By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter             Most small cities and county governments rely on state and federal grants to supplement what they receive from local taxpayers. The cost of doing business is rising…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter                 Chiefland City Commissioners Monday honored a Student of the Month who came dressed for success and pleasantly surprised the board.             Tyler Hill, son of Lynn Hill…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter             Members of Chiefland’s black community and the city commission agreed Monday to a month-long process of gathering community input to identify the street or highway in the…

By Terry Witt-Spotlight Senior Reporter                 Chiefland City Commissioners Monday took the first small step toward potentially using a state highway stormwater drain for U.S. 19 to capture runoff from a future paved city street.…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter                 County Coordinator Wilbur Dean Wednesday said Library Services Director Darlene Slattery is preparing a state library construction grant for an addition to the Luther Callaway Library in…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter                 Funding from a federal program aimed at helping cities and counties recover from the 2020 COVID-19 economic shutdown was used by Chiefland City Commissioners Monday to pay…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter             Levy County Library Services Director Darlene Slattery says she hasn’t had time to research issues related to Chiefland and its desire to build a library addition but…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter             Chiefland City Commissioners are giving each of their 38 employees $1,500 of incentive pay through the American Rescue Plan Act.             On advice of City Attorney Norm…