Today's News

Last week the green and white converted horse trailers that Levy County uses for its recycling collection program started disappearing from around the county and folks began wondering where they could take their old newspapers, plastic and glass bottles, and cardboard and plastic packaging.

   A home security system video has led to the arrest of a Williston teen in connection with a Jan. 30 break-in at a Williston home and the theft of a loaded SKS rifle, according to a Levy County Sheriff's Office press release.
   Brandon Cole Pickel, 17, of Williston, was arrested by Sgt. Mike Narayan after Williston  School Resource Officer Sgt. Max Long and Deputy Scott Stancil  identified the person seen carrying an object wrapped in a blanket away from the home as Pickel. The rifle was recovered and returned to the owner.
 

All it took was a little rain to encourage the trees, shrubs and plants with buds waiting to awaken from their winter sleep. Although Chiefland only got 0.12 inches of rain on Monday, the forecast calls for more precipitation this weekend.

Tom Bailey, who died in an accident on U.S. Highway 19 on Tuesday will be memorialized in the annual Superbowl Scramble that he organized at the Chiefland Golf & Country Club.
Bailey, the course’s general manager, put together for at least 10 years what was dubbed the “Sup Scramble.” Golfers would gather to play a round and enjoy lunch afterwards.
“Starting this year it will be called the Annual Tom Bailey Superbowl Scramble,” said club member Michael Michaelis.