Obituaries — Dec. 12, 2023
Betty Allen Betty Jean Lawrence Allen died Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, at the Middleburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, where she had resided for the last year of her life. She was born in Palatka in 1…
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10 years for damaging child’s brian
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager A 37-year-old Hampton man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading to shaking a child so hard that swelling in the girl’s head caused her brain to shift 10 m…
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Woman pleads to abducting Hampton child
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager A woman accused of driving the getaway car in a Hampton child abduction was sentenced to three years’ probation after agreeing to testify against her co-defendant. Le…
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5 years for probation violation
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager A Lawtey man sentenced to probation earlier this year was sent to the Department of Corrections for five years after he tested positive for cocaine and was accused of…
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Starke couple finds joy in being foster parents
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Adam and Crystal Crawford of Starke would do anything for their children. The fact that their children aren’t their biological children doesn’t change that fact…
Read MoreOrangewood Apts. sold for $3 million
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager STARKE— A Panama City-based real estate partnership has sold the Orangewood Apartment complex on Starke’s South Water Street to a similar partnership for $2,950,000. O…
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Pratt Street Property cleaned up
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager STARKE— A private citizen has cleaned up a Pratt Street property that the City of Starke filed liens on due to code enforcement actions. City Manager Drew Mullins said…
Read MoreSF awarded grant for engineering degree
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager The governor’s office said last month that Gov..Ron DeSantis awarded more than $28 million through the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to expand semiconductor manufactur…
Read MoreSchool grades will serve baseline for future years
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor It was an A for Clay, a B for Union and a C for Bradford when the state released district and school grades earlier this week. Following last year’s transition, th…
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