BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Sheriff Michelle Cook said traffic tie-ups and reckless driving generate the largest number of complaints to her agency. Cook made the comments during a Sheriff’s Net town hall meeting on April 27 at St. William Catholic Church in Keystone Heights. “Right now, the biggest complaint that we…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School seniors Dezaray Bright and Rexi Lewis signed letters of intent to play college basketball during a May 4 ceremony in the KHHS gym. Bright is going to Cairn University, a private, Christian school in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, that competes at the Division III NCAA level, while…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County Commissioner Betsy Condon said Phase 1 of the county’s broadband expansion project is complete in Clay Hill and nearly finished in the Keystone Heights area. She added that the county and Xfinity held an internet community Sign-up event on Saturday, May 6, inside the Clay…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School’s softball team played a tough schedule this year, with not a lot of to show for it, but the hope was that it would pay off after the regular season. So far, it has paid off in a big way. The third seed Indians (9-17)…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Leaders within the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said the agency is stepping up patrols on the Palatka-to-Lake Butler State Trail after a woman said she was threatened on the pathway by two men, one with a knife. An audience member participating in a Sheriff’s NET meeting at…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford, Keystone Heights and Union County high schools had athletes compete at the Region 1-2A track and field meet at the University of North Florida on May 3, with the Tigers’ Leah Clark placing the highest with a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 100m and 200m. Clark ran…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Third seed P.K. Yonge scored four unanswered runs in the final two innings in handing the fourth seed Keystone Heights High School baseball team an 8-6 loss in the District 4-3A tournament semifinals on May 3 in Ocala. The Indians (16-8) had a 5-0 lead, with three of those…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer A seventh-inning rally by Crescent City came up short, allowing the Keystone Heights High School baseball team to advance in the District 4-3A tournament off a 6-4 quarterfinal win on May 2 at Ocala’s Trinity Catholic. The second seed Indians played third seed P.K. Yonge on Wednesday, May 3.…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Alaina Kinsall drove in two runs, while pitcher Kadence Massey gave up one earned run in the Keystone Heights High School softball team’s 8-2 win over Palatka in the District 3-3A tournament semifinals on May 2 at KHHS. The third seed Indians (8-17) will play for the championship on…
Maximino Aponte Maximino “Max” Diaz Aponte, 97, of Keystone Heights passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at Vitas Hospice in Lecanto. He was born Feb. 12, 1926, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico to Antonio and Gregoria Aponte. He was a retired maintenance worker. He was of the Catholic faith and always stayed busy fixing and…
