An original home of the city of Keystone Heights has been renovated to become a historic inn and bed and breakfast, with a grand opening and tours to be held on Saturday, March 11, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. The Inn at Palmetto, located at 555 S.E. Palmetto Ave., was originally constructed in 1925…
Sidney Bass Sidney “Sid” Bass, 84, of Starke passed away at his home Saturday, March 4, 2023, following an extended illness. He was born June 2, 1938, in Boston, Massachusetts to Jacob and Ethyl “Linnick” Bass. He enlisted with the United States Army at the age of 17 and was stationed three years in Hawaii.…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School defeated host Middleburg 7-0 on Feb. 28 to improve to 3-1. Singles results, in order of seeding, were Tara Tarvit by 8-1, Whitnee Buchanan by 8-2, Shaylyn Williams by 8-1, Raegan Feldpausch by 8-0 and Sarah Siebert by 8-1. Tarvit and Williams teamed up to…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Ethan Teague and Curran Capper earned wins in singles play and teamed up for a win in doubles as the Keystone Heights High School boys tennis team defeated host Middleburg 4-3 on Feb. 28. Teague earned an 8-3 win at number-three singles, while Capper won 8-4 at the number-four…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Host Fleming Island scored a run on an error in the bottom of the seventh to hand the Keystone Heights High School softball team a 5-4 loss on March 6. The Indians (2-4) scored two runs in the top of the first on an Ashley Nugent double, but the…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— The board of trustees of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by a Lawtey congregation and dozens of other churches. Last July, 106 Florida churches sued the conference seeking to leave the United Methodist Church…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Pitchers Gage Smith and Ben Goforth held host Newberry to three hits in the Keystone Heights High School baseball team’s 9-2 win on March 6. Smith, who started, gave up two runs on two hits through 5.1 innings. He struck out 11. Goforth pitched the remainder of the game,…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The Clay County Sheriff’s Office has joined forces with five other Northeast Florida sheriffs in addition to FDLE and the U.S. Department of Homeland security to fight child sexual exploitation and human trafficking. The Intercept Task Force is a public-private partnership that includes two nonprofit organizations: Operation…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Junior-division participant Ava Lynn Thomas earned the best-overall award in the Bradford County 4-H Very Berry Bake Off, which was held March 3 at the county’s Extension office. The event, which is held prior to the official opening of the Bradford Agricultural Fair, allows participants to create pies/cakes, cupcakes,…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Emma Griffis and Harley Smith were awarded the overall grand champion and overall reserve grand champion awards at this year’s Bradford-Union Goat Show, which was held March 4 at the Bradford Agricultural Fairgrounds. Griffis’ grand champion was also the grand champion in the meat division and took first place…
