Water Wilderness Tourism Summit.
“There was more of a positive response," said Donna Creamer, executive director of Pure Water Wilderness, after the event. "There was more cooperation."
Creamer said the event, which focused on hospitality and customer service, had one of the biggest turnouts yet, something she attributed to the day's topic.

The Greater Chiefland Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its Business of the Year banquet Tuesday, Sept. 13, in conjunction with the state's 28th Annual Industry Appreciation Week, which begins Sept. 12.
Each year the Chiefland Chamber collects nominations from the public and chooses an outstanding Business of the Year to be honored at the banquet. This year the Chiefland Chamber will honor two local businesses at the event. This year’s event is at the Usher Center, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Carol Kearns was on a mission trip to Colima, Mexico, with her husband, Pastor George Kearns of Lighthouse Word Church in Chiefland, when the call came.
Would she be interested in doing God's work in Swaziland?
Why not spend 10 days in July in Swaziland, one of the last countries ruled by a king who is the closest thing to an absolute monarch. It's only 7,800 plus miles away, land-locked between South Africa and Mozambique.