Championing the importance of fathers in families

Championing the importance of fathers in families

  • June 22, 2026
  • Cliff Smelley

Josh Weaver enjoys quality time with his five children. It’s important for him to be present in their lives. Yet there are children who don’t have what his children have. That’s why Weaver became part…

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Weaver enjoying the opportunity to be a dad

Weaver enjoying the opportunity to be a dad

  • June 22, 2026
  • Cliff Smelley

Josh Weaver and his wife, Sarah, are unable to have biological children, but Weaver is still able to celebrate Father’s Day as a father. He is the dad of five children he and Sarah have adopted throug…

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Alvarez is top weightlifting coach in 1A

Alvarez is top weightlifting coach in 1A

  • June 16, 2026
  • Cliff Smelley

Keystone Heights High School’s Jakob Alvarez was voted the Florida Dairy Farmers Association Class 1A Boys Weightlifting Coach of the Year. Alvarez, who’s in his second year as head coach, led the Ind…

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  • June 16, 2026
  • Dan Hildebran

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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Hampton council member arrested

Hampton council member arrested

  • June 11, 2026
  • Mark J. Crawford

Bradford deputies arrested the vice chair of Hampton’s city council after the 67-year-old allegedly threatened to kill his neighbor and pointed a gun at the victim. Douglas Edward Williamson faces a f…

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Obituaries — June 16, 2026

Obituaries — June 16, 2026

  • June 16, 2026
  • Cliff Smelley

  Margaret Brannen Margaret Carolyn Hersey Brannen, 90, of Theressa passed away Sunday, June 14, 2026, at Grande Cypress Assisted Living in Lake City. She was born May 27, 1936, in Theressa to Clyde a…

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Obituaries — June 9, 2026

Obituaries — June 9, 2026

  • June 9, 2026
  • Cliff Smelley

  Kate Duefield Mrs. Kate Marie Joseph Duefield, 83, of Keystone Heights died at her home Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Survivors are her husband, Donald Duefield; son, Everett (Kim) Barnett; daughters, Th…

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Obituaries — June 2, 2026

Obituaries — June 2, 2026

  • June 2, 2026
  • Cliff Smelley

  Sharon Brown Sharon L. Brown, 74, of Hampton passed away Sunday, May 31, 2026, at Haven Hospice in Gainesville. She was born July 24, 1951, in Gainesville.  Sharon lived a life filled with dedicatio…

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