Obituaries — Feb. 18, 2025

  • February 18, 2025
  • Cliff Smelley

Paul Altstatt Paul Gene Altstatt, 78, passed away Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at UF Health Shands in Gainesville, returning home to be with Jesus. Born in Weleetka, Oklahoma on Feb. 22, 1946, to the late E…

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Matthews Museum accepts donation from Rayonier

Matthews Museum accepts donation from Rayonier

  • February 18, 2025
  • Cliff Smelley

BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud The Eugene L. Matthews Bradford County Historical Museum added to its collection, thanks to a donation of artifacts by Rayonier Historian and Senior Inf…

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Murphy is Bradford’s Teacher of the Year

Murphy is Bradford’s Teacher of the Year

  • February 18, 2025
  • Cliff Smelley

BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Teacher Audrey Murphy was used to being around “short humans,” as she put it, so she was a little apprehensive about being around “tall humans.” She has…

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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • February 18, 2025
  • Dan Hildebran

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 i…

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Argument over beer leads to choking

Argument over beer leads to choking

  • February 18, 2025
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com   A twenty-year-old Hampton man was sentenced to three years’ drug offender probation and 71 days’ time served in jail after pleading to choking a household member…

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Incompetent in dog’s starvation

Incompetent in dog’s starvation

  • February 18, 2025
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com  One of three men arrested for starving a dog to death on November 4, 2024, was ruled incompetent to defend himself in court and will spend the next six months con…

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1 year for striking EMT

1 year for striking EMT

  • February 18, 2025
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com  A 39-year-old Gainesville woman was sentenced to one year with the Department of Corrections after pleading to battery on an emergency medical technician. Accordi…

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