BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] It was a rough night for the Bradford High School girls basketball team, which fell 66-30 to visiting Hilliard on Dec. 4. Hilliard (5-2), a Rural Class team that made it to the state semifinals last season, built a nine-point lead in the first quarter and pushed the margin to double … Read more
BY LEXI RAY Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Residents visiting the Bradford County Public Library this month are being greeted by a colorful dose of nostalgia. The Eugene L. Matthews Bradford County Historical Museum has curated a special “Toys Through the Years” exhibit, filling a large display case with dolls, games and holiday collectibles that span … Read more
Christine Blackwelder Christine Doloris Blackwelder of Lake City passed away peacefully Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, at Christian Health Center Hospice, Lynden, Washington. She was born to Myrtle Scarborough on Oct. 17, 1943, in Lake Butler. Her younger years were spent with her mother, Myrtle, brother, Kenneth, and sister, Linda, on the home farm assisting with … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Author H.G. Wells wrote about time travel in his book “The Time Machine,” but you don’t need a machine to experience history. All you have to do is go to the very place you can find a copy of the Wells classic — the library. Terrence Davis, a 2010 Bradford High … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Laila Hill, Kayla Mueller, Alixiyah Nicolas and Ryland Rike were recognized as Bradford High School’s first-ever Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education Program graduates during a Nov. 18 ceremony in the school’s auditorium. The four students, who passed seven AICE exams, are eligible for Bright Futures Florida Academic scholarships, which pay … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School will get its boys basketball season started with a road game at Palatka on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m., following a junior varsity game at 6 p.m. The Tornadoes travel to play Eastside on Tuesday, Dec. 16, with the JV team playing at 6 p.m. and the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School got 26 points and 10 rebounds from Ar’Nayshia Griffin in defeating visiting Eastside 49-39 on Dec. 1 to improve to 2-1 The Tornadoes held just a one-point lead at the half, but then outscored Eastside 16-6 in the third quarter to build a 38-27 lead. Eastside hit a … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Four Keystone Heights High School soccer teams returned from the Thanksgiving break with wins, including the varsity boys and girls teams defeating visiting Branford 4-1 and 8-0, respectively, on Dec. 1. Nathan Benson, Luke Buchanan, Trenton Noble and Sammy Wacha each scored a goal in the varsity boys match, with Wacha’s … Read more
