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Hunt for new Palm Beach County health chief drags on in midst of ...
Palm Beach Post
It has been nearly five months since Dr. Jean Malecki, longtime Palm Beach County Health Department director, announced her resignation, yet the Florida ...

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Arrest comes with bonus for fugitive task force
Chiefland Citizen
Clemons was arrested on a Levy County warrant for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bail is $10000.

Roadway construction continues
Examiner.com
Newberry Road (SR 26) – Daytime lane closures from the Gilchrist County line to Gainesville to allow inmate crews to repaint the roadway markings. ...

Deputy in Gilchrist County promoted to major
Gainesville Sun
A long-time, part-time deputy in Gilchrist County has been promoted to major over the jail and the civil deputies. ...

'Limping Bandit' caught in SC, 20 banks robbed
Gainesville Sun
Jones also is accused in Levy County of motor vehicle theft and resisting a law enforcement officer without violence. University of Florida researchers have ...

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Man wanted on pot charges found in NC
Gainesville Sun
Both deputies with the Levy County Sheriff's Office and deputy marshals with the US Marshals Service, working as part of the US Marshals Florida Regional ...

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Citrus Daily - Local Citrus County News
Progress Energy rate hike lacks reason and support
Examiner.com
The hearings did not concern the rate hike already imposed on consumers to pay for start-up costs of the proposed Levy County nuclear plant. ...
Progress customers voice opposition to rate increaseOcala

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Levy County's jobless rate 11.4 % in June
Chiefland Citizen
This increase will affect those who are earning Florida's $7.21 minimum wage, as the law requires the workers be paid the higher of the two wages.

Challenge to proposed nuclear plant in Levy County, Fla., advances
Trading Markets (press release)
On Wednesday, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board -- an arm of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- ruled that the Green Party of Florida and two ...

Florida woman's death believed to be meningitis
MiamiHerald.com
Levy County health officials are awaiting lab results to determine if a 21-year-old woman who lived in Levy and Sumter counties died of meningitis. ...

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