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Today's News

  • Teachers drowning in paperwork

    Levy County School teachers are buried in paperwork, said Cindy Roach, President of the Levy County Education Association, at last week's School Board meeting.

    "The will and spirit of teachers across the district are being broken by the burden of paperwork required on a daily basis," Roach said.

    "Paperwork has gotten way out of hand," she said. "It has become an epidemic."

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  • Williston toddler dies in accident

    A 3-year-old Williston boy died Friday night after the utility vehicle in which he was a passenger went into an unused rock pit, fell off a submerged ledge, overturned and he drowned.

    Aaron D. Ford, who would have turned 4 years old on Nov. 8, was located in the water about three hours after the 10 p.m. accident by the Levy County Sheriff's Office Dive Team, according to Lt. Scott Finnen.

    Funeral services were held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Knauff Funeral Home in Williston. (A complete obituary is on page 11)

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  • Little theatre sets season

    The Suwannee Valley Players announce the 2008-2009 theatrical season and new officers. In a meeting in July the membership selected the plays to be performed for the new season. Below are the season picks and a brief synopsis.

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  • Chiefland runners attain lots of PR

    Cedar Key's Joseph Bishop got another second place finish in a Levy County cross country meet - this time at Chiefland, behind Ft. White's Matthew Waddington, whom he'd beaten at Williston two weeks before.

    Bishop grouched for a few minutes, complained that Waddington "had a better stride," then allowed as how this was his best race ever.

    Alex Travis of Williston, who finished just behind Bishop, said he, too, had run his best race on the shady course.

    "It was nice and cool under the trees," he said.

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  • Eagles fall Friday

    The Bronson Eagles fell to the Trenton Tigers 21-14 Friday night at Trenton's Booster Stadium. The Eagles came in to Trenton flying high with a winning record record (3-1) while the Tigers were winless and missing their starting tailback C.J. Bowers. The Eagles have been almost unstoppable running the ball against their opponents this season. The Bronson backfield has been averaging over 200 yards rushing per game.

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  • Indians lose on the road

    Coach Ajay Ulmer was worried about the effect Mayo receiver Jamal Reid would have on Friday night's football game. In Lafayette's 57-22 win over Chiefland, though, the Hornets didn't even deploy Reid until the end of the first quarter, because they already had Alan Driver, Sergio Perez and Shyler Morgan scarfing up yards on the ground.

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  • Sheriff's reports

    Bronson -The Levy County Sheriff's Office arrested the following persons. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is gathered from Sheriff's Office press releases, arrest reports and court appearance orders.

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  • Six busted in drug sting

    BRONSON - The Levy County Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force has arrested six Bronson and Williston residents on 13 felony charges, one misdemeanor arrest and one warrant following a five-month undercover operation in the Bronson and Williston area. The team made undercover drug buys for crack cocaine, powder cocaine and pills that were recovered during an arrest, according to a Sheriff's Office press release.

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  • County has good year in the court system

    It has been a good year for Levy County in the courts County Attorney Anne Bast Brown told the Board of Commissioners in its regular Tuesday morning meeting.

    Brown, who presented her annual report, summed it up with, "We had a pretty good year."

    The legal staff handled 692 files in the past year. She said 226 represent open and ongoing work, while another 286 are legal request files. Of that number, she said 180 were opened in the year ending Aug. 31 and an equal number were closed.

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  • Creekside students learn fire safety awareness

    The Bronson Fire and Rescue Department visited Creekside Christian School in Otter Creek Tuesday morning to emphasize the importance of safety awareness as part of National Fire Prevention Week Oct. 5-11.

    "I'm glad we've had this training today," said Pastor and Principal Bill Keith. "It might save a life some day."

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