BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Bradford County commissioners voted Thursday night to move forward with a proposal to turn the Douglas Building into an ICE detention facility, temporarily housing thousands of immigrants awaiting further adjudication or deportation. Several citizens spoke against the proposal, not just in opposition to the treatment of the immigrant population and … Read more
The Writers Alliance of Gainesville is “Bringing Readers and Writers Together” at the seventh annual Sunshine State Book Festival. The festival will be held on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall in Gainesville. One hundred authors will participate in the Author Expo, meeting readers … Read more
12:31 p.m. Keystone Heights Airport Manager Craig Coon: Airport staff has completed its checklist for crash incidents, and the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified. The airport remains open for flight operations. 12:10 p.m. Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith: The victim is a frequent flyer and well-known at the Keystone Airport, but does not … Read more
The Florida Department of Health in Bradford County invites all residents to attend the Mobile Cancer Screening Tour event on Thursday, Oct. 23. This event is in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to spread important health education and encourage women to receive regular screenings to promote early detection and treatment of … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The October 1 meeting of the Union County Impact Initiative focused on senior health issues with a panel of health providers from Lake Butler Hospital and Lake Butler Family and Pediatric Clinic. Noel Braseth, MD, Holly Garver, APRN-BC, Christy Thomas, RDN, LD/N, and Angelica Kraus, PA. discussed nutrition, diabetes, end-of-life planning … Read more
Lake Butler Hospital invites the community to join its 4th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon on Thursday, October 16, 2025, from Noon to 1 PM at 850 E Main St., Lake Butler. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s luncheon features voices of courage and hope, including Jennifer Woodard, MPH, RN, … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Lake Butler officials, the family of Fletcher Myers, and others gathered to mark the rededication of Fletcher Myers Park on Saturday, September 27. Former Florida Gators Chaplain Patrick Maxwell began the ceremony with an invocation, recalling that Myers, whom he called “Uncle Flash,” took him to Gator games on Saturdays and … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Raiford woman who has been tending to her parents’ graves for 29 years, this year discovered that honoring those who have gone before is her calling and has cleaned 238 gravestones, 113 of which have belonged to veterans, since April. Mendy Whitaker said her mother died 29 years ago and … Read more
