Yankeetown News

With help from local fishermen, guides and clam farmers, a mass-cooperative effort among local, state and national agencies to more accurately predict storm surge off the coast of Levy County is nearly complete.

The Levy County Tourist Development Tax, paid by guests at hotels, motels, RV parks and other rental places with a six-month limit on occupancy, are dropping and the county Tourism Development Council has been forced to be choosy about where it spends the taxes.

The Florida Department of Education released school grades last week, giving the Levy County School District as a whole a B grade, the same it received last year.

Lark Napier was one of about six people who committed to the cause that first week.

Published: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 5:23 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 5:23 p.m. Still benefiting from a very wet May, area freshwater anglers are hauling in consistently pleasing catches.

The school district budget and the security of teacher positions was again top in everyone's mind at Tuesday's meeting of the Levy County School Board.

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.

Despite what looks like a dreadful weather forecast, the seven astronauts who upgraded NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are expected to try to return to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis on Friday.

A man suspected of a bank robbery in Atmore, Ala. was arrested in Levy County this morning.

Coast Guard locates 3 boaters adrift YANKEETOWN, Fla. - An HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., located three people in their 15-foot pleasure craft at about 6 p.m. Monday, after their boat became disabled and adrift eight miles southwest of Little Pine Island, Fla.

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.

Levy County's assessed land value is expected to fall 7 percent in the coming year, meaning county government will take a $1.2 million hit in a budget that is already suffering from decreased revenues in the current year.

Here's the information we got from the FWC: Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute rescued a small female manatee calf from the Withlacoochee River in Yankeetown on Thursday, April 2. The tiny calf is one of the smallest manatees ever rescued by the FWC Marine Mammal Stranding ...

A thunderstorm is moving through Tarpon Springs now with only 2-3 lightning strikes in the past 10 minutes.

Cumulative rain totals across the Bay area netted the region impressive rain totals with most locales taking in at least a half inch of rain today.

Maybe you want to make a creamy rice pudding redolent with spices and you know that freshly ground nutmeg makes all the difference in the final taste.

The first Republican to serve on the Levy County Commission took office on Tuesday and in her first meeting learned that if you don't get something on the first try, then try a new tack to get what you want.

Gov. Charlie Crist has appointed Marsha Drew, vice mayor of Yankeetown, to an interim term on the Levy County Board of Commissioners and Bronson insurance agency owner Cameron Asbell to a vacant seat on the ...

A.F. Knotts Public Library celebrates 50th Anniversary Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. The Friends of the A.F. Knotts Public Library is hosting along with The Yankeetown Woman's Club a celebratory program to honor the A.F. ...

Registration is open for a Select Master Gardener Class being held in Yankeetown from March 10 through April 28.