Levy Government Services

Williston’s City Budget is Bigger and It’s Balanced

City of WillistonSeptember 1, 2022

By Terry Witt- Spotlight Senior Reporter Williston City Council members ironed out their $20.4 million budget for fiscal year 2022-23 in a workshop Thursday, proposing to retain a property tax rate of 6.75 mills…

Future Bypasses and Grade Separations Could be on…

Latest NewsAugust 30, 2022

By Terry Witt- Spotlight Senior Reporter Part 2 - Spotlight Exclusive Interview on U.S. 19 Study One of the many concerns Chiefland residents have expressed regarding potential changes to U.S. 19 is whether the…

Traffic Engineer Says U.S. 19 Will Connect to…

Latest NewsAugust 29, 2022

By Terry Witt -Spotlight Senior Reporter Part 1 - Spotlight Exclusive Interview on Suncoast Parkway 2 U.S. 19 is a well-known highway in western Levy County that looks exactly the way it did decades…

China-Based Company Buys Land in Morriston for Primate…

Board of County CommissionersAugust 24, 2022

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter A San Francisco, California company based in China has purchased about 1,400 acres of agricultural land in Levy County off County Road 326 with secondary access off…

County Candidates Win Big in Tuesday Primary

Supervisor of ElectionsAugust 23, 2022

By Terry Witt-Spotlight Senior Reporter Levy Countians elected two county commissioners, a property appraiser, and a school board member by wide margins in Tuesday’s election. The results are unofficial until the canvassing board…

Chiefland Sets Aside Engineering, Design Money for Connector…

City of ChieflandAugust 23, 2022

Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter Chiefland City Commissioners are nearing the end of their budget process and have set aside money for two projects that don’t seem big on the face of things…

Should $100 Million Water and Sewer System be…

Board of County CommissionersAugust 22, 2022

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter A proposal is being floated by local elected officials to form a cooperative that would pipe drinking water from the Bronson area to Otter Creek and Cedar…

Lightning Bolt Strikes Bronson Elementary Kindergarten Classroom Causing…

Latest NewsAugust 21, 2022

By Terry Witt - Spotlight Senior Reporter A bolt of lightning struck a vacant kindergarten classroom Saturday at Bronson Elementary School night igniting a fire in the roof that was quickly contained by Bronson…

County Commissioners Seek Public Input on Major Water…

Deputy Williston Police Chief Gets Nod for Interim…