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Today's News

  • Animal control ordinance tabled

     The Cedar Key City Commission put off discussion of revisions to its animal ordinance until its next meeting, but one thing they did not delay in Tuesday’s meeting was a temporary pay raise for Public Works director Josh Wilson.

                      City Attorney David Coffey asked that the proposed revision to the city’s animal control ordinance be pulled from Tuesday’s agenda after a council member raised questions of liability.

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  • CKWSD approves infrastructure repair

    The Cedar Key Water and Sewer District Board voted unanimously Monday evening to approve a historical joint cooperative project between the City and the Water Board to improve water lines, to be funded by the Community Redevelopment Agency.

    Mayor Sue Colson thanked the CKWSD Board for their cooperation in this shared project.

    The plans call for replacement of faulty pipes, fire hydrants, and sewer mains, as well as street resurfacing and storm water and sidewalk improvements throughout the city proper.

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  • Nature Coast Fishing for youth Begins summer classes

    The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) kicked off Nature Coast Fishing for Youth, its first class of the summer, last week in Cedar Key.

    After an hour and a half bus ride, Taylor County kids scrambled off of the bus and under the open breezeway beneath the research facility’s offices and classroom.

    The class started off with a 10 minute fish matching game and a welcome from instructor and FWC Environmental Specialist Missy Jackson and her assistant Thomas Zimmerman.

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  • Officials plan future improvements during Visioning Day

    Representatives of numerous government agencies, as well as elected officials, stakeholders, and partners gathered at the Cedar Key Library where the City of Cedar Key co-hosted the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Visioning Day, which included a tour of the Cedar Key community.

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  • Levy County's jobless rate 11.4 % in June

    Levy County’s unemployment rate broke a new barrier in June rising to 11.4 percent as the state rate rose to 10.6 percent.

    The report released by the state Agency for Workforce Innovation means another 211 persons filed unemployment claims in June.

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  • Teen driver improvement program coming to Cedar Key

    The Levy County Sheriff's Office, Community Relations Division, is offering a no-cost, Teen Driver Improvement Program to all Levy County students who have a current Operators License or Learners Permit or who are about to get their Learners Permit.

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  • High speed chase "fun" for driver, dangerous to deputies

     An Otter Creek man who led officers of the Alachua and Levy County officers on a chase at speeds in excess of 100 mph, hit a rescue vehicle and nearly sideswiped three deputies in the process, declared the episode “fun.”

                      The Levy County Sheriff’s Office has declared it three counts of aggravated assault on law enforcement officers and fleeing and attempting to elude at high speed — that’s one misdemeanor and three felony charges ± n

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  • Detour on State Road 24 at Archer next week

    Southwest Archer Road  (State Road 24) in the town of Archer will be closed for four days next week while the railroad crossing just west of U.S. 27/41 is rebuilt, according to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).

    The closure, which also affects pedestrians, is scheduled to begin at 5 a.m. Tuesday, June 23 and be completed by 5 p.m. on Friday, June 26, barring any unforeseen conditions.

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  • Weather events challenge Gulf Jackson crop

    A combination of flooding from the Suwannee River, which empties into the gulf, and a strong northwest wind that blew a plume of fresh water out to the farms lowering the salinity, coupled with atypical high water temperatures in the mid nineties during the month of June has led to loss of clam crop.

    “You get that combination and you get mortalities,” said Leslie Sturmer of University of Florida/IFAS, Shellfish Aquaculture Extension Program.

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  • Rob Crane honored for dedication to conservancy

    Florida’s Nature Coast Conservancy honored Captain Rob Crane, the organization’s founder, with a plaque thanking him for his leadership and dedication to conserving lands in and about Cedar Key, including Atsena Otie, Cemetery Point and the Railroad Trestle Trail. Earl Starnes presented the award.

    A permanent plaque will be hung on a kiosk at the end of the Cedar Key Railroad Trestle Trail to recognize Crane’s devotion and service to Florida’s Nature Coast for helping to preserve its beauty and fragile ecosystems.

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