Today's News

Five men have been cited for harvesting oysters at a South Levy County location following a plainclothes operation conducted by Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission officers. 

The recreational harvest of red snapper will open Tuesday, Oct. 1, in state and federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In state waters the season will remain open through Oct. 21, closing on Oct. 22. In federal waters the season will be open through Oct. 14, closing on Oct. 15.

No one was left out of the celebration when the Cedar Key Pirates in Paradise hosted a Pirate Invasion of the island town Sept. 20-22. 

Faraway Inn, a pet friendly motel on the island, hosted a best dressed pirate pet contest. Two animals won free stays at the motel for their human “dressers.” 

Cedar Key Lions and volunteers Lannie and Sarah Cardona, Susan Hollandsworth, Roland Senecal, Disk Wescott, Rory Brennan and Anna and Mike Hodges joined in to keep our coastal waters and roadways clean on Saturday, picking up roadside and watereside trash along State Route 24 leading up to Cedar Key's No. 4 bridge.