Lake Region

City honors weightlifting team, restaurant owner

City honors weightlifting team, restaurant owner

  • August 2, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The city council recognized the community’s state champion weightlifting team and gave a key to the city to the owner of Johnny’s Barbecue during its…

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Sheriff to reopen KH substation

Sheriff to reopen KH substation

  • August 2, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook said she is reopening the office’s substation within the Keystone Heights City Hall. The substation previously opera…

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Deputy gets probation after DUI, crash

Deputy gets probation after DUI, crash

  • August 1, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

Bradford criminal court dispositions for July 26 and 27 BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A defendant who was a Clay County deputy at the time of his arrest was sentenced to probation after plea…

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KH adopts tentative millage and budget

KH adopts tentative millage and budget

  • August 1, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The city council unanimously voted to hold the municipality’s millage rate for next year at the current rate of 4.2901 mils during a special July 27 m…

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Emergency manager: preparation prevents panic

Emergency manager: preparation prevents panic

  • August 1, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County’s emergency management director, said that although some accuse him of being the Chicken Little of the county, constantly proclaiming the…

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2 arrested for High Ridge auto burglaries

2 arrested for High Ridge auto burglaries

  • August 1, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook said her agency arrested two juveniles for a string of auto burglaries in the High Ridge Estates neighborhood east o…

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Gyrocopter crash kills 2 in Melrose

Gyrocopter crash kills 2 in Melrose

  • August 1, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor MELROSE— The Florida Highway Patrol said a gyrocopter crashed into a residential grassy field near County Road 214 and Melrose Road and caught fire on impact. The crash…

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Lake Region title agent holds open house

Lake Region title agent holds open house

  • July 27, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor MELROSE—Santa Fe Title Company in Melrose, held an open house celebrating its new location on State Road 21 between Melrose and Keystone Heights. The business formally…

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