Obituaries — Jan. 13, 2026
Jean Ball Mrs. Jean Louise Ball, 78, of Keystone Heights died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at HCA Hospital in Gainesville. She was born Oct. 8, 1947, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to the late John and Ruth…
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Bradford Elementary’s Douglas is district’s TOY
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Her original plan wasn’t to teach science or to teach at all at the elementary level, but Bradford Elementary’s Bobbie Douglas is doing both and doing t…
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Tornadoes improve to 10-1 in basketball
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Bradford High School went on a 15-2 run in the first quarter and led by double digits for most of the game after that, defeating visiting Branford 64-41…
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Griffin pours in 33 for BHS girls in 59-22 victory
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Ar’Nayshia Griffin scored 19 of her game-high 33 points in the first quarter, helping the Bradford High School girls basketball team earn an easy 59-22…
Read MoreUnion County girls defeat Hope 45-30
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Union County High School outscored host Hope Christian 26-6 in the third quarter en route to a 45-30 girls basketball win on Jan. 8. Iamorieah Williams…
Read MoreBHS wrestlers White, Cooper are 3rd and 4th at Buchholz Round Robin
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Two Bradford High School wrestlers earned top-four finishes at the Dec. 12-13 Buchholz High School Bobcat Round Robin. Tremeze White went 3-2 in placing…
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Tornadoes get wrestling win over Tigers
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Bradford High School defeated host Union County 39-36, with five Tornadoes recording wins by pinning their opponents in a Jan. 8 wrestling match. The To…
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Tried to lure girls into car
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com  A 45-year-old Keystone Heights man was sentenced to five years after failing to complete a psychosexual treatment program as a condition of his probation. Anthony…
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4 years for bar fight, probation violation
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com  A 37-year-old Starke man was sentenced to four years with the Department of Corrections after pleading to a probation violation. Joshua Bruce Norris was first arr…
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