BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE – Bradford County Commissioners are ready to prevent a bank foreclosure on the fairgrounds they said in a specially called meeting on Oct. 5. The Bradford…
Read MoreBY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Tax Collector Teresa Phillips and counsel from her state association successfully defended a lawsuit trying to force her to collect outrageous assessments…
Read MoreBY MELISSA PYLE Telegraph Staff Writer LAWTEY — At the Oct. 2 Lawtey City Council meeting, Police Chief Jerry Feltner called for a discussion about public comments at monthly meetings. Feltner sugges…
Read MoreJoyce Payne Oct. 21, 1936, to Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, Joyce Burke Payne of Keystone Heights was born in Jacksonville to Homer and Lillian Burke. She grew up in Jacksonville attending Duval County schoo…
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The 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 Wednesday, October 4 fire at the Whispering Pines Apartments sent one man to a hospital with burns and smoke inhalation. Bradford County Fire Chief Ben Carter said Starke Fire Rescue was the primary…
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A Bradford County man was sentenced to one year and one week in state prison after pleading to stealing a case of liquor from a local retailer. Kelvin Hamm Sr., 59, pleaded to the February 23 offense…
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Two Brooker men arrested during the same Bradford County Sheriff’s Office drug operation and charged with similar crimes received vastly different sentences. Clem David Prescott, 70, and David Bridges…
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Starke police said workers at Capital City Bank stopped a man from cashing a fraudulent $1,500 check, resulting in the arrest of the 38-year-old Jacksonville defendant. Steven Randall Dodson was arres…
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