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BC Extension Agent Whitehead earns Achievement Award
Lizzie Whitehead, the UF/IFAS Bradford County Extension agriculture and natural resources agent, was recognized for earning an Achievement Award at the National Association of County Agricultural Agen…
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Johnson, Mangol, Smith honored for leaving a legacy
Melba Johnson, Shirley Mangol and Louette Smith were the honorees at the ninth annual Leave a Legacy event, a fundraiser for the Bradford County Education Foundation that was held Aug. 13 at Starke’s…
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Farmers Market growing with vendors and customers
The second Saturday of every month is becoming a staple of Bradford’s event calendar with local farmers, creators and bakers bringing their best products to market under the new pavilion at the Bradfo…
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KHHS boys drop golf opener to Lafayette
Keystone Heights High School’s Nathaniel Bardier placed third in the boys golf team’s season-opening loss to Lafayette on Aug. 17 at Live Oak’s Suwannee Country Club. The Indians had a team score of…
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Tigers’ Ayden Tomlinson is 1st in match with Bradford, Baker
Union County High School boys golfer Ayden Tomlinson was the medalist in an Aug. 17 match at the Starke Golf and Country Club that also featured players from Bradford and Baker County. Tomlinson had…
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Lawton rushes for 3 scores in Tigers’ 21-7 win
BY LISA HOLTZENDORF Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Rain beat down on The Jungle on Aug. 14, but it didn’t prevent the Union County High School football team from continuing its positive start…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendan…
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Starke daycare killer sentenced to 100 years
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A Starke woman who gunned down the father of her children outside a daycare last summer as their children watched from his car was sentenced Wednesday to 100 years…
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Threw nail polish at ex, confessed to crack pipe, 2 years in prison
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A Bradford County woman has been sentenced to two years in state prison after a February confrontation that began with a running argument inside a moving car and e…
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Obituaries — Aug. 18, 2026
Sue Beasley Sue Marie Beasley, 80, of Keystone Heights died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Starke. Born on Jan. 22, 1946, in Santa Barbara, California, to Ruth Lorna Kidd Hammond and Hal Hall Hammond, bot…
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Obituaries — Aug. 11, 2026
Betty Blackburn Betty Bryant Blackburn, 92, of Starke passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. She was born in Winterville, Georgia, on Jan. 23, 1934, to the late Roy and Leah Hall Bryant. As…
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Obituaries — Aug. 4, 2026
Roy Decelle Sr. Mr. Roy Joseph DeCelle, Sr., 73, of Starke passed away Friday, March 27, 2026, at Haven Hospice in Gainesville. He was born July 3, 1952, in Quincy, Massachusetts, to the late Leroy an…
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