Morriston News

Published: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 1:43 a.m. A man injured in a traffic crash on Sunday afternoon has since died, according to Florida Highway Patrol troopers.

Buy your pumpkin at First UMC Chiefland The First United Methodist Church of Chiefland is selling pumpkins and gourds of all sizes, shapes and colors.

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 8:13 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 8:13 a.m. The driver of a small car was killed but her five passengers survived with minor injuries following a one-car crash in Levy County late Monday.

A Chiefland man is charged with driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident with serious injuries, and driving without a license in a crash that occurred on U.S. Highway 27A and Northeast 145th Avenue on Saturday at 3:10 p.m. It was the second serious accident in Levy County in as many days.

Published: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 11:52 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 11:52 a.m. A Levy County man has been arrested and charged with sexual battery and lewd and lascivious molestation on a child under 12 years of age.

A woman who told police she took more than $400 worth of goods from a department store was arrested by an Ocala police officer on Monday and charged with retail grand theft, according to officials.

Volunteers turned out Saturday morning and took their posts beside bright yellow school buses and waited patiently until late afternoon for generous donors to bring school supplies to be distributed to Levy County public school students.

Three of the horses before their removal. Authorities in Florida have seized 33 horses from a Marion County property, some of them up to 227 kilograms underweight.

The owners of a controversial exotic animal sanctuary in the Small Farms subdivision has filed a request for a special exception to zoning regulations to allow them to keep the lion, tiger, bear, two chimpanzees they have on the property.

Published: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 1:23 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 1:23 p.m. A man on probation for Marion County crimes was arrested in Levy County Sunday on the charge of sexual battery.

Four teens who were not wearing seat belts were seriously injured on Friday evening when the truck they were riding in went out of control and overturned on County Road 339A just past State Road 500.

Morriston's Small Farms subdivision is in an uproar over the location of lions, tigers, bears, apes and monkeys in their neighborhood - with some animals as close as 250 feet to a child's bedroom.

The Florida Highway Patrol was investigating a Levy County crash involving a school bus.