The Fourth of July in Melrose

  • June 26, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

BY KATE ELLISON MBCA The Melrose Business and Community Association sponsors a boat parade every year around Melrose Bay, then around all of Lake Santa Fe and Little Lake Santa Fe.  This year we are a…

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Kindergarten registration underway

  • May 1, 2024
  • Mark J. Crawford

Informational events planned BY EVELYN CHASTAIN Bradford County Schools Now enrolling the Bradford Tornadoes Class of 2037! When you look down into the eyes of your four-year-old, it’s hard to picture…

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Consolidated High historical marker unveiled

Consolidated High historical marker unveiled

  • April 9, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

Graduates of the former Consolidated High School in Lake Butler helped to unveil a historical marker commemorating the school for Black students for approximately a decade before schools were desegreg…

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Girl to 911 operator: “Come now. Just come.’

  • March 12, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com In a recording of a 911 call an 11-year-old girl made and subsequent callbacks from the operator to the caller, the girl refused to describe what was happening in…

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3 women killed in Lawtey-area domestic dispute

3 women killed in Lawtey-area domestic dispute

  • March 12, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith said three women in a single-wide south of Lawtey Correctional Institution are dead after an apparent domestic dispute. Johnni…

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