BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Top-seed Union County fell behind 4-0 and never led, losing to second-seed Madison County 7-4 in the District 5-1A softball championship game on May 5 in Hilliard. The Tigers (17-5) now wait for the final rankings, which will determine if they’ll receive one of the two at-large playoff berths … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County High School’s Malcolm Odum earned a state-finals berth by placing second in the 200m at the Region 1-2A track and field championships at Tommy Oliver Stadium in Panama City Beach on May 5. Odum ran a time of 21.65, which left him trailing Florida High’s Micahi Danzy, … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer The Keystone Heights High School softball and Union County High School baseball teams had big nights, each winning their respective district championship games by a 12-2 score. Abbie Roach hit a grand slam as part of a seven-run third inning in the Indians’ win over Santa Fe in the … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Union County scored runs in each of the first three innings, with Jay Cohen’s steal of home in the third eventually proving to be difference in the Tigers’ 6-3 win over third-seed Fort White in the semifinals of the District 6-1A tournament on May 4. The second-seed Tigers (13-11) … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — A late night crash at the intersection of SR 121 and SR 100 took the life of a Lake Butler man at 10:30 p.m. on May 2, 2022. There are still many questions about the incident, including the positive identification of the driver of one of … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — The Union County Board of County Commissioners carefully considering the best way to use the funds made available through the Federal American Rescue Plan Act, working to create a spending plan that will make the best use of the funds. A draft of a possible plan … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Hailey Rivera and Tamia Young each drove in three runs, which was more than enough for pitcher Megan Sullivan to work with in the Union County High School softball team’s 16-1, four-inning win over fourth-seed Bradford in the semifinals of the District 5-1A tournament on May 3 in Hilliard. … Read more
Ramona Crapse LAWTEY Ramona Mary June Crapse, 91, of Lawtey, went to her heavenly home on Monday, May 2, 2022, at Parkside Assisted Living in Starke. She was born in Leonardtown, Maryland on June 25, 1930, to the late Edward Bennett and Virla Karr Bennett. She spent most of her childhood residing in Missouri and … Read more
