Obituaries — Aug. 12, 2025
Reginald Butler Gone home to be with Jesus. Reginald Butler, 95, died Friday, June 13, 2025, at Haven Hospice in Gainesville. He was born in Hartford, Alabama on July 27, 1929, to Festis and Mary Butl…
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Black Creek still too low for discharges to lakes
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com An official with the St. Johns River Water Management District stated that fluctuating water levels in Black Creek are still too low for the district to initiate…
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Lake Brooklyn down another 5 inches – Lake is down over four feet since November
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A St. Johns River Water Management District official told the organization’s governing board that Lake Brooklyn lost another 4.8 inches in water level during July…
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Keystone appoints board members
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The Keystone Heights City Council appointed a Navy veteran to its Heritage Commission and a PhD to the city’s planning and zoning board during its August 4 meetin…
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Indians to put young team on the field in 2025
BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Keystone Heights High School is coming off a rough 2024 varsity football season that saw the Indians win just two games, so some of the players who’ll b…
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Father and daughter walk 1,100 miles together
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The City of Keystone Heights’s interim city manager recently completed walking the Florida National Scenic Trail with his now 13-year-old daughter. Jamie Booth sa…
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Roman Alvarez Roman Mansfield Alvarez went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. A devoted Baptist minister, Roman lived a life rooted in unwavering faith, deep love for his family, a hear…
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Council passes first reading of Sunrise Estates PUD
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The Keystone Heights City Council passed the first reading of a rezoning that would replace a planned urban development named Country Meadows, with a similar PUD n…
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Kiwanis gets approval for Colors on the Boulevard
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The Keystone Heights City Council approved a proposal by Lake Region Kiwanis to display American flags on South Lawrence Boulevard eight days a year. Kiwanian Kei…
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