Man robs Brooker store, steals car
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor BROOKER— The Bradford County Sheriff’s office said on June 2, around 10 a.m., Larry Shannon Dupree entered the Dollar General and stole between $100 and $200 from the s…
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13-year-old injured in bypass crash
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— The Florida Highway patrol said a 13-year-old girl was injured when a semi collided with an overturned box truck on Starke’s bypass, near the State Road 100 exi…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
May 28 through June 3 The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered inno…
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Melrose grocery turns 50
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor MELROSE— One of Melrose’s iconic businesses turned 50 this month. Romie Williamson and his wife Twila opened Williamson’s Food Store in 1972, and the couple worked at t…
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Plane makes emergency landing near Camp Blanding
CAMP BLANDING— The pilot of a single-engine plane made an emergency landing on State Road 16, near State Road 21 on Thursday, June 2. The pilot told a Jacksonville television station he took off from…
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Trail paved near Hampton
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor HAMPTON—Friends of Gold Head State Park and the Palatka-to-Lake Butler State Trail said on social media that a 1.6-mile section of the trail has recently been paved. Th…
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Clay real estate values jump by 11.5%
Median sale price set record last year BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS—Clay County Property Appraiser Tracy S. Drake said in a May 27 news release that the county’s real estate valu…
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Emergency manager: prepare now for storms
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS—Clay County Emergency Management Director John Ward said now is the time to prepare for storms by assembling a family disaster kit and talking about…
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Free summer meals offered at Lake Region schools
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Sponsored by Clay County District Schools Food and Nutrition Services, free breakfast and lunch is offered to anyone 18 years or younger from June 6 through July 28, except for July…
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