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Hope Christian hosts annual STEM Fair
On March 3, Hope Christian Academy’s seventh-12th grade students competed in the eighth annual HCA STEM Fair. Within seven divisions — plus a Fan...
KHHS Student Awarded Clay County Fair Volunteer of the Year Award
BY JENN SAMSEL [email protected] Each year, the Clay County Fair nominates a Volunteer of the Year. This year, Carter Doss, a student at Keystone...
Clay County Fair Marks 40th Anniversary with ’80s Theme and Chance to Say “I Do”
BY JENN SAMSEL [email protected] The Clay County Fair is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an '80s theme and is offering one couple the...
KHHS baseball team shut out by Columbia
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School’s baseball team was held to two hits in a 10-0, five-inning loss to host Columbia on April 6. Columbia (13-9) entered the game as the fifth-ranked team in Class 5A. The Class 2A Indians (7-14) entered the game on a three-game...
Indians fall in extra innings to Trinity Catholic
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] A pitchers’ duel between Keystone Heights High School’s Kadence Massey and Trinity Catholic’s Caylee Barbe went the way of the visiting Celtics, who defeated the Indians 2-1 in nine innings on April 6. The Indians (8-10) went up 1-0 in the third when Bella...
UCHS softball team defeats Bell for 3rd straight win
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Emma Handley drove in three runs and earned the win in the circle as the Union County High School softball team defeated visiting Bell 15-5 in six innings on April 6. The Tigers (11-6) fell behind 3-0, but took a lead they never relinquished with a six-run...
Life sentence for love triangle stabbing-muder
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Bradford County jury found Gary Alvin Weeks Jr. guilty of first-degree murder on April 1 in the 2024 stabbing...
Appeals DUI conviction in crash that cost victim his leg
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Starke man convicted of driving drunk and leaving the scene of a crash that cost a 19-year-old pedestrian his...
Appealing sentence for burning down Lawtey hotel
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Bradford County man serving 20 years in state prison for burning down a Lawtey hotel and attacking law...
Celebration of Life — Cindy Futch
Mrs. Cindy Futch Friday, April 10 7 p.m. David Hurse Stadium 515 W. Adkins St., Starke Bradford High School Please wear Bradford Tornado colors!
Obituaries — April 7, 2026
Lena Adler Mrs. Lena Ward Adler, 96, of Keystone Heights went to her heavenly home on Sunday, April 5, 2026, at HCA in Gainesville. She was born Oct. 27, 1929, in Slocomb, Alabama, to Crevie and Daisy (Quattlebaum) Ward. Prior to retirement, she worked as a service representative in the car...
Obituaries — March 31, 2026
Doris Barbour Doris Mae Barbour, 81, of Lawtey, died Sunday, March 29, 2026, at UF Health Shands in Gainesville with her family by her side. She was born and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina, where she met her husband, Jesse E. Barbour Sr. For years, she attended Highland First Baptist...
