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Bradford Elementary student council members ready to lead
“Your opportunity to lead is here.” Bradford Elementary School’s 2026-27 student council members heard those words from co-sponsor Venessa Sweeney prior to being sworn into their positions by Bradford…
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Bradford FFA’s Lemire enters speech contest
BY EMMA DRAKE Bradford FFA Chapters Reporter Bradford FFA’s Koledon “K.B.” Lemire participated in a Florida Farm Bureau speech contest held at Christian Temple Church Fellowship Hall in Macclenny on S…
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KHHS defeats BHS in girls golf
Keystone Heights High School’s Aubrey Brooks earned the individual win as the Indians defeated Bradford in a Sept. 22 girls golf match at the Starke Golf and Country Club. The Indians had a team sco…
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Begue leads field in KHHS win over BHS
Keystone Heights High School’s Will Begue was the medalist in the Indians’ win over Bradford in a Sept. 24 boys golf match at the Starke Golf and Country Club. The Indians had a team score of 165, w…
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KHHS cross country teams are 3rd, 4th at Lake City meet
Keystone Heights High School competed in the inaugural Run Florida Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 26 in Lake City, with Ryleigh Thomas and her brother, Ryder Thomas, helping lead their respecti…
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Contractor jailed in Starke homebuilding fraud case
Key points: —Ponce de Leon contractor Justin Robert Hammond, 38, was booked into the Bradford County Jail on Sept. 22 on six felony fraud-related charges, with bond set at $325,000. —Deputies say Hamm…
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Hampton man accused of headbutting victim, fleeing scene
Key points: A 36-year-old Hampton man, Robert James Davis, was jailed without bond September 20 on a charge of battery, a second or subsequent offense. According to the arrest report, Davis headbutted…
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Middleburg man accused of holding woman in Starke motel room for hours
Key points: —A 49-year-old Middleburg man was arrested Sept. 19 after a woman said he slapped her, threatened to kill her and kept her locked in a Starke motel room for several hours. —The woman told…
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Obituaries — Sept. 29, 2026
Akiz Ballack Akiz Beemal Carmel Ballack, aka Clyde’s, 63, of Orange Park, passed away Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. He was born in Rio Claro, Trinidad on July 16, 1963, to the late Angus Ballack and Gi…
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Anna Biddix Anna Leah Biddix, affectionately known as Ann, was born on Aug 21, 1962, at NAS Jacksonville and passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville after a battle wi…
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Obituaries — Sept. 15, 2026
Emily Dennis Emily Grace Dennis, 43, of Hampton, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2026. She was born in Graham on April 1, 1983, to her loving parents, Alan Edgar Myers and Marjorie Clayton Myers. S…
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