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BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] A Union County High School volleyball team that defeated the state’s second-ranked Rural Class team twice and pushed the number-one team to tiebreaker set in the regional finals returns the bulk of its players, including one of the best in the Rural Class in senior Jailyn Simmons. So, will 2025 be … Read more

BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] The Bradford and Cocoa high school football teams will meet up for the third time in four years, but this time, the stakes are lower as the Tornadoes and Tigers will play each other in a preseason kickoff classic on Friday, Aug. 15, at 7 p.m. in Cocoa. Kickoff classics, which … Read more

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  An official with the St. Johns River Water Management District stated that fluctuating water levels in Black Creek are still too low for the district to initiate water discharges into Alligator Creek, which flows into Lake Brooklyn as part of the Black Creek Water Resource Development Project. The project consists of … Read more

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  A St. Johns River Water Management District official told the organization’s governing board that Lake Brooklyn lost another 4.8 inches in water level during July. The decrease marks the eighth consecutive month the lake has lost water. The lake level in November was 112.1 feet. In July, the level had dropped … Read more

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  The Keystone Heights City Council appointed a Navy veteran to its Heritage Commission and a PhD to the city’s planning and zoning board during its August 4 meeting. Navy veteran Ekaterina “Kat” Glenn has been a personal and mortgage banker with Regions Bank for the last seven years. She told the … Read more

BY MELISSA PYLE Special to the Telegraph   The Lawtey-Peetsville Community Day was held on July 26. Current and former residents braved the hot Saturday to have a time of connection among friends and family. The event was a grassroots effort of Lawtey residents, led by Sheila Cummings. Cummings decided the event needed to be … Read more

BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] A team leader in multiple categories and all-conference honors. It was a good freshman year for baseball player Connor Guy at Daytona State College after graduating from Keystone Heights High School in 2024. The centerfielder, who has transferred to Palatka’s St. Johns River State College for the 2025-26 year, was named … Read more