Lake Region

In Memory — Frank Long

  • July 19, 2022
  • Cliff Smelley

Frank, The 10th of July was your birthday. You would have been 80. The 14th of July makes 14 years you’ve been gone. I miss your smiling face when I would say something funny. Love, Caroline and Famil…

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Obituaries — July 19, 2022

  • July 19, 2022
  • Cliff Smelley

Frankie Brookshire Frankie L. Brookshire, 90, of Keystone Heights passed away Sunday, July 17, 2022, at Windsor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Starke.  She was born May 21, 1932, in Merrimac, Wes…

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KH man attacks victim with ax

KH man attacks victim with ax

  • July 18, 2022
  • Mark J. Crawford

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS — Kyle Ploe, 29, was arrested by Clay deputies on Friday, July 15 for attempted second-degree murder after witnesses said he attacked a victim with an…

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KH back-to-school event helps 300 students

KH back-to-school event helps 300 students

  • July 13, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Community Church operated its 14th annual back-to-school giveaway from Thursday through Saturday at the church’s Palmetto Avenue campus. Event organiz…

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4 years for DUI

4 years for DUI

  • July 13, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Kathleen Olga Smith, 48, of Keystone Heights was sentenced to four years in prison and 14 years’ probation after pleading to DUI with serious bodily injury and…

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Crash kills Jacksonville woman near Kingsley Lake

Crash kills Jacksonville woman near Kingsley Lake

  • July 13, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— The Florida Highway Patrol said a 31-year-old Jacksonville woman died when she crashed into trees Saturday night, July 9. The agency said the crash occurred aro…

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