City hall cannot say exactly how many speed bumps are spread across Starke’s neighborhoods. "There’s a lot of them," City Manager Drew Mullins said. What officials can describe is how they got there:…
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Property owners will soon find a government envelope in their mailboxes marked "NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAXES," and in bold type, a reassurance: "DO NOT PAY — THIS IS NOT A BILL." The document, k…
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Long before highways and roadside gas stations, there were dirt roads and hitching posts providing weary travelers with rest and refreshments. In more modern times, brisket wasn’t even a twinkle in th…
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Pamela Foster Pamela Marlene Foster, 58, passed away on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, in Dade City while visiting family. She had lived in Starke. Pamela was born on May 10, 1968, in Jacksonville. Pamela w…
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Bradford High School was attempting to win two in a row, but lost 3-1 (25-20, 14-25, 25-23, 25-19) to visiting Hilliard in an Aug. 25 volleyball match. Kills by Tatum Burkhalter and Autumn DeKorver…
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Bradford High School was led by Patrick Pendarivs in a loss to Palatka in an Aug. 24 boys golf match at Palatka Golf Club. The Tornadoes had a team score of 191, which left them trailing the Panther…
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FDOT order to remove devices from state roads lands as debate over cameras builds locally Minutes after Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith finished answering questions about his agency's use of auto…
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What does a University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension agent do? Lizzie Whitehead answered that question in talking about her role as the livestock and natural resourc…
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A Starke woman is being held at the Bradford County Jail on a charge of second-degree murder after a man she lived with was fatally shot at their Meadows Drive home early Monday, according to a Bradfo…
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