2024 MLK Banquet highlights love and vision

2024 MLK Banquet highlights love and vision

  • January 17, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

BY MELISSA PYLE Telegraph Staff Writer The Concerned Citizens of Bradford County hosted the seventh annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major Service Award Banquet on Jan. 13 at the Charley E. John…

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Report ranks counties based on child well-being

  • January 17, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor Child well-being rankings released by the Florida Policy Institute rate some local counties much higher than others. St. Johns ranked highest for child well-being…

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New fire agreement pending in Lawtey 

  • January 17, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

BY MELISSA PYLE Telegraph Staff Writer Lawtey City Council members voted to partially reimburse county costs while discussing their firefighting and emergency medical services agreement. Councilwoman…

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Memorial Service — John T. “Tommy” Cox Jr.

  • January 16, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

    MEMORIAL SERVICE John T. Cox Jr. (Tommy Cox) passed away Dec. 6, 2023. Tommy's memorial service will be held on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at Trinity Baptist Church (off of SR 21) at 11 a.m.…

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Obituaries — Jan. 16, 2024

  • January 16, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

Thomas Andrews Thomas Ramon Andrews, 78, died in Jacksonville on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024.  He was born May 16, 1945, to the late Guy and Elizabeth (Sanders) Andrews.  Graveside services were held   Wed…

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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • January 16, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendant…

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Caught with 25 grams of meth

Caught with 25 grams of meth

  • January 16, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE— A 26-year-old Starke man was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading to trafficking in phenethylamines, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, and driving with a suspended lice…

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License suspended nearly 20 times

License suspended nearly 20 times

  • January 16, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—A Fernandina Beach man on probation for driving with a suspended license in Lawtey was sentenced to a year in jail after he was caught for the same offense in Nassau County twice. Jonathan Euge…

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