Today's News

Robert Reinsberg, a 51-year-old Reddick man who fell unconscious on Thursday, Aug. 8, while on a fishing trip with his 13-year-old son off Seahorse Key has died.

By Dan Hilliard

Chiefland AMVETS Post 42 Riders are providing bikers with an opportunity to have fun and benefit a worthy cause. On Saturday, Aug. 17, riders are invited to participate in the Post’s first Poker Run. All proceeds from the event will be contributed to the Levy Association for Retarded Citizens, Otter Creek.

Recent rains are a welcome reprieve for Florida’s sensitive and often over-burdened ecological systems. Lakes, wetlands, rivers and springs — all subject to the effects of development, farming, drought and a changing climate — are, for a time, replenished.

But rain, when it comes in large doses such as the 16.7 inches that fell in Chiefland last month alone, can bring with it unwelcome changes, especially in areas with relatively low groundwater levels.