Union County

Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • October 10, 2023
  • 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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Smoke shop closed, worker arrested

Smoke shop closed, worker arrested

  • October 10, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

The Union County Sheriff’s Office said it shuttered a Main Street smoke shop and arrested a worker after the man admitted selling illegal narcotics to minors. Jay Rami, 19, of Gainesville was arrested…

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Man arrested for Mormon church break-in

Man arrested for Mormon church break-in

  • October 10, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

The Union County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Brad Whitehead arrested a 34-year-old Alachua man for burglarizing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on State Road 238 west of Lake Butler.…

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UCHS volleyball team wins 2nd straight match

UCHS volleyball team wins 2nd straight match

  • October 10, 2023
  • Cliff Smelley

BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School’s volleyball team strung multiple wins together for the first time since early September, defeating visiting Dixie County 3-0 (25-21, 2…

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Tigers have it easy in 57-0 homecoming win

Tigers have it easy in 57-0 homecoming win

  • October 10, 2023
  • Cliff Smelley

BY ANTONIO HENDERSON Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Eight different players crossed the goal line for the Union County High School football team, which celebrated homecoming with an easy 57-0…

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Union County land use change fails on tie vote

  • October 10, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

Union County commissioners tied on a vote to change the land use on a 0.85-acre parcel on the northeast corner of State Road 100 and County Road 231 about one mile west of Lake Butler, resulting in th…

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Obituaries — Oct. 3, 2023

  • October 3, 2023
  • Cliff Smelley

Natasha Borrego Natasha Puente Borrego, 42, of Starke, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, from injuries sustained in an auto accident. She was preceded in death by her father, Guadalupe Puente. Survivors a…

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