Jon Levy
News Director
Gainesville, Fla.
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Jon is a South Florida native who initially made the move from Broward County to Gainesville back in 2001.
Somewhere in the course of completing two degrees at UF, Gainesville became home. Jon is a former Rock 104 DJ, and a self-described "radio guy." Slightly more recently, he spent four years working in news radio in Washington, DC. That distance didn't stop Jon and his wife from doing a "destination wedding" in Gainesville, getting married at the base of Century Tower in 2014. The next year the Levys returned to North Central Florida more permanently as Jon started his TV20 career. In his free time, Jon changes diapers and spends too much time thinking about the Chicago Bears.
Education
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By WCJB Staff
Sheriff’s officials are not identifying the deputy but say he had surgery this morning for non-life-threatening injuries.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2021 at 6:39 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
According to the sheriff’s office and Florida Highway Patrol, a deputy was parked in a patrol car on the side of NE 99th place near Bronson Speedway.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 9:20 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
Online court records show Jonathan Pentland was charged Wednesday. He was listed as detained in the Richland County jail and records didn’t show him as having an attorney.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2021 at 10:47 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
People can then vote on which pieces they think are best, and the winning pieces will be bought by the FGC Library to add to their collection.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 7:07 PM EDT
‘Put your guns away and be a person’, Levy County residents split on Crab Fest injunction
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Camille Syed
The Levy County Board of County Commissioners voted to file an injunction against the organizer of the fest, Keniuel Gates, after he did not file a special events permit.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 1:06 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
Levy County residents voiced concerns to the commission about the violence that has come along with Crab Fest in the past.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 12:58 PM EDT
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 9:24 AM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
Lincoln Middle School 8th graders Philip Matchev and Andrew Xing qualified for the 2021 MATHCOUNTS Competition.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 7:27 AM EDT
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 6:48 AM EDT
|By Amber Pellicone
Levy County Commissioners will discuss the CrabFest special events permit along with approval of April as Williston Wants Peace — No More Violence Month.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2021 at 11:15 AM EDT
|By Associated Press
Even as many new supporters rallied to the Black Lives Matter cause, then-President Donald Trump’s move to transform the unrest into a winning political issue, and his embrace of white supremacism, left the U.S. seemingly more divided on issues than ever.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2021 at 5:21 PM EDT
|By Ruelle Fludd
For its 40th anniversary, Central Florida Community Action Agency distributed thousands of masks with the help of NPHC fraternities and sororities.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2021 at 11:32 AM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
According to AAA, Floridians are now paying $2.91 per gallon, which is the highest average price since May 2019.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2021 at 11:22 AM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
According to CPD, witnesses said Hoyt Neeley exposed himself at a Walmart.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2021 at 6:15 PM EDT
|By Ruelle Fludd
Levy County residents can download the emergency management app on iPhone and Android.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2021 at 5:26 PM EDT
|By Julia Laude
According to a press release from CareerSource CLM, the unemployment rate in Jan. was at 5.5 percent, up 1.4 percent from Dec.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2021 at 1:20 PM EDT
|By WCJB Staff
According to a AAA report, the price per gallon has jumped another 15 cents in the last week in Florida
Updated: Mar. 13, 2021 at 6:53 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
A Levy County man died in a car accident Friday night.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2021 at 11:17 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Extra security is in place at Chiefland Middle-High School after “non-credible” threats were sent following a viral video of a school fight.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 6:22 PM EST
|By AJ Willy
Vaccine Pilot Program will give more resources, vaccines to Levy, Dixie, Gilchrist and Putnam Counties.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 4:12 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Peter Jost was last seen in Gainesville on Saturday after he left his residence on Saturday around 12:40 p.m..
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 3:16 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Kolar Corkill is in jail after deputies found him in his underwear unconscious in a yard in the Manatee Farms area.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 1:18 PM EST
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 10:38 AM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Since mid-February, the Sunshine State’s average price for gasoline has jumped 26 cents; it has risen 53 cents per gallon in 2021.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 10:13 AM EST
|By WCJB Staff
The Florida Department of Health in Levy County has resumed COVID vaccine scheduling on Monday.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2021 at 10:48 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Stories you need to look out for the week of 3/8
Updated: Mar. 6, 2021 at 2:13 AM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Governor Ron Desantis Is Launching A New Program To Increase Vaccination Rates In Some North Central Florida Counties.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2021 at 12:31 AM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Governor Ron DeSantis is launching a new program to increase vaccination rates in some North Central Florida counties.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 11:48 AM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Southeastern Grocers will offer the COVID-19 vaccine in more of their locations and will make it available to more individuals.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021 at 12:26 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Vivian Fletcher is accused of murdering a man in Columbus, Georgia in August of 2020.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 6:29 PM EST
|By MARK PRATT and TAMMY WEBBER
Cities and states are rapidly expanding access to vaccines as the nation races to head off a resurgence in coronavirus infections and reopen schools and businesses battered by the pandemic.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 10:43 AM EST
|By WCJB Staff
The Florida Department of Health has made a limited amount of vaccines appointments open for an event in Bronson on Wednesday.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 12:13 AM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Levy County deputies arrested a Bronson resident accused of choking his girlfriend and hitting her with a chair.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2021 at 12:46 PM EST
Updated: Mar. 1, 2021 at 12:04 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
According to AAA on Monday, February saw a 20-cent jump in the average gas price in the state of Florida.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2021 at 7:00 PM EST
A local business in Dixie County stepped up to help groups struggling during the pandemic.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2021 at 3:51 PM EST
|By Camron Lunn
The event brought in hundreds of families from all over North Central Florida. Dozens of trucks and have machinery filled the airport.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2021 at 6:18 PM EST
|By Camille Syed
Black-owned food truck saw a boost in business during the pandemic
Updated: Feb. 25, 2021 at 10:11 AM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Southeastern Grocers will offer an addition 8,100 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in 69 stores locations, expanding the operation to ten additional counties and 26 new store locations.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 6:39 PM EST
|By AJ Willy
Commissioner Matt Brooks hopes to get $500,000 in funding from the state to improve the seawall on Dock Street.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST
|By Associated Press
Maryland and California recently approved help for small businesses, the poor, the jobless and those needing child care.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 2:34 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
Fredrick D. Williams surrendered himself to the Levy County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday and is now facing charges for first degree premeditated murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 11:56 PM EST
|By WCJB STAFF
Brian Morgan of Brooksville first refused to pull over for authorities in Taylor county, leading state troopers through Dixie county and into Levy.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 3:32 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
A water main break means the Town of Bronson will have no water until it is fixed, after which a boil water notice will be in place until further notice.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 2:57 PM EST
|By WCJB Staff
The Florida Department of Health in Levy County has reopened scheduling for the COVID-19 vaccination appointments.