By Linda Cooper Brian Gore and Matt Brooks have filed to run for the current Clerk of Court, Danny Shipp’s job. Shipp announced his retirement a few months ago. Brooks’ filing for Clerk of Court…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter                 It’s difficult to imagine an elevated version of U.S. 19 carrying traffic through Chiefland at speeds of 60-65 mph, possibly at rooftop level, but it’s one of…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter                 An air-conditioned luxury bus loaded with rescued dogs pulled into Levy County Animal Services Monday and accepted an additional 16 local dogs for adoption in South Florida.…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter             Williston has taken ownership of the former Pesso’s Pawn Shop through a foreclosure and the city plans to surplus the property and sell it to someone who…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter                 The rear of an aging two-story building in Williston’s old business district, Block 12, collapsed this week leaving city government with a pile of rubble, an unstable…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter             Hurricane Idalia hit Cedar Key Wednesday with high-powered winds and a record 6.9-foot storm surge that inundated many homes and businesses with salt water and thick mud.…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter             Hurricane Idalia intensified Tuesday and was projected to make landfall near Steinhatchee Wednesday morning as a Category 3 storm packing 125 miles per hour sustained winds and…

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter             Tropical Storm Idalia should strengthen to a major hurricane by Wednesday morning before making landfall somewhere between Cedar Key and Steinhatchee, the National Weather Service said Monday.…