Didn’t blow, still guilty
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Bradford County jury found Kelsey Kelli Taylor, 34, of Glen St. Mary guilty of DUI during a June 20 trial. County Judge D. Tatum Davis sentenced the defendant…
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Defendant enters plea before trial
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Keystone Heights man scheduled to go on trial in Starke for domestic battery instead pleaded to harassing a witness while the state dropped the original batte…
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Unplugged victim’s camera, caught by neighbor’s
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A delivery driver who left a package at a Bradford County house, then returned later to burglarize the home, was sentenced to 15 months in prison. Circuit Judg…
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New area code coming to Starke area
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— On Tuesday, June 7, Florida’s Public Service Commission approved a new area code: 324 for the region now covered by 904, including Starke, Lawtey and Kingsley L…
Read MoreBradley, Brannan reelected without opposition
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE—State Senator Jennifer Bradley of Fleming Island and State Rep. Chuck Brannan of Macclenny were reelected without opposition after qualifying for state offices e…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
June 11 through June 17 The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered in…
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Claimed viewing child porn was legal
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A man who told a Bradford detective he thought he was watching child pornography legally was arrested for viewing the outlawed material. Bradford deputies arres…
Read MoreHPS, Union County agree to dismiss $300M lawsuit
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — It’s been a long road. For more than six years the Union County Board of County Commissioners has been at odds with a group of four families who wanted to…
Read MoreDistrict willing to sell campus to charter school
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Bradford School Board members could sell the former Brooker Elementary School to a group interested in starting a charter school. A group representing Bro…
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