The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted i…
Read MoreBY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A 26-year-old Lake Butler man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading to sexual battery on a victim 18 or older with special circumstances. Randall Fitz…
Read MoreBennie Adams Bennie Adams, 88, of Alachua, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at his home surrounded by family. He was born on Jan. 22, 1936, in Erin, Tennessee, to Okla Homa and Verbl…
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Graduates of the former Consolidated High School in Lake Butler helped to unveil a historical marker commemorating the school for Black students for approximately a decade before schools were desegreg…
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BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Union County High School’s baseball team was held to two hits in a 6-2 loss to visiting Lafaytette on April 8 that was a battle between two top-10 Class…
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BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Every player in the starting lineup drove in at least one run in the Union County High School softball team’s 15-2, five-inning win over host Hawthorne…
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BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Courtney Manning drove in four runs, including a two-run double that proved to be the difference in the Lake Butler Middle School softball team’s 11-9 w…
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BY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Lake Butler Middle School pitchers Westyn Miller and Spencer Legg combined to allow just four hits as the Tigers defeated host Bradford 11-1 in an April…
Read MoreBY CLIFF SMELLEY cliff@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Lake Butler Middle School scored three runs each in the fifth and sixth innings to defeat host Keystone Heights 7-4 on April 2. The Tigers were shut out…
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