BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Bradford brought a five-match winning streak to Keystone Heights, but it was the Indians who came out victorious, defeating the Tornadoes 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 26-24) in a Sept. 30 varsity volleyball match. The Tornadoes (6-8) were one point away from avoiding the sweep, but Keystone (11-8) scored three straight…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor TALLAHASSEE— Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis awarded the Volunteer Firefighter of the Year Award to Melrose’s Joshua Florence, during a ceremony in the chamber of the Florida Senate on Sept. 20. Patronis said Florence exemplifies what it means to be a firefighter. “He serves as…
PALATKA— The St. Johns River Water Management District’s Governing Board on Tuesday, Sept. 28 adopted its fiscal year 2021‒2022 budget and adopted its rolled-back rate for a ninth consecutive year. The rolled-back rate is the millage rate that would provide the same amount of ad valorem tax revenue as the previous year’s millage rate. Executive…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School has the top RPI in Region 3 of Class 1A, while Bradford and Keystone Heights are each fifth in their respective regions after the release of the Florida High School Athletic Association’s latest rankings. The teams with the top six RPI rankings in each region…
BY CHUCK DOWLING Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Winless Interlachen rolled into Keystone Heights (5-0) on Sept. 24, hoping to notch its first victory over the Indians since 2016. Whatever hopes the Rams had on the short 17-mile bus ride over were quickly dashed once the whistle blew and Keystone quickly asserted its dominance en route…
Church reaches Keystone’s poorest BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Carrie Morford said that people driving through Keystone often say: “Oh, what a cute little town.” “And that’s true,” Morford said in a video she showed to the Keystone Heights Rotary Club, “but as with most places, that isn’t the whole story.” Morford added that although the median…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Keystone Heights High School’s volleyball team ended a five-match losing streak, defeating visiting Union County, which is ranked fifth in Class 1A, 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25- 23) on Sept. 27. The first set of the Sept. 27 match was tied at 14-14 before Keystone (10-7) scored four straight points…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Tyler Griffin and Olivia Griffin each placed in the top 10 for Keystone Heights High School at the ninth annual Trinity Catholic Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 25. In the 99-member varsity boys race, Tyler Griffin ran a seventh-place time of 17:10. Three of his teammates placed in the…
The Keystone-Lake Region Business Association held a three-site mixer for its September gathering. Members walked along South Lawrence Boulevard between MeLissa Pellerito’s office at Florida Homes Realty, Hatch Realty Services and Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty, where Todd and Debbie Beals served as hosts.
Sept. 18 through Sept. 24 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…
