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A Ten Commandments monument has been placed right next to the Levy County Courthouse by a non-profit group. While the county does not own the monument — do you think the county commission should have a religious monument on the courthouse grounds? And if the monument is related to the county or nation's history or system of laws, should a plaque explaing that accompany the monument?

When reports keep showing Levy County's unemployment rate at 13.6 percent (as it was in August) it may not feel as if things are getting better. But a group of economists in Massachusetts who decide such things say the recession that started in 2007 ended in June 2009. Housing starts were also up in August — nationally. But in Levy County foreclosure sales are up from once a week to three times a week.

Which volleyball team is tops in the county? Where do you see Chiefland, Bronson, Williston or Cedar Key going this season? Discuss high school volleyball news here.

A Levy County Fire Advisory Board subcommittee is collecting and considering plans to map the future of fire service in the county.

One plan being put forth calls for consolidating all of the fire departments — city and county — into one department and merging that with the county's Emergency Medical Service.

The 10-year plan calls for hiring a director at $80,000 a year with annual $5,000 pay increases for the first nine years. The director would