UCHS volleyball correction

The Region 3-Rural semifinal volleyball match between Union County High School and Lafayette, which will be played Saturday, Oct. 25, at Lafayette High School in Mayo, will begin at 1 p.m. A previous posted reported a different start time.

Breast cancer awareness event dispenses wisdom and hope

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Lake Butler Hospital held its fourth annual Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon under tents in front of its Main Street facility on October 16. The event featured a catered lunch, door prizes, and four speakers who shared advice and personal experiences from their encounters with the disease, which claimed around 10 lives … Read more

Tariffs bite Union school district – ‘You can’t run a school without toilet paper and paper towels.’

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  The Union County School District’s finance director said tariffs on foreign goods are driving up prices for products the district’s food service department buys. Deborah Parrish told the school board during an October 14 workshop that the prices of plasticware, paper goods, and equipment purchased by the department have risen 24% … Read more

Union County sued for crematory denial

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  The applicant seeking to build a crematory near Worthington Springs is suing Union County after commissioners denied a zoning special exception that would have permitted the facility. Lawyers for JR Davis Acquisitions LLC wrote in a complaint that the site plan submitted to the county for the facility “demonstrated that the … Read more

Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

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 in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records.   Bradford Who … Read more

Tigers lead early, but lose 17-6 to Trinity Catholic

BY LISA HOLTZENDORF Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor Union County High School’s football team scored first, but the host Trinity Catholic Celtics responded with 17 unanswered points in defeating the Tigers 17-6 on Oct. 17. Both teams picked up plenty of flags, with Trinity being penalized for 145 yards and Union penalized for 70. Despite have … Read more