BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Charles Zink earned a fifth-place finish for the Bradford High School golf team, which lost by 62 strokes to Middleburg. Zink made par on one hole and had a score of 49 for the Tornadoes, who had a team score of 222. Hayden Knight and Troy Smith placed sixth…
The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford Raymond Antonio…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested a Keystone Heights man after a witness photographed him stealing a canoe from his ex-girlfriend. Jon Paul Shaver, 57, was arrested on Oct. 6 for the Aug. 3, 2021, offenses of burglary and petit theft. According to court papers, a Bedford Lake-area resident saw two men…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Natalie Thomas placed ninth out of 58 for Bradford High School at the Oct. 8 Middleburg Bronco Classic. Thomas ran a time of 24:22, while teammate Alissa Reddish ran a 15th-place time of 25:18. Mackenzie Austin was 35th with a time of 30:15. In the 67-member boys race, Bradford’s…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested two people for living in a Lincoln City home for several days without the owner’s permission. Lakwanzaa Shanice Griffin, 25, of Lake Butler, and Jamalcom Earl Isler, 28, of Starke were arrested on Oct. 1 for resisting an officer, loitering and burglary. According to an arrest…
Bradford man gives wrong answer BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested a Hampton woman after she asked her boyfriend how she looked in a dress, and she didn’t like his answer. Priscilla Ann Lowe, 41, was arrested on Oct. 4 for domestic battery. According to an arrest report, the defendant’s live-in boyfriend…
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor Starke’s Walmart Supercenter has been remodeled, and customers are invited to check out the changes following a ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7. Bradford High School’s Marching Band will be there, and store management will present checks to two local nonprofits — Shop with a Cop and…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford High School is set to celebrate homecoming next week (Oct. 10-15) under a theme appropriate for the month of October: “Terror on Tornado Alley.” Students will participate in dress-up days throughout the week, while student skits and the crowning of this year’s homecoming king and queen will take…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford and Union County were still ranked first in their respective regions, with the Tornadoes also holding onto their overall ranking of first in Class 2S with the Oct. 5 release of the Florida High School Athletic Association football RPI rankings. End-of-the season rankings will be used to determine…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE—An investment website has ranked Starke in the bottom 10% of suburbs in the U.S. Smart Asset ranked 494 communities that lie between 15 minutes and one hour by car to cities with populations of 250,000 or more. Starke placed 451 in the rankings, ahead of well-known communities like Boca…
