BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — For their first budget workshop of the year, Bradford County commissioners received a veritable textbook of information and a crash course in budgeting co…
Read MoreBY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Beginning April 1, Bradford County Fire Rescue will be down one crew because of a county hiring freeze. Director Allen Parrish said the loss of two more e…
Read MoreBY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — None of the Bradford County commission’s departments are immune from further budget cuts, but in at least one case, cuts now could cost the county down th…
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Joshua Griffis and Alli Gray exhibited the top two rabbits at this year’s Bradford Agricultural Fair. Griffis’ English Spot buck received the grand championship, while Gray’s Florida White doe earned…
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March 19 through 25 The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innoce…
Read MoreBY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER— April trial dates have been set in Marion County for three Lake Butler men accused of abusing bears in the Ocala National Forest. Dustin Reddish, William T…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER— The Union County Sheriff’s Office said U.S. Marshals apprehended a man wanted for a March 19 murder in Lake Butler. Anthony George was arrested around 9 a.…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— A Keystone Heights man was sentenced to 55 years in prison after pleading to killing his 25-year-old neighbor Joe Arthur Turner, 31, pleaded guilty…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A woman who cleaned the home of a deceased elderly person was arrested after police determined she used a credit card linked to the victim’s account to withdraw…
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