Obituaries — July 14, 2026
Billie Mathis Billie Gene Mathis, 70, of Starke peacefully passed away at her home Wednesday, July 8, 2026, just two days after celebrating her 70th birthday with those she loved. Billie Gene was bo…
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Retired deputy displays paintings at Melrose Art Walk
Mossman Hall hosted featured artist Shawn Mullins — whose oil paintings capture the beauty and history of old Florida — on July 3 at the Melrose Art Walk. Mullins, who has been painting for approxim…
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Right at home: Nash is Brooker school’s new principal
If home is where the heart is, then Brooker Community School’s new principal can’t help but feel right at home. Stephanie Nash lives in Brooker. She grew up in Brooker. She attended the former Brooker…
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Caught with cocaine and heroin at gas station
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A Macclenny woman arrested with heroin, cocaine and a digital scale at a Starke gas station has been sentenced to three years in state prison. Paulina Stefanova Me…
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Hid drugs in his underwear
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A Lawtey man who tried to sneak drugs into the Bradford County Jail hidden in his underwear will serve 13 months in state prison. Michael Brandel Kiser, 37, pleade…
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Child pornography offender blows third chance with judge
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A Bradford County judge has sentenced a Starke man to five years in state prison after revoking his probation in a 2020 child pornography case, following allegatio…
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42 months for stealing saw from shed
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A Starke man with a lengthy criminal record was sentenced to three and a half years in state prison last week after pleading no contest to breaking into a neighbor…
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Bradford loses district B by a single point as state raises grading bar
Bradford High grade withheld The Bradford County School District earned a higher share of points on its state report card this year than it did a year ago — and still lost the B it worked more than a…
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Area students post regional bright spots on state tests
Sixth graders across the region turned in some of the area’s strongest scores on Florida’s end-of-year assessments, middle school algebra students in Union and Bradford counties far outpaced the state…
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