The Bradford Agricultural Fair opens Thursday, Feb. 26, at 5 p.m. Discounted admission tickets and ride wristbands/tickets can be purchased ahead of time. The Bradford Agricultural Fair opens Thursday, Feb. 26, and runs through Sunday, March 8. Pre-sale admission tickets can be purchased for $10 at the fair office, the North Florida Regional Chamber of…
Bradford and Union County residents, health-related professionals, businesses, and faith- and community-based organizations, are invited to take a brief survey to prioritize the region’s most pressing health issues. WellFlorida Council, the local health council and nonprofit consultant for health causes, is conducting the Community Health Survey in Bradford and Union counties. The survey is open…
BY MELISSA PYLE Special to the Telegraph The city of Lawtey will be holding a special election to fill the seat for City Council, Group 2. Amy Blom held the seat until her resignation, effective Dec. 31, 2025, which she read during the January council meeting, Blom served the city for three years and was…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Bradford County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the shooting deaths of two people on Northeast 6th Lane, off of State Road 230 near the Bradford-Clay County line. Sheriff’s Col. Brad Smith said that after receiving a 911 hang-up call at 5:15 a.m., Thursday, January 29, deputies responded to the double-wide and found…
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Bradford County commissioners voted Thursday night to move forward with a proposal to turn the Douglas Building into an ICE detention facility, temporarily housing thousands of immigrants awaiting further adjudication or deportation. Several citizens spoke against the proposal, not just in opposition to the treatment of the immigrant population and…
The Writers Alliance of Gainesville is “Bringing Readers and Writers Together” at the seventh annual Sunshine State Book Festival. The festival will be held on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall in Gainesville. One hundred authors will participate in the Author Expo, meeting readers…
12:31 p.m. Keystone Heights Airport Manager Craig Coon: Airport staff has completed its checklist for crash incidents, and the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified. The airport remains open for flight operations. 12:10 p.m. Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith: The victim is a frequent flyer and well-known at the Keystone Airport, but does not…
The Florida Department of Health in Bradford County invites all residents to attend the Mobile Cancer Screening Tour event on Thursday, Oct. 23. This event is in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to spread important health education and encourage women to receive regular screenings to promote early detection and treatment of…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The October 1 meeting of the Union County Impact Initiative focused on senior health issues with a panel of health providers from Lake Butler Hospital and Lake Butler Family and Pediatric Clinic. Noel Braseth, MD, Holly Garver, APRN-BC, Christy Thomas, RDN, LD/N, and Angelica Kraus, PA. discussed nutrition, diabetes, end-of-life planning…
