Today's News

It didn’t matter whether they farmed peanuts, watermelons, clams or cattle, the farmers and ranchers who gathered at the County Ag Building in Bronson on Friday had a message for U.S. Department  of Agriculture representative Michael Wooden: 

 Sarah Bartholemy, a freshman FFA member in Cedar Key placed first in the FFA District Creed Speaking Contest. Sarah advances to the State Finals in June in Orlando. The State Champion in this event will represent Florida in the National Creed Speaking Contest in October.  Good luck Sarah! 

 Thursday

Zandy Zettler stood back alone and eyed the long wooden wall adjoining the Cedar Key Arts Center, pondering the flat black figures cast across its exterior under the noonday sun. The shadows, likenesses of children stretching and crouching, had been trapped there for days, awaiting the paint-dipped brush of tiny hands to set them free.