Lake Butler Hospital invites the community to join its 4th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon on Thursday, October 16, 2025, from Noon to 1 PM at 850 E Main St., Lake Butler. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s luncheon features voices of courage and hope, including Jennifer Woodard, MPH, RN, … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Lake Butler officials, the family of Fletcher Myers, and others gathered to mark the rededication of Fletcher Myers Park on Saturday, September 27. Former Florida Gators Chaplain Patrick Maxwell began the ceremony with an invocation, recalling that Myers, whom he called “Uncle Flash,” took him to Gator games on Saturdays and … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Raiford woman who has been tending to her parents’ graves for 29 years, this year discovered that honoring those who have gone before is her calling and has cleaned 238 gravestones, 113 of which have belonged to veterans, since April. Mendy Whitaker said her mother died 29 years ago and … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Officials from Scherer Construction and the City of Starke kicked off the construction of a new stage at Starke Square during a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, September 4. In comments preceding the shooting of photographs, Scherer Marketing Manager Shelly Vickers introduced Project Manager Adam Steenbeke and Superintendent Kevin Murie, who serves … Read more
Letter incorrectly reported hearing date BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Letters mailed to property owners about the upcoming final vote on a countywide fire assessment fee have led to online anger and a petition to reject the fee. County commissioners have grappled with the decision since founding a professional fire department, with most deciding last … Read more
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“It looked like a normal pickup.” Video captured shooting at daycare 9:02 p.m. Bradford Sheriff’s Major George L. Konkel, Jr. said that in addition to his detectives interviewing eyewitnesses, he has viewed video of the shooting at Little Auntie’s Daycare, which implicates the woman deputies now have in custody. Konkel said that two parents were … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Bradford County Sheriff’s Office said a man wanted for threatening a credit union pointed two weapons at deputies near the intersection of County Road 225 and State Road 16 between Starke and Raiford. Four deputies returned fire, killing the suspect. No deputies were injured in the shooting. Col. Brad Smith … Read more
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Of the millions of dollars allocated locally, only the Arc of Bradford County’s request for funding was excluded the state’s new budget. Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the 2025-26 state budget totaling $117.4 billion after $567 million in line-item vetoes. One of those vetoes was $300,000 legislators had set … Read more
