Williston News

Over the last several years, conferring valedictorian and salutatorian honors on Levy County's top-achieving high school seniors has been a process fraught with controversy and dissatisfaction.

Levy County School board took action this week on a tabled recommendation concerning Chiefland High School ESE teacher Mark Lundy.

Published: Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 12:32 a.m. Levy County teen critical after wreck A Levy County teenager was hospitalized in critical condition Friday when he lost control of his car and it overturned, reported the Florida Highway Patrol.

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.

Hope this letter finds you doing OK. Being governor in these economic times can test a politician's ability to accomplish anything as your counterpart in California Gov.

Twenty young women from across the state are in Williston this week, hoping to become the new Miss North Dakota .

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.

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.

All five Levy County Public Library branches will have free family fun this summer.

For the past couple of years, I've been working on a novel for middle school students.

A Williston man was arrested for warrants in Levy County at 341 SE 10 St. in Williston and then transported to Levy County Jail May 13.

A Williston elementary school was placed on lockdown this afternoon after two students were lured from the playground and into a truck.

WILLISTON : Levy County authorities are looking for a man who took two children from an elementary school playground.

The 2009 Florida Writes scores are in, and students in Levy County elementary and middle schools continued to improve while high school results were mixed, down overall as is the case throughout the rest of Florida this year.

Keystone Heights, FL--050809--Keystone Heights teammates run onto the field to celebrate teammate Clayton Mosley, right, scoring run to take the win over Williston High during the bottom of the seventh inning at Keystone High School on Friday, May 8, 2009.--

Williston has been growing jobs, businesses...and logos in recent years. And today, a Williston High School graduate who owns his own graphic design company in Minneapolis showed his idea for unifying Williston's promotional message.

After a four-hour public hearing and testimony from more than 20 residents who live in Levy and Marion counties, the Levy County Planning Commission unanimously refused to recommend an application for a mining operation south of Williston.

An application for a permit for a major limerock mining operation close to the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and County Road 322 in Williston is expected to provide controversy at the May meeting of the Levy County Planning Board.

The Dance Fever Performing Arts Studio of Williston presents a full-scale dance production of "The Little Mermaid" Saturday at 3 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Williston High School Auditorium.

Published: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 9:12 p.m. Police find car linked to shooting suspect Officers have recovered a vehicle linked to a suspect in a weekend shooting in Levy County.