The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted…
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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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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Union County School Superintendent Mike Ripplinger walked the Union County Historical Society through more than a century and a half of local school history on Ma…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Worthington Springs sits quietly on the Union-Alachua County line, about 20 miles north of Gainesville on State Road 121, with a population just shy of 400. Visito…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor Union County’s sheriffs have distinguished themselves among Florida’s law enforcement community with two sheriffs serving as president of the Florida Sheriff’s Associat…
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A historic marker on County Road 238 tells the story of Florida’s second oldest settlement, Providence, and reveals that the Union County village was once home to the U.S. Army’s highest-ranking offic…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Union County and Florida officials, on June 5, 2012, dedicated S.R. 100 within Union County to deputies Hal P. Croft and Ronald Jackson. Both men were killed on Ma…
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Linda Shadd Buchtmann Linda Shadd Buchtmann, 78, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2026, in Perry at her home after a short illness. Lin…
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In Remembrance of Rev. Henderson Hudson June 25, 2016 Today marks 10 years since you left us, yet your memory remains as precious as ever. Though time has passed, the love and admiration we hold for y…
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