BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested a Keystone Heights man after a witness photographed him stealing a canoe from his ex-girlfriend. Jon Paul Shaver, 57, was arrested on Oct. 6 for the Aug. 3, 2021, offenses of burglary and petit theft. According to court papers, a Bedford Lake-area resident saw two men … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Clay County Schools Superintendent David Broskie said students would not have to make up the three days of school lost to Hurricane Ian. He explained that state statute requires 900 hours of instruction each year and that the school district’s calendar has enough additional hours to absorb the three … Read more
Challenge Enterprises CEO talks to Lake Region business group BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— At the October 6 meeting of the Keystone-Lake Region Business Association, the chief executive officer of Challenge Enterprises highlighted the nonprofit’s 50-year track record of helping people with different abilities achieve independence. Nancy Keating told the business group that … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County’s Supervisor of Elections took on some of the most common myths surrounding elections during a presentation to the Keystone Heights Rotary Club on October 5. Chris Chambliss blamed social media for much of Americans’ mistrust about election integrity. He urged citizens to take advantage of the … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A former counselor for a youth academy operating within Camp Blanding was arrested for soliciting lewd conduct from a 16-year-old. Macclenny resident Libby Louise Alexander Chrome, 27, was arrested for an authority figure soliciting lewd conduct with a student. According to an arrest affidavit, the defendant was an employee … 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 Gerald Lee … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay Electric Cooperative said Hurricane Ian caused widespread power outages in the co-op’s 14-county service territory on Sept. 28 and 29. “At the height of the storm,” the co-op said in a news release, “about 30,000 accounts were without power. More than 70 percent of members had … Read more
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The Jacksonville Transportation Authority Clay Community Transportation Program is offering free rides during the month of October. Passengers can board a shuttle from the designated pick-up stops and travel routes through Fleming Island, Gainesville, Green Cove Springs, Keystone Heights, Middleburg, Orange Park, and Penney Farms. The Magenta Line makes two round trips (Keystone … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The City Council awarded a retired elementary school teacher a key to the city and proclaimed Oct. 3 as Teri Sapp Day during its Oct. 3 meeting. Mayor Karen Lake read a proclamation to accompany the key to the city, which said Sapp and Carey Morford, now pastor … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The North Florida Green Chamber of Commerce announced that Jessica Tittl will serve as the new executive director for the four-year-old organization. The Jacksonville-based chamber said in a news release that Tittl resides in Keystone Heights with her husband, Tom. “After settling in North Florida, Tittl launched Biome … Read more
