‘One of the prettiest cars out there’

  • July 4, 2026
  • Dan Hildebran

The Starke resident who placed second in the Lake Butler Rotary Club's  Stars, Stripes and Chrome Car Show credited his long-standing love for Camaros, particularly models from 1967 to 1969, as his in…

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2-pound trash fish nets $100

  • July 4, 2026
  • Dan Hildebran

It took just a 1.07-pound bass to claim the $1,000 top prize at the Tommy Spires Annual Bass Fishing Tournament on Saturday, July 4, where engaged couple Blake Harrell and Zoie Whitlock of Lake Butler…

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Threatened county worker with knife

  • July 3, 2026
  • Dan Hildebran

Charles Leroy Rhoden, 47, of Brooker, was arrested by Bradford deputies on July 1 for aggravated assault with a weapon and trespassing. According to the report, the county employee said Rhoden approac…

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Jumped from hospital gurney, caught by deputies

  • July 3, 2026
  • Dan Hildebran

Johnathan Blair Altman, 38, of Starke, was arrested by Bradford deputies on June 27 for battery, escape, resisting an officer, criminal mischief and violation of conditional release... ...While being…

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DOC captain loses job after arrest

  • July 3, 2026
  • Dan Hildebran

Randall Smith, 37, was arrested by Union deputies on July 4 for domestic battery by strangulation, two counts of false imprisonment of an adult and six counts of false imprisonment of a child under 13…

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90% of aquifer stations below normal

  • June 10, 2026
  • Dan Hildebran

A St. Johns River Water Management District staff member said about 90% of monitored aquifer stations were below the normal range in May, and the districtwide Upper Floridan aquifer index closed May a…

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