KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— City Manager Lynn Rutkowski told the city council that a franchisee for Popeye’s Louisiana Chicken has applied to the city to build a restaurant on Green Way between Walgreen’s and Dollar General. The parcel is already zoned for a restaurant. However, the franchisee must obtain a use by exception from the city…
Pecan St. between Highland and Orchid closed to public BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The city council approved a request by the Clay County School District to close a portion of Southwest Pecan Street during drop-off and pick-up times for Keystone Heights Elementary School. Principal Beth Turbeville said the section of Pecan Street…
Sept. 25 through Oct. 1 The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are…
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor The Bradford County Telegraph, Union County Times and Lake Region Monitor are launching a new online news portal where subscribers can get all the up-to-date local news you know us for. At BCTelegraph.com, our writers will upload stories about local news, sports and events as they are written. You…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County Commissioners appointed a Keystone Heights realtor to its Historic Preservation Board during a Sept. 28 meeting. Deirdre Murphy previously served on the Keystone Heights Heritage Commission, which performs a similar role for the city as the Historic Preservation Board fulfills for the county. Murphy also…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— The Florida Department of Health’s administrator in Clay County said new COVID cases in the county continued a slow decline, along with a similar decrease in daily vaccinations. Heather Huffman told Clay County Commissioners during their Sept. 28 meeting that her department is seeing between 80 and…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Tyler Griffin and Olivia Griffin earned third- and fourth-place finishes, respectively, for the Keystone Heights High School cross country teams at the Oct. 2 Bradford Invitational at O.J. Phillips Recreation Complex in Lake Butler. In the 98-member boys field, Tyler Griffin crossed the finish line in 18:08 to help…
BY CHUCK DOWLING Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Keystone Heights won the Indian War on Friday night defeating the visiting Fort White Indians 30-14 to move to 6-0 on the season. Things started rocky for the home side, fumbling the ball away to Fort White (3-2) on just the third play of the game, which led…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Edith Wolfe believes the secret to a happy life is to have no hatred and no worries, and to live simply. That’s not all. Perhaps most importantly: always smile. You couldn’t see Wolfe’s mouth on Sept. 29 because of the face covering she was wearing, but if her eyes…
Dick A. Lee Jr. was killed in Afghanistan BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— School officials and veterans groups dedicated a monument to fallen heroes at Keystone Heights Junior-Senior High School on Friday Sept. 17. The memorial honors KHHS 2000 graduate Dick A. Lee Jr., who was killed by a roadside explosive in Afghanistan…
