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.
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
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
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
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
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
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School played Branford in boys golf on Oct. 16 in Lake City, with the Tigers’ Ayden Tomlinson finishing in third place behind co-medalists Jon Weisner and Easton Young. Branford won with a team score of 214, while Union had a score of 238. Tomlinson shot a 54 to … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School’s volleyball team earned the third seed in Region 3 of the Rural class and will travel to play second seed Lafayette (15-6) in a semifinal match on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. Union (20-8) lost a pair of 3-1 matches to Lafayette in the regular season, … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School swept second seed Lafayette 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-15) in the Oct. 14 District 6-Rural tournament semifinals, advancing the third seed Tigers to the Thursday, Oct. 16, championship match against top seed Branford at UCHS at 7 p.m. It’s a repeat scenario up to this point, as the … Read more
Clara Covington Mother Clara Mae DeSue Covington was born Oct. 8, 1931, to the late Steve and Alice DeSue of Starke. God sent His angels to claim one of His very own Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, while at Haven Hospice Care Center in Lake City. Mother Covington was a dedicated and faithful member of New … Read more
