BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Maj. Gen. John Haas became Florida’s new adjutant general during a change-of-command ceremony at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center on April 22. After thanking Gov. Ron DeSantis for his confidence in giving him “the opportunity and the immense responsibility of leading the Florida National Guard, Haas said, “I take…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— During an April 24 workshop, the city council tabled a motion by Chris Thompson that would have replaced the city’s independent airport authority board with an advisory committee. Council member Tony Brown, who, along with Thompson, recommended the workshop to evaluate the board’s function, said he needed…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— City and county officials welcomed the return of the MotoSurf Games at Lake Geneva during a ceremony on Saturday, April 21. County Commissioner Kristen Burke said MotoSurf and MotoSkate competitions occur at venues in 15 countries worldwide, and the event at Lake Geneva puts the Lake Region…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—The Keystone Heights RV Park general manager said that after only two years, his park has been designated as one of the country’s top 100 by the Good Sam Campground Network. Ken Loyd told the Keystone Heights Rotary Club that when Good Sam notified him of the honor,…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—The Keystone Heights High School Band will play at the musical performance assessment state concert for the first time in 33 years on April 29. Band Director Justin Coker said the accomplishment, in addition to other achievements by this year’s band, was attained not only by his team…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Visiting Baldwin, which is ranked sixth in the Florida High School Athletic Association’s Class 3A power poll, scored a run on a two-out single in the fifth, which proved to be the difference in the Keystone Heights High School softball team’s 4-3 loss on April 21. Kiley Channell hit…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested a 42-year-old Florahome man after they said he broke into a Keystone Heights church thrift store and stole items from the structure. Joseph William Harper was arrested on April 17 for the Sept. 3, 2022, offenses of burglary and larceny. According to an arrest warrant…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Kiersten Shaw placed second in the high jump and was one of three from Keystone Heights High School to qualify for the Region 1-2A meet after their performances at the April 19 District 3 meet, which was held at St. Augustine’s Tocoi Creek High School. The top four finishers…
Jim Cason Jim Purvis Cason, 84, of Lake Butler, passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Gainesville. He was born April 26, 1938, in Lake Butler, to Gurney “S” Cason and Merle (Whitehead) Cason-Brown. He was a lifelong resident of Lake Butler and a 1956 graduate of Union County High School. After graduation,…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The MotoSurf Games are returning to Keystone Beach from April 21 through April 23. Promoters of the event said MotoSurf, motorized surfboards designed for racing on water, is the fastest growing, most affordable and safest watersport in the world. The Keystone event is the first stop in…
