Obituaries — Aug. 18, 2026
Sue Beasley Sue Marie Beasley, 80, of Keystone Heights died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Starke. Born on Jan. 22, 1946, in Santa Barbara, California, to Ruth Lorna Kidd Hammond and Hal Hall Hammond, bot…
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Tigers’ Ayden Tomlinson is 1st in match with Bradford, Baker
Union County High School boys golfer Ayden Tomlinson was the medalist in an Aug. 17 match at the Starke Golf and Country Club that also featured players from Bradford and Baker County. Tomlinson had…
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Lawton rushes for 3 scores in Tigers’ 21-7 win
BY LISA HOLTZENDORF Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Rain beat down on The Jungle on Aug. 14, but it didn’t prevent the Union County High School football team from continuing its positive start…
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Obituaries — Aug. 11, 2026
Betty Blackburn Betty Bryant Blackburn, 92, of Starke passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. She was born in Winterville, Georgia, on Jan. 23, 1934, to the late Roy and Leah Hall Bryant. As…
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Tigers come out on top 14-13 in preseason defensive battle
BY LISA HOLTZENDORF Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor A fresh start. That’s what the Union County Tigers are looking forward to after a disappointing 2-8 season in 2025 and with legendary coach R…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendan…
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Santa Fe basin remains in extreme drought as district deficit nears 20 inches
Santa Fe River at Worthing Springs stops flowing BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The Santa Fe River basin, which includes Union and Bradford counties and western Clay, is the driest corner of the…
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$60,000 Christmas tree project draws scrutiny as Lake Butler commissioners weigh tax increase
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A proposed $60,000 Christmas budget, most of it for a single commercial-grade artificial tree, drew the sharpest questioning of the night as city commissioners wor…
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Memorial tree planted for fallen Union County deputies
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Family members, Union County law enforcement officers and community leaders gathered at Lake Butler’s Lakeside Park this afternoon to plant a Southern magnolia hon…
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