Dixie County News

Warrant officer from Fla. killed Chief Warrant Officers Earl R. Scott III, 24, of Jacksonville and Mathew C. Heffelfinger, 29, of Kimberly, Idaho, were killed in a helicopter crash in Tikrit, Iraq, on Sunday, the Defense Department said Tuesday.

COLUMBIA COUNTY Lake Jeffery Road Daytime lane closures begin Monday after 8:30 a.m. between West Duval Street and the CSX railroad crossing for a new resurfacing project.

The Levy County Commission is on its way to accepting the gift of a 6-foot-by 5-foot-by-3-foot black granite monument detailing the Ten Commandments and what could be an 11th one: "Love God and Keep His Commandments." An application by the Tri County Pregnancy Center of Williston was presented by County Coordinator Fred Moody after being brought to ...

Steve Lamb, 56, sits among hay-filled burlap bags, which resemble bags of pot, in the skiff he used to attend his book-release party.

The first Monday of each month there is a nature walk at 9 a.m. on the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:19 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:19 a.m. The ties between a now-deceased Dixie County man and the 38-year-old unsolved murder of a New Hampshire teenager will be examined Friday night during a nationally televised news program.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:42 p.m. POLICE BEAT Williston man accused of stealing 50 radiators A Williston man suspected of climbing a fence topped with three strands of barbed wire has been charged with stealing more than 50 radiators.

Once again Levy County has put off taking any action on joining any government utility authority until all of the municipalities reply to Chiefland Mayor Teal Pomeroy's proposal that the county form one of its own.

A recent letter by City of Chiefland to Levy County officials expressing interest in forming a countywide water authority has found its way to the proverbial trash bin, according to city commissioners.

Former Chiefland City Attorney Joey Lander has been convicted in federal court on money laundering and mail fraud charges and is awaiting sentencing in January.

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:52 p.m. A man who worked for a veneer manufacturer in Cross City for two days and who lived 300 yards from the Dixie County business was being investigated for a burglary there when deputies came across what appeared to be a methamphetamine lab in the ...

Published: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 7:24 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 7:24 p.m. Joey Lander, the 40-year-old former county attorney in Dixie County, was found guilty Friday on 11 felony counts of money laundering and six felony counts of mail fraud in a case involving a start-up vitamin company and two land developments.

Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4:08 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4:08 p.m. A woman who created a paper trail showing how she gave Joey Lander $281,000 for a vitamin business told a federal jury that she handed over the money because Lander had been a county attorney, a position she felt indicated he could be trusted.

Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 5, 2009 at 11:32 p.m. A developer testified Monday in federal court that he lost $340,000 that he thought was in an escrow account required by Dixie County for developments when the former county attorney moved out of the state.

The Levy County Commission has decided to pass on an invitation to join a regional water authority - asking the group to initiate discussions with the county's municipalities to join, then return to the board with its invitation.

Unemployment in the state has improved slightly by 0.1 percent, as it has in Citrus County.

Sample-sized appetite-whetters for the discriminating news consumer: Joyce Tarnow, the woman who ran an abortion clinic and ranted at Pompano Beach Commission meetings, has been missing from local media these last few years, but Juice unleashed the hounds, who found her cooped up in a remodeled cottage in Dixie County and still active in political ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY Interstate 75 The northbound rest area located just south of U.S. 41/441 is scheduled to be completely closed beginning Sunday night and continuing through Thursday for resurfacing.

Published: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 10:56 p.m. POLICE BEAT UF scientist put on leave over sex assault charge A biological scientist at the University of Florida has been placed on paid administrative leave after he was arrested over the weekend on charges of sexual assault, stalking, ...

Published: Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 9:42 p.m. Gainesville police arrested a Dixie County man found riding his bike around a Gainesville apartment complex parking lot late Thursday and early Friday.