Union County teachers get raises
BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times The Union County School District, more specifically the School Board and Superintendent Mike Ripplinger, have been hard at work for more than a year, making th…
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Veterans Day to feature Teacher of the Year
BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER—The year’s annual Veterans Day observance will be held on Nov. 10 in the auditorium at Union County High School at 9 a.m. The event is open to the…
Read MoreLake Butler starts over on manager search
BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER— The City of Lake Butler held a special meeting Wed. Nov. 1 to interview its top three picks of the applicants for the position of city…
Read MoreGunshots trigger school lockdown
The Union County Sheriff’s Office said a nearby property owner triggered a shelter-in-place order at Lake Butler Elementary School when the man fired two gunshots to chase away birds that were eating…
Read MoreNew congregation buys Anchor Christian Fellowship property
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager Culture House Church, Inc. purchased the land and building of Anchor Christian Fellowship near County Road 231, about one mile south of the Department of Corrections R…
Read MoreNo pigs or peacocks allowed in new Union County neighborhood
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager PVFLLP, LLC has platted a 19-lot subdivision north of County Road 125 and east of State Road 121 in the northeastern corner of Union County. The limited liability comp…
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School board votes to negotiate with sheriff
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager The Clay County School Board, during a Thursday, Nov. 2 school board meeting, voted 4-1 to authorize the superintendent to negotiate with the sheriff for school securi…
Read MoreLewandoski sworn in
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager Keystone Heights’s newest city councilman took the oath of office in a minute-and-a-half swearing-in ceremony on November 1. Dan Lewandowski is serving the remaining t…
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Ntl. Guard rep. on airport board to go before voters
The Keystone Heights City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance on October 23 that would place a charter amendment before voters next year, impacting the governance of the municipality’s ai…
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