Staff report A man who led police on a chase from Starke’s Market Road to a riverbed near Union Correctional Institution was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Edwin Elisha Baker, 35, pleaded to aggrava…
Read MoreStaff 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…
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Staff report Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith joined 59 other Florida Sheriffs last week in endorsing Gov. Ron DeSantis for president. At a campaign event in Tampa last week, headlined by Florida…
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BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE – Bradford County Commissioners are ready to prevent a bank foreclosure on the fairgrounds they said in a specially called meeting on Oct. 5. The Bradford…
Read MoreBY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Tax Collector Teresa Phillips and counsel from her state association successfully defended a lawsuit trying to force her to collect outrageous assessments…
Read MoreBY MELISSA PYLE Telegraph Staff Writer LAWTEY — At the Oct. 2 Lawtey City Council meeting, Police Chief Jerry Feltner called for a discussion about public comments at monthly meetings. Feltner sugges…
Read MoreA Wednesday, October 4 fire at the Whispering Pines Apartments sent one man to a hospital with burns and smoke inhalation. Bradford County Fire Chief Ben Carter said Starke Fire Rescue was the primary…
Read MoreBY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER—Several area counties, including Columbia, Suwannee, Baker, and Hamilton are working on creating a North Florida water utility. Union was also invit…
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