BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— The unemployment rate in Bradford County increased by 0.5% in June, while Union’s rate rose by 0.2%, and Clay County’s inched up by 0.3% over the same period. Coupled with a 0.5% increase during May, Bradford County’s jobless rate has increased by a percentage point over two months. … Read more
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 in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford Mark Richard … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— A 2018 Keystone Heights High School graduate was elected chairman of Florida Young Republicans during the organization’s state convention on June 23 in Sarasota. Brandon Ludwig takes the reigns of the 400-plus-member group, whose ranks include Republicans aged 18 through 40. Ludwig said he wants to improve … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—A member of Santa Fe Audubon told the Keystone Heights Rotary Club about a project Audubon hopes will help researchers restore the populations of a vanishing falcon species. Bill Chitty told the civic group that over the last 40 years, the kestrel populations in North America have decreased … Read more
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 in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford Edwin Elisha … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager The St. Johns River Water Management District said Lake Brooklyn’s water level increased by six-tenths of a foot during September, bringing it to around 107 feet above sea level and above the lake’s average level of about 102 feet. Christine Mundy, the district’s bureau chief of Water Resource Information, said … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Over 230 runners and walkers lined up for the Freedom 5K in front of the Keystone Heights City Hall on the morning of July 4. Race organizer Kerry Cooper Collins told the crowd that the event is the sole fundraiser for the Jordan Cooper Memorial Scholarship Fund, … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay Electric Cooperative said that beginning in July, it is reducing the power cost adjustment it charges its members by 35% and is increasing its access charge by 10%. The utility said that for residential customers using 1,000 kWh of electricity a month, the members’ power charges … Read more
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 in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford Wesley Nathan … Read more
