Union County

Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • January 30, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

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…

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Rural Counties Day: meeting lawmakers face to face

Rural Counties Day: meeting lawmakers face to face

  • January 30, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Seeing is believing. It’s not that lawmakers from Florida’s large counties don’t believe in the existence of smaller, rural counties, but what do they really kn…

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Cyr wins title, Tigers tie for 3rd in district

Cyr wins title, Tigers tie for 3rd in district

  • January 27, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Alexia Cyr won her weight class, while Holly Halfacre and Riley Gibson were runners-up for Union County High School at the District 6-1A girls weightlifting mee…

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LBMS boys are SMAC runners-up after 6-point loss

LBMS boys are SMAC runners-up after 6-point loss

  • January 26, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Tyrese Chandler scored 14 of his team-high 22 points in the second half and helped Lake Butler Middle School make things interesting late before the Tigers even…

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LBMS boys defeat BMS to advance to SMAC final

LBMS boys defeat BMS to advance to SMAC final

  • January 23, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Tyrese Chandler and Garrison Smith combined to score 16 points in the second half as the Lake Butler Middle School boys basketball team never relinquished its l…

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Obituaries — Jan. 23, 2024

  • January 23, 2024
  • Cliff Smelley

  William Bright William “Bill” Bright, passed away in hospice on his 86th birthday in Lake City. Born on Jan. 17, 1938, in Sevierville, Tennessee, he led a remarkable life filled with love and l…

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