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Today's News

  • Invasive plant workshops

       There will be an invasive plants workshop from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Bronson.
       The workshop will help identify and define invasive plants and why they are important. Significant invasive plants in Levy County that will be covered are Congongrass, Tropical Soda Apple, Japanese Climbing Fern, Chinese Tallow, Air Potato, Camphor, Chinaberry and Japanese Honeysuckle.

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  • Community Calendar for the Week of July 28

    Through August 12

    4-H Summer Camps
    The Levy County 4-H hosts a variety of camps at the Bronson Agricultural Center this summer. Campers must be at least 8 years old by the date of the camp. The cost is $25 per camp or $50 for ATV camp. Camps are Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Camp fee includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, field trips and recreation.
    Bugs & Outdoor Adventures (Aug. 1-5) and Wildlife Adventures (Aug. 8-12). For more information, call 352-486-5131.

    Through July

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  • Hardware store winner

    Roland Senecal, of Cedar Key, no longer has a reason to leave his tools sitting around the garage or house, thanks to a Father's Day giveaway by Chiefland Ace Hardware.Eric Brinkman, store manager, presents Senecal with the prize: a Craftsman tool chest.

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  • Unemployment in Levy rises to 11.1%

    The slow month-by-month decrease in Levy County's jobless rate has reversed course with unemployment rising to 11.1 percent in June, up 0.8 percent from May's unemployment rate.
    While a reversal in five months of declining unemployment, the rate is down from 12.3 percent for the same period a year ago.
    Levy County's labor force decreased by 146 to 17,409, the number of those employed dropped by 286 to 15,468, and those without jobs also dropped by 140 to 1,941.

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  • Court dispositions

    n Reginald Vintrell Adams, possession of synthetic narcotic with intent to sell changed to sale of synthetic narcotic, and sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of church or school, changed to possession of cocaine, 36 months with credit for 100 days on each, served concurrently. Must pay civil judgment and jail fund.

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  • National Guard helps in pot bust

    Members of the Levy County Drug Task Force hitched a ride on an Army National Guard helicopter in an effort to locate illegal marijuana grows.
    On Friday, the task force made its first arrest as a result of the aerial inspection of Levy County.
    Capt. Danny Riffle, who has been spotting marijuana plants since 1983 and seized millions of dollars in the illicit weed, helped in the arrest of Mark O'Leary, 59, of Morriston.
    A raid in the area of Southeast 25th Street off of State Road 121 led to the confiscation of 247 marijuana plants.

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  • Sheriff's Report & Most Wanted for July 28

    The Levy County Sheriff’s Office reports the following arrests:
    n July 20, Terry Lee Arnold, 38, Inglis, DWLSR. Bond $1,000.
    n July 28, Debbie Lynn Barfield, 57, Williston, DWLSR. Bond $1,000.
    n July 22, Rebecca Ann Blackerby, 24, Bronson, DWLSR. Bond $500.
    n July 23, Carl Thomas Butler, 38, Old Town, driving on permanently revoked driver’s license, out of county warrant. Bond $3,350.
    n July 18, Julio Callazo, 31, Inglis, domestic battery by strangulation. Bond $50,000.

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  • Social Security Question and Answer

    By ALICE MOSES-TURNER
    Social Security District Manager, Gainesville
     Question:
    Is it true I must now receive my benefits through direct deposit?
    Answer:

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  • Everything you wanted to know about Medicare but were afraid to ask:

    • How does Medicare work?
    • What Part D plan saves me the most money?
    • Where do I find supplemental insurance rates?
    • How does my employer's insurance work with Medicare?
    • Are there any programs to help pay for my PArt B premiums?
    • Are there any programs to help pay for my drug costs?
    Want to know the answers to these questions? Come see SHINE, a volunteer program with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. For more information, call 1-800-262-2243.

    SHINE meeting schedule:

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  • Get prepared before hitting doughnut hole

    By FRANK BAILEY
    AARP Director of Health
     A quarter-million Floridians age 65-plus will bite into Medicare’s “Doughnut Hole” in 2011.
    It’s not a treat.  The “Doughnut Hole” is another name for the coverage gap in Medicare’s Part D prescription drug benefit.  Medicare, the federal health insurance program for people 65 and older and for some younger persons with disabilities, offers coverage to help people pay for their prescription drugs.

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