Chiefland News

There's been a lot of talk the past few years about cities and counties charging accident victims for the response of emergency personnel to their mishaps.

Published: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 6:27 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 6:27 p.m. Plans to build a 106,000-square-foot hospital in Chiefland are back on track, administrators say, after taking a hit in the economic downturn that had delayed the start of construction.

An undocumented alien jumped out a window and escaped during a raid Tuesday night on a marijuana grow house in Levy County.

"I basically got fired for doing the right thing," says Fred Schuknecht, who lost his job as inspector general after 26 years at the Department of Corrections.

So a move is afoot in Levy County to place a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the county courthouse.

The city of Chiefland's financial health received an "unqualified" endorsement, the highest available from its auditor, Robert Beauchamp.

The Legislature has banned cities and counties from seeking reimbursement from insurance companies and motorists for handling vehicle accidents, which money will be a bit tight for Chiefland Police Department equipment.

A tip to the Levy County Sheriff's Office resulted in officers raiding an indoor pot growing operation south of Chiefland shortly before midnight Tuesday night with 62 full grown potted marijuana plants.

Workforce Connection has combined forces in recruiting with DZ Atlantic, a Day & Zimmermann company based in Norfolk, Va., specializing in support services for the power generation industry around the world.

St. John Missionary Baptist Church of Chiefland, Florida, where Donnell Sanders is the pastor, opened the doors to Manna from Heaven Food Bank on Wednesday, June 10.

The Chiefland Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting to mark the grand opening of the new Edward Jones investment office on Main Street in Chiefland.

Superintendent Robert Hastings announced Tuesday the arrival of two newcomers to the Levy County School District.

In a recession, help sometimes comes from unexpected quarters, and leaders of one North Central Florida college were shocked by the size of a gift they received today .

This artist rendering shows the proposed Levy County campus of the Central Florida Community College.

Erika Drummond of Chiefland was named the Watermelon Queen at the pageant held Saturday night at Chiefland Elementary School.

The Chiefland City Commission reversed itself and will put the city's insurance business up for bid, just one month after deciding it would not do so and reaffirmed Michael Michaelis of Don Martin Insurance Agency as the city's agent.

For me, growing up on a farm in rural Chiefland, Florida was an adventure in food production.

FCAT results are in and they're a mixed bag, to say the least. Levy County School Board saw a report by Director of Secondary Education Patrick Wnek on the schools' grade-by-grade results in each subject, plus comparisons to state numbers, and a lead-in to the county's Deep FRI training for enhanced reading instruction.

Two members of the city's planning board and a former mayor attended the Chiefland City Commission meeting last Tuesday evening, but a rezoning on the agenda was not their reason for speaking.

It's a big weekend if you like festivals and big crowds. It's a big weekend if you like parades and celebrations.