Lawtey council member resigns
Plans underway for special elections BY MELISSA PYLE Special to the Telegraph There was an empty chair on the board at Lawtey’s first council meeting of 2025. Council member Emily Hoffman resigned her…
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Bradford County allocates funds to complete boat ramp project
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD mark@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Bradford County has switched engineers, approving the expenditure of nearly $60,000 to complete the design and permitting of the Cypress Run boat ramp…
Read MoreCourthouse may go solar to save money, fund improvements
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD mark@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Schneider Electric has promised to save Bradford County hundreds of thousands of dollars in utility costs while performing deferred facility maintenan…
Read MoreObituaries — Jan. 7, 2025
Billy Belford It is with great sadness that the family of Billy James Belford announces his passing after a brief illness on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, at the age of 71. He was born in Union County on Oct…
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BMS program gets 1st-ever win in defeating LBMS
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Bradford Middle School won nine of the 12 head-to-head matches, giving the program its first-ever win as the Tornadoes topped visiting Lake Butler on Ja…
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Tornadoes win 24-23 in home wrestling match against Tigers
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Bradford High School’s Taylor Touchton and Union County’s Matthew Rogers battled into the second period before Touchton won by a pin in 3:05, which gave…
Read MoreBHS, UCHS each have 3rd- and 4th-place wrestlers at Joe Bees Memorial
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Bradford and Union County high schools competed in the Jan. 3-4 Joe Bees Memorial: Battle of the Border at Yulee High School, with each team having a th…
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Facebook posts lead to arrest
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A 25-year-old Starke man has pleaded not guilty to cyberstalking, and prosecutors said they intend to ask a judge to detain him until his misdemeanor case is resol…
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1 twin dead, another injured, Mom arrested
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A 32-year-old Bradford County woman is facing a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child after one of her children died of asphyxiation and the baby’s twin suf…
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