A man who pleaded guilty to the beating death of a Lake Region man in 2019 is suing the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, claiming that deputies used excessive force when arresting him. In a federal lawsu…
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Lake Region residents lined up to shake the hands of a Clay County Fire Rescue Station 11 crew at the conclusion of a 911 observance ceremony at AMVETS Post 86 in Keystone Heights Sunday morning. The…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Union County Supervisor of Elections Deborah K. Osborne said the county’s canvassing board rejected one ballot for the Aug. 23 primaries. The Bradford County…
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Clay County Supervisor of Elections Chris Chambless said his office rejected a mail-in ballot submitted for a dead voter. He added that all voters who submit mail-in ballots must sign the envelope on…
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Two Clay County School District employees told the school board that newly approved labor agreements unfairly penalize veteran employees. The workers said the new contracts, one for teachers and a sec…
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During the Sept. 1 Clay County School board meeting, the district recognized the certification of Keystone Heights High School’s two-year-old community partnership school. The partnership is between t…
Read MoreA preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board said a rotor came off a gyrocopter prior to the aircraft’s July 30 crash into a goat field near Melrose. Both the flight instruc…
Read MoreStephen Adkins Stephen Barrick Adkins, 48, of Lake Butler, passed away on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at North Florida Regional Hospital in Gainesville. He was born on Dec. 21, 1973, in Jacks…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Abandoned Treasures Thrift Store reopened on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the corner of Firetower Road and State Road 21. The building was occupied for more tha…
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