BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor The Bradford County Telegraph, Union County Times and Lake Region Monitor are launching a new online news portal where subscribers can get all the up-to-date local news you know us for. At BCTelegraph.com, our writers will upload stories about local news, sports and events as they are written. You … Read more
46 of state’s 50 prisons at emergency staffing levels BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor TALLAHASSEE— Florida’s Deputy Secretary for the Department of Corrections said the number of vacant security positions in state prisons has grown by over 50% in the last seven months. Ricky Dixon told a Florida House subcommittee that although standards require three … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County Commissioners appointed a Keystone Heights realtor to its Historic Preservation Board during a Sept. 28 meeting. Deirdre Murphy previously served on the Keystone Heights Heritage Commission, which performs a similar role for the city as the Historic Preservation Board fulfills for the county. Murphy also … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— The Florida Department of Health’s administrator in Clay County said new COVID cases in the county continued a slow decline, along with a similar decrease in daily vaccinations. Heather Huffman told Clay County Commissioners during their Sept. 28 meeting that her department is seeing between 80 and … Read more
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Talk of an Aldi grocery store locating in Starke appears to be true based on a recent job listing. The posting is for an assistant manager for a new store, with the location listed as Starke, FL 32091. When the Save A Lot grocery store located in … Read more
October 2-8, 2021 Bradford County State Road 100 (FIN 436558-1-52-01, 436558-1-56-01) (29.944769, -82.115742) Intermittent daytime lane closures from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday between U.S. 301 and Call Street (State Road 230) and at Thompson Street and Cherry Street for equipment movement in and out of the work zone. U.S. 301 … Read more
Dick A. Lee Jr. was killed in Afghanistan BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— School officials and veterans groups dedicated a monument to fallen heroes at Keystone Heights Junior-Senior High School on Friday Sept. 17. The memorial honors KHHS 2000 graduate Dick A. Lee Jr., who was killed by a roadside explosive in Afghanistan … Read more
