Hampton man stranded in Israel
Staff report A Hampton man about to board a plane in Tel Aviv to return to the U.S. said his flight was canceled when Hamas rockets started raining down on the facility. Joseph Birt is now trying to g…
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Fair association determined to retain fairgrounds
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Bradford County commissioners’ interest in acquiring the fairgrounds was rebuffed by the fair association’s president during a special meeting Oct. 16. In…
Read MoreHousing problem for poor residents and code enforcement
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor Last month, a 71-year-old woman appeared before the town council in Brooker with a plea for assistance. Caught up in a code enforcement complaint initiated by the…
Read MoreWhy does Starke want property downtown?
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Starke is interested in purchasing property downtown, but the reason remains mystery. Even a specially called meeting on Oct. 12 resulted in more question…
Read MoreSchool board pays $15k for bus crash lawsuit
Staff report STARKE— The Bradford County School Board settled a 2019 lawsuit involving one of its buses. According to court papers, Khiana James, individually and representing a minor, sued the distri…
Read MoreProvidence man not guilty in dog shooting
BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER— A Union County jury acquitted a 26-year-old Providence man on charges related to the defendant shooting a neighbor’s dog in November 2022. Frederick…
Read MoreUnion September marriage licenses
Charles Cody Bias, 28, of Raiford and Sarah Elizabeth Cauthen, 34, of Raiford on September 1. David Scott Crawford, 59, of Lake Butler and Nina Irene Hedges, 41, of Lake Butler on September 8. Brad Le…
Read MoreUnion September marriage dissolutions
Stephen Acree and Phyliss Katrina Acree on September 14. Stephanie Graham and William Eric Graham on September 14. Charles Ray Hunt and Earnestine Hunt on September 14. Phillip Randall Joyner III and…
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Women wrote fraudulent checks to one another
Staff report A Lake Butler woman was sentenced to four years’ probation after admitting to depositing fraudulent checks written on the account of another woman and then converting those deposits into…
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