It’s almost time for the Union County Livestock Association’s Agricultural Fair, with only about three weeks until fair activities begin. The event will include competitions for local 4-H and FFA youth, as well as the livestock shows and auctions and time is running short for getting registered for several of the events. The registration deadline … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Staff Writer LAKE BUTLER — The morning was cold and both people and the animals were feeling it, but that did not stop some young Union County 4-H members from getting in some practice in preparation for the upcoming Union County Livestock Association’s goat show on March 18 at 9 … Read more
Editor’s note: In recognition of Career Technical Education Month, the Telegraph is presenting a series of stories on North Florida Technical College. BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Perhaps the carpentry program at North Florida Technical College will inspire students to pursue a career in that field, but for instructor David Harris, it’s not about … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer UF Health Pediatric Orthopaedics, which is part of an alliance with Shriners Children’s, has put a focus on making the environment at as warm and friendly as possible, but it recently got a boost from local Shriners, who donated approximately 100 toys for the benefit of its patients. Starke-Keystone … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer The final word of the 2022-23 Bradford County School District Spelling Bee was “stamina,” which proved to be fitting as the final two contestants went 15 rounds before Bradford Middle School’s Nicholas Salazar won the event, which was held Feb. 16 at the Bradford High School auditorium. Salazar, a … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Staff Writer A person never really knows where life is going to take them, despite dreams, intentions and preparation, and sometimes they end up in a place where they can do all the things they desired all along but in a setting not at all like their original vision. This … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Staff Writer The last decade, with the advances in technology and the increase in accessibility and affordability of technology has created many changes in local school districts and has brought about just as many changes in how students are taught and how they learn. Books were once the mainstay of … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer If Joel Lasko acted on his own instincts, he’d probably still be living in Tennessee, but his faith in God brought him and his family to Bradford County, where he will, through God, work to have a positive, spiritual impact as the new youth pastor at First Baptist Church … Read more
Editor’s note: In recognition of Career Technical Education Month, the Telegraph is presenting a series of stories on North Florida Technical College. BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Freeze! You’re under arrest! That phrase immediately conjures up the idea of law enforcement in most people’s minds, but there’s so much more to the career than … Read more
