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Today's News

  • Two want to represent Chiefland

    The Chiefland City Commission will be interviewing the only two candidates who applied for the position of city attorney at 5 p.m. on Nov. 10.

    Norm D. Fugate of Williston, who specializes in government and real estate law and is Chiefland's city attorney, will be interviewed at 5:30 p.m. and Brent E. Baris, a real estate attorney and city attorney for Otter Creek, will be interviewed at 5 p.m.

    They were the only applicants who gave the city proposals for legal services by the 4:30 p.m. Oct. 20 deadline.

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  • Nine charged in drug arrests

    Nine people, including a 73-year-old grandmother, her two daughters and granddaughter, were arrested in a drug roundup last week.

    The Levy County Sheriff's Office Drug Task force charged the nine with 21 felonies and four misdemeanors, while also conducting one warrant arrest. The drug buys occurred at 242 Pine St. and also within 100 feet from the Bronson Post Office property, according to a Sheriff's Office press release.

    A warrant was executed at Ethel Greenlee Brinson's residence at 242 Pine Street, the third time that has occurred.

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  • Sheriff's Report

    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.

    Rex A. Reeves, 38, Myrtle Avenue, Clearwater, charged with driving under the influence. Bail is $2,500.

    Jerry J. Gore, 52, Southeast 26th Terrace, Gulf Hammock, charged with aggravated assault. Bail is $25,000

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  • Trick or Treat in Chiefland Saturday

    The city of Chiefland's Trick or Treat will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25.

    The city commission, in its regular meeting on Oct. 13 decided to stick with it's policy of holding trick or treat on the last Saturday of the month even though Halloween falls on a Friday this year - 6 days after the city-sanctioned event.

    Williston will host its annual Trail of Treaters Friday, Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in downtown Williston.

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  • Superintendent candidates face off

    Candidates for Levy County Schools Superintendent Robert Hastings and Jeff Edison met Monday night at the old Bronson High School auditorium to speak to voters and answer questions about their respective campaigns.

    Hastings presented himself as the candidate for change, stressing the need to improve the dynamic between administration and teachers while Assistant Superintendent Edison placed his focus on putting kids first.

    "We need an administration that cares about employees," said Hastings. "There are changes coming, I assure you, there are changes coming."

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  • Residents unhappy with mud boggers

    Mud boggers who use a private site on County Road 337 near N.E. 125th Street need to have their driver licenses, vehicle registrations and insurance papers up to date on Sunday, Oct. 26 as the Levy County Sheriff's Office is conducting a checkpoint at the intersection.

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  • Early voting under way

    Early voting in the presidential election has started and will continue through Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Levy County Supervisor of Elections office on Court Street in Bronson.

    Interest is high in this year's election, Connie Asbell, supervisor of elections, said.

    The county has registered about 500 new voters since February. There are 25,983 registered voters with 14,056 registered Democrats, 7,919 registered Republicans, 1,163 with no party affiliation and 2,755 with other party affiliations.

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  • School board member charged with lewdness

    School Board of Levy County member Billy Morrison was a no-show Tuesday morning for the regular meeting of the Levy County School Board, 10 days after his arrest in Gainesville.

    Morrison, 47, of Bronson, was charged at the Santa Fe College Northwest Campus in Gainesville Oct. 11 with lewdness and exposure of sexual organs, both misdemeanors, after a police patrol and undercover investigation of a rest room at the school.

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  • Chubb still awaiting trial

    Nola Chubb, 61, who is charged with aggravated negligent manslaughter and abuse against and elderly or disabled person in the March 31, 2006, death of her mother Angelina Mattioda is still awaiting trial.

    Chubb, a licensed practical nurse, was charged in June 2006, but the trial has been delayed while she recovered from an automobile accident that occurred in October 2006. As a result of her injuries she had undergone physical rehabilitation and was taking prescription medication that rendered her unable to withstand a trial.

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  • Father Lopez takes down Eagles in OT

    Bronson slid to .500 while playing their best football yet. Now 3-3, the Eagles dueled Daytona's Father Lopez to a standstill before falling 27-21 in overtime. This, against a team that clobbered them 56-12 last year.

    "We grew up a little today," said Bronson head coach Al Cooksey. "With so much losing behind us, we have to build a culture where we expect to win."

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