The ninth annual Krawl’n for the Fallen Jeep event wrapped up at the Keystone Heights Airport on Sunday, Nov. 12. The event, which drew thousands of Jeep enthusiasts and supporters of law enforcement,…
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Former Clay County and Melrose firefighter Chip Ware was recognized as the State Fire Inspector of the Year during the 75th annual Florida Fire Marshals and Inspectors Association conference in Gaines…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreA Starke woman was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 18 months’ probation after she told a deputy she purchased two stolen checks and attempted to cash one for $400. Shynequia Mone’ O’Neil, 28, pleaded…
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A man who ran out of a probation office lobby rather than giving a urine sample for a drug test was sentenced to 120 days in jail. Michael Rodney McCarter III was first arrested in March after Starke…
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A 39-year-old Melrose woman was sentenced to 18 months’ probation after pleading to pawning stolen earrings at a Starke pawn shop. Brandi Canielle Martinez pleaded to dealing in stolen property and gi…
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A 45-year-old Bradford County man was arrested after he fired a rifle round over the heads of two neighbors, and the victims’ surveillance video recorded the act. Daniel Ray Brown was arrested by Brad…
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A 62-year-old Keystone Heights man was sentenced to 42 months in prison after pleading to running from deputies and attempting to ram a patrol car. Alexander Gordon Cardenas pleaded to fleeing and elu…
Read MoreDLP Bank, formally known as Community State Bank, took possession of Starke’s Huddle House restaurant following a foreclosure in which the former owner defaulted on $397,260 in loans. According to cou…
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