Bradford High School will host a Region 4-1A quarterfinal football game on Friday, Nov. 12, with the Tornadoes taking on the Newberry Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available digitally by purchasing at gofan.co (enter “Bradford High School” and click on the appropriate link), but can also be purchased at the gate the night of…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Trinity Baptist Church held a shoebox dedication service for Operation Christmas Child during the church’s Nov. 7 morning services. Operation Christmas Child is a worldwide ministry originating in 1993 when Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham delivered 28,000 shoeboxes filled with Christmas gifts to children in war-torn Bosnia. Since…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford High School’s defense held visiting Fort White to 102 yards, while the Tornadoes got two scoring plays of more than 50 yards early in the second half to put the game away, celebrating homecoming with a 33-6 win on Nov. 5. The Tornadoes, who scored the first 26…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford, Keystone Heights and Union County high schools will all host first-round playoff football games on Friday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. The Florida High School Athletic Association released its final RPI rankings today, with Bradford, Keystone and Union all ranked third in their respective regions. Bradford (5-5) will…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – Krawlin’ for the Fallen, which drew over 2,000 people to the Lake Region last year is returning to the Keystone Heights Airport over Veterans Day weekend. Off-Road United Foundation, which has sponsored the event for the last six years, said in a news release that Krawlin’ for the…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— The mother of a 3-year-old girl who died of a fentanyl overdose was sentenced to 19 months in prison, while the victim’s father was sentenced to 364 days in jail. A’Liyah Janae’ Murrah was pronounced dead at Starke ER on Aug. 26, 2020, shortly after Bradford EMS transported her…
Update: Starke Police Department has confirmed the suspect below has been arrested and is in the Columbia County Jail On Friday, Nov. 5, at approximately 9:38 p.m, officers of the Starke Police Department responded to a person shot in the 1000 block of East Brownlee Street. Upon arrival officers discovered a black male in…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Tristan Holder, Bradford High School’s lone participant at the Region 1-2A boys cross country meet on Nov. 5 at Jacksonville’s New World Sports Complex, fell one spot shy of earning a berth in the state finals. The top three individuals not on the eight state-qualifying teams earned the right…
